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  2. Loin - Wikipedia

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    The position of the loins. In human anatomy, the term "loin" or "loins" refers to the side of the human body below the rib cage to just above the pelvis. [1] It is frequently used to reference the general area below the ribs. The lumbar region of the spinal column is located in the loin area of the body. [9]

  3. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English

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    This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

  4. Loiner - Wikipedia

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    Another explanation says that in the 19th century there were many yards and closes around Briggate whose back entrances were known as Low Ins or Loins, hence Loiner. A third theory is that, in the area of Briggate, locals referred to numerous nearby streets as 'loins’, as a Leeds cognate for the Standard English word 'lanes'.

  5. OpenThesaurus - Wikipedia

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    The cause for the start of the project was the arrival of OpenOffice.org in 2002, which was missing the thesaurus of its parent, StarOffice, due to its licensing.. OpenThesaurus filled that gap by importing possible synonyms from a freely available German/English dictionary and refining and updating these in crowdsourced work through the use of a web ap

  6. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    The form of a pardon for killing another man in self-defence (see manslaughter). charta pardonationis utlagariae: a paper of pardon to the outlaw: The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed. Also called perdonatio utlagariae. Christianos ad leones [Throw the] Christians to the lions! Christo et Doctrinae: For Christ and Learning

  7. List of English homographs - Wikipedia

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    Most of the pairs listed below are closely related: for example, "absent" as a noun meaning "missing", and as a verb meaning "to make oneself missing". There are also many cases in which homographs are of an entirely separate origin, or whose meanings have diverged to the point that present-day speakers have little historical understanding: for ...

  8. Gird Your Loins for a 'Devil Wears Prada’ Reunion at the SAG ...

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    Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt in ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ Cover Images An awards show reunion? Groundbreaking. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt are set to have a ...

  9. Glossary - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language. In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology.