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  2. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    3 Prepositions and other words used to form compound words. 4 See also. 5 Notes. 6 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... hard: dour, durability, durable ...

  3. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    A short movable bar of iron or hard wood to which running rigging may be secured, or "belayed". Belaying pins are inserted in holes in a pin-rail. [19] bell See ship's bell. bell rope A short length of line made fast to the clapper of the ship's bell. bell buoy A type of buoy with a large bell and hanging hammers that sound by wave action. [25 ...

  4. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (informal) to hit hard, sometimes used in cricket to describe a substantial boundary shot: "he tonked it for six". In Southern England can also mean muscular. (US: ripped or buff). tosser * (slang) Largely equivalent to "wanker" but less offensive; has the same literal meaning, i.e. one who masturbates ("tosses off"). (US: jerk). tosspot

  5. Hard - Wikipedia

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    Hard (surname) Hard architecture, impersonal windowless buildings with graffiti-resistant walls usually associated with prisons and other secure structures; Nickname of Masaki Sumitani ( HardGay / HardoGay ) Hard (nautical), a beach or slope convenient for hauling out vessels; hard, slang for an erection; Hard (gamer), Anthony Barkhovtsev

  6. Longest word in English - Wikipedia

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    Facetiously is among the few other words directly attested in OED with single occurrences of all six vowels (counting y as a vowel). The longest word without descenders or ascenders is overnumerousnesses. The longest single palindromic word in English is rotavator, another name for a rotary tiller for breaking and aerating soil.

  7. Glossary of mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    In other words, heat always moves from hotter objects to colder objects unless energy is supplied to reverse the direction of heat flow, and not all heat energy can be converted into work in a cyclic process. Semiconductor – Series and parallel circuits – Shear force diagrams – Shear pin – Shear strength – Shear stress – Simple ...

  8. Hardnesses of the elements (data page) - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 16 November 2024, at 12:16 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Leather-hard - Wikipedia

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    The leather-hard stage is the easiest place to add on extension material that cannot be dried with the rest of the pot without causing some issues to occur. For instance, in some cases when handles are added before the base and sides have been dried, the handle can dry before the sides do and cause cracking, as the weight of the dried portion ...