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  2. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    The first successful ascent of a new route by any means, including aid climbing (i.e. not via free climbing). first free ascent. Also FFA. The first ascent of a new route without aid, following the free climbing criteria of a redpoint. first female free ascent. Also FFFA. The first female to complete a free ascent of a route that has already ...

  3. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    ascent and assent. To ascend means to go up or advance from an original position. To assent is to agree. [23] Standard: I watched the balloon's ascent into the sky. Standard: We need to reach assent on how to do this project. assure, ensure, and insure.

  4. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    A male name (uncommon in the UK). A shortening of the female name Jessica (usually spelled "Jessie"). jock a Scotsman (slang) a Scottish private soldier (slang) (UK: squaddie) slang term for an athlete slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving *

  5. List of first ascents of mountain summits - Wikipedia

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    The list does not include the first ascent of new routes to previously climbed mountain summits. For example, this list contains the first ascent of the summit of the Eiger in 1858, but not the more famous first ascent of the north face of the Eiger in 1938 .

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  7. List of elm synonyms and accepted names - Wikipedia

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    Accepted Name: Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta' (Huntingdon Elm) Ulmus campestris wentworthiensis Späth. Accepted Name: Ulmus × hollandica 'Vegeta' (Huntingdon Elm) Ulmus campestris var. australis Henry. Accepted Name: Ulmus glabra 'Australis' Ulmus campestris var. betulaefolia Loudon. Accepted Name: Ulmus × viminalis Lodd. Ulmus campestris var ...

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  9. List of highest mountains on Earth - Wikipedia

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    A popular and intuitive way to distinguish mountains from subsidiary peaks is by their height above the highest saddle connecting it to a higher summit, a measure called topographic prominence or re-ascent (the higher summit is called the "parent peak"). A common definition of a mountain is a summit with 300 m (980 ft) prominence.