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Consumer/Magazine/Comic TV programme presented by Esther Rantzen...frequently involving the phrases: 'We complained to British Gas' and 'Sossayges'.
Consumer/Magazine/Comic TV programme presented by Esther Rantzen...frequently involving the phrases: 'We complained to British Gas' and 'Sossayges'.
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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antonym
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a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow.
-noun
a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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AntanDec
-n. pl.
A kind of pathetic mutant.
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That's why you make a boat fast to stop it moving, or tie something down using fasteners.
-n. pl.
A kind of pathetic mutant.
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Fast is an antonym of slow.
That's why you make a boat fast to stop it moving, or tie something down using fasteners.
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Nofliesonym ^
No, but you can see where they've been.
No, but you can see where they've been.
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tiffin
-noun
1. lunch.
2. to eat lunch.
-verb
3. to provide lunch for; serve lunch to.
-noun
1. lunch.
2. to eat lunch.
-verb
3. to provide lunch for; serve lunch to.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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tiffinshambles
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an attempt to get lunch at a Little Chef
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an attempt to get lunch at a Little Chef
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matutinal
-adjective
pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
-adjective
pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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zygapophysis
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one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.
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one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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zygapophysis noun
Surely must have been a seminal album from a 70's Prog Rock Group...er Bart Crimson:
Surely must have been a seminal album from a 70's Prog Rock Group...er Bart Crimson:
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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stadia
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1. a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
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2. pertaining to such a method of surveying.
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1. a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
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2. pertaining to such a method of surveying.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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prink
-verb (used with object)
1. to deck or dress for show.
-verb (used without object)
2. to deck oneself out.
3. to fuss over one's dress, especially before the mirror.
-verb (used with object)
1. to deck or dress for show.
-verb (used without object)
2. to deck oneself out.
3. to fuss over one's dress, especially before the mirror.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Morbillivirus
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A genus of viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae that includes the causative agents of measles.
-noun
A genus of viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae that includes the causative agents of measles.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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Morbillivirus
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2. A larger quantity of billivirus
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2. A larger quantity of billivirus
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