sheer off course
51stray — v 1. wander, roam, meander, straggle, ramble, rove; range, nomadize, drift, live like a gypsy; stroll, amble, Inf. mosey, saunter, prowl; peregrinate, travel about, traverse. 2. deviate, go off course, swerve, veer, sheer, go astray; err, sin,… …
52wander — v 1. stray, roam, ramble, rove, meander, straggle; range, nomadize, drift, live like a gypsy; stroll, amble, Inf. mosey, saunter, prowl, Sl. mooch; peregrinate, travel about, traverse, itinerate. 2. deviate, go off course, swerve, veer, sheer, go …
53veer — verb we then saw the car veer suddenly to the right Syn: turn, swerve, curve, swing, sheer, career, weave, wheel; change direction, change course, go off course, deviate …
54Little Cayman — is the smallest of the three Cayman Islands, both in area and population. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, about convert|87|mi|km northeast of Grand Cayman and five miles (8 km) west of Cayman Brac. Little Cayman has a permanent population of… …
55Midshipman's Hope — is a 1994 science fiction novel by David Feintuch, and the first book in the Seafort Saga. It depicts the first voyage of UNNS officer Nicholas Seafort, and is followed by Challenger s Hope. Plot Nicholas Seafort is a seventeen year old… …
56USS Delaware (1861) — was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy for use during the American Civil War. teamboat OriginsThe Delaware , a side wheel steamer, was the fourth ship to be named Delaware by the Navy. She was built in 1861 at the Harlan Hollingsworth Iron… …
57force — force1 W1S3 [fo:s US fo:rs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(military)¦ 2¦(military action)¦ 3¦(violence)¦ 4¦(physical power)¦ 5¦(natural power)¦ 6¦(organized group)¦ 7¦(strong influence)¦ 8¦(powerful effect)¦ 9 join/combine forces (with somebody/something) …
58literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
59Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
60China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
