Knickerbockers or knickers are a form of men’s or boys’ baggy-kneed breeches, particularly popular in the early 20th-century United States. … In British English, “knickers” are women’s underwear. What does Knickerbocker mean in Dutch? The name is derived from the Dutch words “knikker,” meaning “marble,” and “bakker,” meaning “baker;” thus,Read More →
: the act or practice of burying alive. What is the meaning of word Ursprache? : a parent language especially : one reconstructed from the evidence of later languages. What is a cabalistic person? Cabalistic is a way of saying “secretive or mysterious.” A book of ancient, mystical texts wouldRead More →
Monet’s painting Impression: Sunrise (1872) earned them the initially derisive name “Impressionists” from the journalist Louis Leroy writing in the satirical magazine Le Charivari in 1874. Who are the two most famous impressionist composers? Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravelare generally considered the greatest Impressionist composers, but Debussy disavowed the term,Read More →
He was a known gallivanter, loving travel, never staying anywhere long, and he loved to speak to everyone no matter their station or circumstance. During the five daily interactions reported above, the resident chased the gallivanter and then watched as the latter disappeared over the ridge and back to hisRead More →
Conventional water treatment transforms raw surface and groundwater into finished drinking water that is biologically (disinfected) and chemically safe; other treatment objectives include low or no taste or odor, low levels of color and turbidity (cloudiness) and chemical stability (non-scaling and non-corrosive). What is removed from water? There are hundredsRead More →
Also called: Osteitis deformans. Why is it called Paget’s disease? Paget’s disease is named after the English surgeon Sir James Paget, who described the condition in 1877. Paget also discovered the worm that causes trichinosis and described what is called Paget’s disease of the breast. Together with Rudolph Virchow inRead More →
In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for transcriber, like: copyist, copier, scrivener, scribe, secretary, arranger, adapter, typesetter, proof-reader and translator. What do you call an accuser? An accuser is someone who accuses someone of a crime or offense—says that they are guiltyRead More →
1 : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin cattle emaciated by illness. 2 : to make feeble. intransitive verb. : to waste away physically. Is Emaciate a word? verb (used with object), e·ma·ci·at·ed, e·ma·ci·at·ing. to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting awayRead More →
Overview. A bugbear is a tall and hulking humanoid distantly related to, but larger and stronger than, goblins and hobgoblins. Like many goblinoids, bugbears speak the Goblin language. They are one of the only goblinoids to be covered in fur. Are bugbears furry? Yes, bugbears are furbait. Who do bugbearsRead More →
suture or repair of the cecum. What is the root of Choledocholithotomy? Incision of the common bile duct for the extraction of an impacted gallstone. What is T tube used for? T Tube is a draining tube placed in the common bile duct after Common Bile Duct (CBD) exploration withRead More →