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41Lustre (mineralogy) — Lustre (or luster) is a description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. The word lustre traces its origins back to the Latin word lux, meaning light , and generally implies radiance, gloss, or brilliance. A …
42Ammonite — For other uses, see Ammonite (disambiguation). Ammonites Temporal range: 400–65.5 Ma …
43Porcelain — Fine China redirects here. For the band, see Fine China (band). This article is about the ceramic material. For other uses, see Porcelain (disambiguation). Chinese moon flask, 1723 35, Qing Dynasty …
44Woodway House — is in Teignmouth, South Devon, England. It was at one time a farm on lands held by the Bishops of Exeter. In around 1815 a thatched cottage in the cottage orne style of Horace Walpole s (1717 1797) Thames side villaEvans, Tony Green, Candida… …
45meteorite — meteoritic /mee tee euh rit ik/, meteoritical, meteorital /mee tee euh ruyt l/, adj. /mee tee euh ruyt /, n. 1. a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space; a fallen meteoroid. 2. a meteoroid. [1815 25; METEOR + ITE1] * * …
46human evolution — Evolution of modern human beings from nonhuman and extinct hominid forms. Genetic evidence points to an evolutionary divergence between the lineages of humans and the great apes (Pongidae) on the African continent 5–8 million years ago. The… …
47Paul Legrand — Nadar: Paul Legrand as Pierrot, c. 1857. Musée d Orsay, Paris Paul Legrand (1816–1898), born Charles Dominique Martin Legrand, was a highly regarded and influential French mime who turned the Pierrot of his predecessor, Jean Gaspard Deburau, into …
48Diamond knife — File:DiamondKnife.jpg Finished diamond knife in wooden case A diamond knife is a very sharp knife whose blade is made from diamond. The cost is very high; diamond knives are used for scientific applications where an extremely sharp and long… …
49lairy — is widely used in Australia to mean either flashily dressed, showy or socially unacceptable . Lairy is thought to have come into Australian English around the end of the nineteenth century from the British slang term leery, meaning wide awake,… …
50Day of the Tentacle — Day of the Tentacle …
