Redshank Red shank (r?d sh?nk ), n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank ({Totanus fuscus}) is larger, and has orange red legs. Called also {redshanks}

   

/ˈwɛsən/ (say wesuhn) noun a make of firearm, especially a type of cartridge revolver. {named after Horace Smith, 1808–1893, and Daniel B Wesson, 1825–1906, US founders of a firm of gunsmiths}

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A slate gray or bluish discoloration of the skin and deep tissues, due to the deposit of insoluble albuminate of silver, occurring after the medicinal administration for a long period of a soluble silver salt; formerly fairly common from use of…

   A term introduced in or shortly before 1895 by the Austrian physician and physiologist Max von Frey (1852 1932) to denote the *thermal illusion of coldness that may arise when a stimulus in the range of 45 50°C is applied to the skin.…

gu·dok; plan·dok; pon·dok·kie; za·dok·ite;

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a m (ọ̑) pristaniška naprava za popravljanje ali čiščenje podvodnih delov ladje: spraviti ladjo v dok / ladjo so gradili v doku ♦ navt. plavajoči dok na morju; suhi dok na kopnem // del zaprte luke med dvema pomoloma za nakladanje in razkladanje

A stone in the Silesian village of Cisek, Poland in memory of the flood

Trattamento termico nel quale l austenite è raffreddata fino ad una temperatura costante (superiore ad Ms), in modo da ottenere una completa trasformazione bainitica. In alcuni acciai, per alcuni livelli di durezze, la bainite presenta una…

Uniquest, Inc. (Business » NASDAQ Symbols)

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ο (Α κάναβος και κάνναβος) νεοελλ. (τοπογρ.) γεωμετρικό σχήμα ενός δικτύου τετραγώνων πάνω σε χάρτη που η σχεδίασή του αποτελεί ακριβή τρόπο καθορισμού τών κορυφών μιας πολυγωνικής οδεύσεως πάνω σε χάρτη με βάση τις ορθογώνιες συντεταγμένες τους…