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Aperol sunrise (a variation of tequila sunrise) Apple-kneel. Appletini (a.k.a. apple martini) Aqua Velva. Arizona Biltmore (a variation of tequila sunrise) Astronaut sunrise (a variation of tequila sunrise) Astro pop. Aviation.
A unit of length equal to 66 feet (20.117 m), used especially in public land surveys in the United States; 10 square chains is equal to 1 acre (0.40 hectares). Though the literal chains used to measure this distance have long been superseded, surveying tapes are often still called "chains", and measuring with a tape may be called "chaining". [11]
There are also numerous vowelless interjections and onomatopoeia found more or less frequently, including brr or brrr, bzzt, grrr, hm, hmm, mm, mmm, mhmm, sksksksk, [13][14] pfft, pht, phpht, [7] psst, sh, shh, zzz. It is questionable whether any of these are words: they are sequences of letters used to imitate a sound, and there is no limit to ...
Some sources distinguish "diacritical marks" (marks upon standard letters in the A–Z 26-letter alphabet) from "special characters" (letters not marked but radically modified from the standard 26-letter alphabet) such as Old English and Icelandic eth (Ð, ð) and thorn (uppercase Þ, lowercase þ), and ligatures such as Latin and Anglo-Saxon Æ (minuscule: æ), and German eszett (ß; final ...
Flags of certain countries at the Élysée Palace in Paris for a peace conference regarding Libya, 2011. The national flags (other than that of the host, France) are arranged in French alphabetical order: Allemagne, Belgique, Canada, Danemark, Émirats Arabes Unis, Espagne, États-Unis, Grèce, Irak, Italie, Jordanie, Maroc, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Qatar, Royaume-Uni.
List of English words with disputed usage. List of English–Spanish interlingual homographs. List of ethnic slurs. List of generic and genericized trademarks. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English. List of self-contradicting words in English. Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year. Most common words in English.
Where ever there is a Q there is a U too [24] (But this is violated by some words; see:List of English words containing Q not followed by U) Letters of specific syllables in a word [ edit ]
denoting something as 'complete' or containing 'everything'; "all" Greek παΎ¶ς, παν-(pâs, pan-), all, every panophobia, panopticon, pancytopenia (deficiency in all blood cell types - erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes) [9] papill-of or pertaining to the nipple (of the chest/breast) Latin papilla, nipple; diminutive of papula (see below)