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  2. Numeronym - Wikipedia

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    A numeronym is a word, usually an abbreviation, composed partially or wholly of numerals.The term can be used to describe several different number-based constructs, but it most commonly refers to a contraction in which all letters between the first and last of a word are replaced with the number of omitted letters (for example, "i18n" for "internationalization"). [1]

  3. List of breads - Wikipedia

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    Virgin Islands [4] [5] This bread does not require any yeast. [6] Ingredients include flour, water, butter, sugar, baking powder, salt, and milk; oftentimes, shredded coconut is also added to the dough. [4] [7] Eggette: Pancake: Hong Kong: Spherical pancake or ball waffle popular in Hong Kong and Macao.

  4. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

  5. List of named storms (R) - Wikipedia

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    1955 – Category 5 super typhoon, churned in the open ocean; 1959 – far northeast of the Philippines; 1962 – Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, remained east of Japan; 1965 – remained out at sea; 1967 – Category 3-equivalent typhoon, remained east of Japan; 1970 – passed just south of Cape Cà Mau; also known as Aning within the PAR

  6. Category:Pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    This is a set category.It should only contain pages that are Pejorative terms for people or lists of Pejorative terms for people, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories).

  7. List of Marvel Comics characters: R - Wikipedia

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    R'Klll (sometimes spelled R'Kill) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is depicted as the wife of Dorrek VII , the mother of Anelle , and the grandmother of Hulkling .

  8. English alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet.

  9. Glossary of geology - Wikipedia

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    A geologic period starting 23 million years ago and, depending on definition, either lasting until today or ending 2.6 million years ago with the beginning of the Quaternary. non-clastic Having the properties of any chemically and/or organically deposited rock, such as limestones, chalks, and evaporite deposits. normal fault