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• seldom — adv. Seldom is used with these verbs: ↑exceed, ↑mention, ↑venture …   Collocations dictionary

• List of terms used for Germans — There are many alternative ways to describe the people of Germany, though in English the official designated nationality as well as the standard noun is German. (see also demonym). During the early Renaissance, German implied that the person… …   Wikipedia

• The Seldom Scene — is an American bluegrass band formed in 1971 in Bethesda, Maryland out of the weekly jam sessions in the basement of banjo player Ben Eldridge. These sessions included John Starling on guitar and lead vocals, Mike Auldridge on resophonic guitar… …   Wikipedia

• rarely/seldom if ever — used as a more forceful way to say “rarely” or “seldom” I have seldom if ever been so embarrassed. ◇ Rarely if ever and seldom if ever can be written both with or without commas Such radical opinions have rarely, if ever, been heard here before …   Useful english dictionary

• doll —    Used by mainly American speakers to a woman, who in modem times is very likely to object to the term. This may well be because she would recognize the definition of the slang term given in Chapman’s Dictionary of American Slang as an apt one:… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• lenticulus — Seldom used term for an intraocular lens prosthesis placed in the anterior or posterior chamber of the eye, or attached to the iris after cataract extraction. SYN: prosthetophacos, pseudophacos …   Medical dictionary

• proscolex — Seldom used term for the embryonic form of a tapeworm. [pro + G. skolex, a worm] * * * pro·sco·lex skō .leks n ONCOSPHERE …   Medical dictionary

• sinistrocular — Seldom used term denoting one who prefers the left eye in monocular work, such as in the use of a microscope. Cf.:dominant eye. [sinistro + L. oculus, eye] * * * sin·is·troc·u·lar .sin ə sträk yə lər adj using the left eye habitually or more… …   Medical dictionary

• Spanish exonyms — Below is list of Spanish language exonyms for places in non Spanish speaking areas of the world : Albania*Tiranë TiranaAndorra*Andorra la Vella Andorra la ViejaAustralia*Sydney SídneyAustria*Salzburg Salzburgo *Wien VienaBelgium… …   Wikipedia

• wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …   Universalium

• Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …   Universalium