A subnormal concentration of spermatozoa in the penile ejaculate. SYN: oligospermia, oligospermatism, oligozoospermatism. [oligo + G. zoos, living, + sperma, seed, semen, + ia] * * * ol·i·go·zo·o·sper·mia (ol″ĭ go zo″o spurґme…

An Austrian Knot (or Tyrolean Knot) is an elaborate design of twisted cord or lace worn as part of a dress uniform, usually on the lower sleeve. It is usually a distinction worn by officers; the major exception is the hussars, in which Austrian…

Low German dialect of northern Germany, 1814, from German, from Du. platduits, lit. flat (or low) German, from plat flat, plain, clear (see PLAT (Cf. plat)) + duits German (see DUTCH (Cf. Dutch))

This is a list of Japanese battleships of the period 1906 45:* Fusō class ** Fusō (1914) Torpedoed 1944 ** Yamashiro (1915) Sunk 1944 * Ise class ** Ise (1916) Bombed 1945, refloated, BU ** Hyūga (1917) Bombed 1945, refloated, BU * Nagato class…

[ skɪvɪ] nome BE colloq. serva f., sguattera f. (anche fig.) * * * skivvy /ˈskɪvɪ/ n. 1 (slang) serva; sguattera 2 (fam. USA) camiciola; maglietta intima (da uomo) 3 (al pl.) (fam. USA) maglietta e mutande; biancheria (sing.) (intima). (to)…

Richard Dick Eaton (c.a. 1937 Hollis, New York January 17, 1979 Gravesend, Brooklyn) was a New York criminal, a South Ozone Park, Queens saloon owner and general manager of Moo Moo Vedda s dress factory and an associate of the Lucchese crime…

(EZs) England, Wales Former special zone introduced by the Government in the United Kingdom in 1980 to encourage industrial and commercial activity, usually in economically depressed areas. Under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980,…

Todd Daniel Blackburn (born October 25, 1974) is a former U.S. Army Ranger deployed with B Company, 3rd Battalion, to Mogadishu, Somalia during Operation Gothic Serpent in 1993. He was wounded in action on October 3 1993, aged 20, during an…

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Red Summer, coined by author James Weldon Johnson, is used to describe the bloody race riots that occurred during the summer and autumn of 1919. Race riots erupted in several cities in both the North and South of the United States. The three with

(1914)    Silent film. The most financially successful and critically acclaimed of all the Greco Roman superspectacles that characterized Italian cinema during the silent period, Cabiria was not only a masterpiece of silent filmmaking (realistic…

(PCNC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Philippine Central Depository, a corporation established to improve operations in securities transactions and to provide a fast, safe and highly efficient system for securities settlement in the…

masc. proper name, from L. Ignatius, collateral form of Egnatius

pl n computer arcade games in general (from Space Invaders one of the first very popular models in the 70s; modelled on pinnies, pokies)

(1854) 1 Macq. 461 is a UK company law case. It concerns the fiduciary duty of loyalty, and in particular, the duty not not engage in self dealing. It laid down a basic rule that if a director had an interest in a corporate transaction, the…