18-karat gold means: an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold
1st baron beaverbrook means: British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
1st baron verulam means: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
1st earl attlee means: British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
1st earl baldwin of bewdley means: English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947)
1st earl of balfour means: English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1848-1930)
22-karat gold means: an alloy that contains 87 per cent gold
24-karat gold means: 100 per cent gold
3d radar means: radar that will report altitude as well as azimuth and distance of a target
440 yards means: a unit of length equal to a quarter of 1 mile
amalgamated means: joined together into a whole
attic means: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
attic means: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
attic means: informal terms for a human head
attic means: the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
attic means: of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times
costal groove means: groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are
donjon means: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
family cracidae means: curassows; guans; chachalacas
guggenheim means: United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905)
guggenheim means: United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949)
hyaluronic acid means: a viscous mucopolysaccharide found in the connective tissue space and the synovial fluid of movable joints and the humors of the eye; a cementing and protective substance
impromptu means: an extemporaneous speech or remark
impromptu means: a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
impromptu means: with little or no preparation or forethought
impromptu means: without advance preparation
infernal region means: (religion) the world of the dead
infernal region means: (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
jew-baiter means: someone who hates and would persecute Jews
knothole means: a hole in a board where a knot came out
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