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(Greek: within, inside, into, in, on, inner)

(Greek: above, over, on, upon; besides; in addition to; toward; among)

(Latin: in, into, within, inside, on, toward [il-, ir-, im-], in, into, etc.: involve, incur, invade; also, used intensively, as in the words inflame and inflammable, or without perceptible force.)

pterido-, pterid-

(Greek: fern [from pter[on], "feather, wing"])

aboriginal words

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Chinglish

(English phrases which are often badly phrased on signs in public places and other media)

Diseases and Plagues in History and in Our Modern Times, Part 1 of 4

(New plagues, survival, and the various mutual adaptations carried on with our microbial fellow travelers)

Economics on a Global Scale

(excerpts and compilations from the news about international economic activities)

Femtolaser

(the laser that can produce quadrillions of pulses of light per second, creating a spot on a cell that is as hot as the sun)

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Graveyard words for a greater understanding of epitaphs

(when visiting old graveyards and examining the epitaphs on gravestones, there are certain words and phrases which could be difficult or impossible to understand without knowing what the words in this unit mean)

Hydrology

(the science of water which denotes the study of the properties, distribution, and movements of water on land surfaces, in the soil, and through the subsurface rocks of the earth)

Index or Menu of Various Topics

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Insects, General Applicable Terms

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Measurements and Mathematics Terms

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Playing with Words

(based on words from The Washington Post's "Style Invitational" in which readers were given the opportunity to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and then to provide a new definition for the modified word)

snarge

(bird goo left on a place; or a person no one likes)

The Blind Men and the Elephant

(A poem that expresses misconceived judgements based on incomprehensible, or at least, inadequate information)

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Word Entries at Get Words containing the term: “on”

Butterfly on a Flower

—Photographed by Wolfram Bleul, E-mail: [email protected]

This entry is located in the following unit: Views of Nature (page 1)

Cameron defends stiff sentences for rioters, honing debate on message of deterrence

stiff sentences:
rioters:
honing:
deterrence:

"Mr. Cameron said the four days of arson, riot and looting in London and major cities was 'absolutely appalling' and the criminal justice system should be sending 'a very clear message that it's wrong and won't be tolerated.' "

—International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2011; page 3.

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clip-on (adjective), more clip-on, most clip-on

That which is attached to something and holds it in place: Boris wore a clip-on necktie and Mildred wore clip-on earrings to the party.

Sam had more clip-on ties than any of his friends.

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Father who imprisoned daughter to go on trial

Josef Fritzl, who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children by her, will go on trial on March 16, 2009, on charges including murder, an Austrian court said Thursday.

Fritzl, 73, has been charged by prosecutors with the murder of one of his daughter's children who died shortly after birth. He is also charged with rape, enslavement, incest, coercion, and deprivation of liberty.

1. rape: The crime of forcing an unwilling or legally incompetent person to participate in sexual intercourse.

Destructive assault, as on a city, landscape, etc.

2. enslavement: The process of making someone a slave.
3. incest: Sexual relations between people who are so closely related that their marriage is illegal or forbidden by custom; such as, with a man's daughter.
4. coercion: To force to act or to think in a certain way by use of pressure, domination, restraining, or forcibly controlling.
5. deprivation of liberty: the act of taking a person's freedom away or preventing someone from having personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression.

—From the International Herald Tribune; Reuters; Vienna; January 23, 2009; page 8.

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