to set up one's comb

  • 11china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

    Universalium

  • 12China — /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 …

    Universalium

  • 13mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …

    Universalium

  • 14Bob Dylan — Dylan redirects here. For other uses, see Dylan (disambiguation). This article is about the musician. For his debut album, see Bob Dylan (album). Bob Dylan Dylan onstage at the Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain, June 26, 2010 …

    Wikipedia

  • 15dictionary — /dik sheuh ner ee/, n., pl. dictionaries. 1. a book containing a selection of the words of a language, usually arranged alphabetically, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, etc., expressed in… …

    Universalium

  • 16Central Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and parts of China and Russia. The term usually denotes only those traditions not influenced by the… …

    Universalium

  • 17Topology — (Greek topos , place, and logos , study ) is the branch of mathematics that studies the properties of a space that are preserved under continuous deformations. Topology grew out of geometry, but unlike geometry, topology is not concerned with… …

    Wikipedia

  • 18Saw — For other uses, see Saw (disambiguation). Saw A crosscut hand saw about 620 mm (24 inches) long Classification Cutting Types Hand saw Back saw Bow saw Circular saw …

    Wikipedia

  • 19Samoyed (dog) — Infobox Dogbreed akcgroup = Working akcstd = http://www.akc.org/breeds/samoyed/index.cfm altname = Bjelkier, Samoiedskaya Sobaka, Nenetskaya Laika ankcgroup = Group 6 (Utility) ankcstd = http://www.ankc.aust.com/samoyed.html ckcgroup = Group 3… …

    Wikipedia

  • 20Costumbrismo — José Jiménez Aranda (1837–1903): The Bullring (1870) Costumbrismo (sometimes anglicized as Costumbrism) refers to the literary or pictorial interpretation of local everyday life, mannerisms, and customs, primarily in the Hispanic scene, and… …

    Wikipedia