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SURNAME |
Last name |
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KALKI |
The name of Vishnu in his tenth and last avatar. |
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DIES IRAE |
Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous
mediaeval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment. |
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COLOPHON |
An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place
and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the
last page of a book. |
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ACROSTIC |
A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or
the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in
order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. |
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HOGMANAY |
The old name, in Scotland, for the last day of the year,
on which children go about singing, and receive a dole of bread or
cakes; also, the en... |
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MANGROVE |
The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R.
Mangle, and R. mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting
muddy shores of tro... |
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AMPHIBOLE |
...actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the
last name being also used as a general term for the whole species).
Amphibole is a constituent of... |