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the curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket

A brakeman is a crew member on a railroad train who is responsible for assisting with braking a train by applying and maintaining brakes manually. This role is primarily obsolete now due to technological advancements in train systems. The term can also refer to an athlete in the sport of bobsledding, who is responsible for operating the brakes.

an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery

reviving; reanimating

Antipasto (plural antipasti) is the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. Usually made of bite-size small portions and served on a platter from which everyone serves themselves, the purpose of antipasti is to stimulate the appetite. Typical ingredients of a traditional antipasto includes cured meats, olives, peperoncini, mushrooms, anchovies, artichoke hearts, various cheeses (such as provolone or mozzarella), pickled meats, and vegetables in oil or vinegar.
The contents of an antipasto vary greatly according to regional cuisine. Different preparations of saltwater fish and traditional southern cured meats (like soppressata or nduja) are popular in the south of Italy, whereas in northern Italy it is common to serve different kinds of cured meats and mushrooms and, especially near lakes, preparations of freshwater fish. The cheeses included also vary significantly between regions and backgrounds, and include hard and soft cheeses.
Many compare antipasto to hors doeuvre, but antipasto is served at the table and signifies the official beginning of the Italian meal. It may also be referred to as a starter, or an appetizer.

Anthropocentricity, also known as anthropocentrism, is a viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center and assigns significance and value mainly to humans in comparison to the rest of the natural world. It suggests that the world exists primarily for human use and that humans are the most significant entities in the universe. This concept may include the belief that humans are the only species that have intrinsic worth or moral rights.

an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays

understood perfectly

Duffel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdʏfəl] (listen)) is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.
The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On 1 January 2020, Duffel had a total population of 17,664. The total area is 22.71 km² which gives a population density of 778 inhabitants per km².
The area is namegiver to a certain type of coarse woolen cloth manufactured in this area from the 11th century, mainly used to make blankets, outdoor (army) coats and tot bags. Duffel again became a household name during and after World War II, in the meaning of a certain coat, designed with toggle-and-tow fastening and large hood.The etymology of Duffel is from dubro and locus, from the Gaulish dubrum, dubron – water.
In 1836, the Duffel railway station opened on the Brussels-North to Antwerp railway line.

someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism

Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904) and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913). During the latter, Scott led a party of five to reach the South Pole in January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by the Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen. On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all died from a combination of exhaustion, hunger, and extreme cold.

(physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced

Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice

either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate

Uranyl nitrate is a water-soluble yellow uranium salt with the formula UO2(NO3)2 · n H2O. The hexa-, tri-, and dihydrates are known. The compound is mainly of interest because it is an intermediate in the preparation of nuclear fuels.
Uranyl nitrate can be prepared by reaction of uranium salts with nitric acid. It is soluble in water, ethanol, and acetone. As determined by neutron diffraction, the uranyl center is characteristically linear with short U=O distances. In the equatorial plane of the complex are six U-O bonds to bidentate nitrate and two water ligands. At 245 pm, these U-O bonds are much longer than the U=O bonds of the uranyl center.

A principal mountain mass.

A polo ball is a spherical-shaped object typically made of plastic or wooden material, used in the game of polo. It is designed to be hit by the polo players with their mallets while on horseback during the course of the game. The size and weight can vary but it generally measures around three to four inches in diameter.