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The website includes verbal entries in the style of a conventional dictionary, and the YouTube channel picks some of those words and tries to express their meaning more thoroughly in the form of video essays. The book takes from those previous places, so it has both dictionary style entries and some longer essays on specific words. [3]
Pyro cable, mineral-insulated copper-clad cable (MICC), a fire-resistant electrical cable Probabilistic programming language Pyro, extending from PyTorch Short for Pyrogallol , a chemical compound used as a black-and-white photographic film developing agent.
The database is distributed as a plain text file with one entry to a line in the format "WORD <pronunciation>" with a two-space separator between the parts. If multiple pronunciations are available for a word, variants are identified using numbered versions (e.g. WORD(1)).
The medium Daniel Dunglas Home was an alleged practitioner of pyrokinesis.. Pyrokinesis is a psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind. [1] [2] [3] As with other parapsychological phenomena, there is no conclusive evidence in support of the actual existence of pyrokinesis.
It is well known that if a flame of hydrogen gas be introduced within a glass or other tube, and if it be so placed as to be capable of vibrating, there is formed around this flame—that is to say, upon the whole of its enveloping surface—an atmosphere of hydrogen gas, which, in uniting with the oxygen in the air of the tube, burns in small portions, each composed of two parts of hydrogen ...
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
Just after winning a gold medal in the individual vault final in Paris on Aug. 3, Biles spoke during a press conference about the future of her signature vault. "This is my last, definitely ...
(slang) something that is unsatisfactory or in generally bad condition. prang (slang) to crash a motor vehicle with generally minor damage (US: fender bender) pram, perambulator wheeled conveyance for babies (US: baby-carriage) prat * (slang) an incompetent or ineffectual person, a fool, an idiot press-up