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  2. Eau de toilette - Wikipedia

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    Bottles of eau de toilette. Eau de toilette (French: [o d(ə) twalɛt], meaning "grooming water") [n 1] is a lightly scented perfume. [2] It is also referred to as aromatic waters and has a high alcohol content. [3] It is usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving. [4] It is traditionally composed of alcohol and various ...

  3. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia. The list is by no means exhaustive. Some of the words can be traced to specific languages, but others have disputed or uncertain origins. Words of disputed or less certain origin are in the "Dravidian languages" list.

  4. A. N. Prahlada Rao - Wikipedia

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    A. N. Prahlada Rao was born at Abbani in the Kolar district of Karnataka, India.He started his career as a journalist and was the founder editor of Honnudi. [1]Rao's involvement in crossword compilation is a hobby that developed from an interest in solving both Kannada and English crosswords while a student in the mid-1970s.

  5. Kanglish - Wikipedia

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    Kanglish has some distinguishing features with regard to the nature of words borrowed from English. One of this is the addition of the suffix '-u' at the end of the word, as in heart-u, life-u, car-u, etc. Since this is a spoken language, the Kannada is mostly 'ādubhāshe'. It includes the deletion of the 'a' and 'u' suffix for Kannada words ...

  6. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...

  7. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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    Also used as a scent in perfumes, cosmetics, soaps, and candles. [5] Caraway seed oil, used a flavoring in foods. Also used in mouthwashes, toothpastes, etc. as a flavoring agent. [6] Cardamom seed oil, used in aromatherapy. Extracted from seeds of subspecies of Zingiberaceae (ginger). Also used as a fragrance in soaps, perfumes, etc.

  8. Tabac (perfume) - Wikipedia

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    Tabac. Tabac is a brand of fragrance that was created by Mäurer & Wirtz in 1959. It is said to have a floral fragrance and contains a blend of bergamot, neroli, lavender and is accented with tobacco, oakmoss and vanilla.

  9. Kannada script - Wikipedia

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    The Kannada script is an abugida, where when a vowel follows a consonant, it is written with a diacritic rather than as a separate letter. There are also three obsolete vowels, corresponding to vowels in Sanskrit. Written Kannada is composed of akshara or kagunita, corresponding to syllables. The letters for consonants combine with diacritics ...