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"Finish" is a synonym. Alcoholic: a wine that has an unbalanced presence of too much alcohol. Aroma: the smell of a wine. The term is generally applied to younger wines, while bouquet is reserved for more aged wines. Astringent: an overly tannic white wine.
Glare (vision) Glare is difficulty of seeing in the presence of bright light such as direct or reflected sunlight or artificial light such as car headlamps at night. Because of this, some cars include mirrors with automatic anti-glare functions and in buildings, blinds or louvers are often used to protect occupants.
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 you can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Dulcinea, Spanish literary character – a dulcinea (synonym for mistress, sweetheart or an unrequited/platonic love.) John Saumarez Dumaresq, British naval officer - Dumaresq (a mechanical computer) Dumbo, American cartoon character – Dumbo ears (derogatory term for big ears) Robin Dunbar, British anthropologist – Dunbar's number
Toponymy. At the time of the first British arrival, Darjeeling was known among its Lepcha inhabitants as Dorje-ling, or the "Place of the Thunderbolt." According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, Darjeeling is derived from the Tibetan Dorje ling or Dorje-glin, meaning "Land of Dorje," i.e. of the thunderbolt, the weapon of the Hindu god Indra.
Aten, properly called The Dazzling Aten [a] though dubbed initially by archaeologists the Rise of Aten, [1] [b] is the remains of an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile [2] in the Theban Necropolis near Luxor. Named after Egyptian sun god Aten, the city appears to have remained relatively intact for over three millennia.
Galearis spectabilis, commonly known as showy orchis [2] [3] or showy orchid, [2] is an orchid species of the genus Galearis. It is native to eastern Canada ( Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick) and much of the eastern half of the United States. In america they are found from eastern Oklahoma north to eastern South Dakota in the west and from ...
The Bacchae (/ ˈ b æ k iː /; Greek: Βάκχαι, Bakkhai; also known as The Bacchantes / ˈ b æ k ə n t s, b ə ˈ k æ n t s,-ˈ k ɑː n t s /) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon.