Gull (guhl) verb
1. To deceive, trick or cheat.
2. A person who is easily deceived or cheated.
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The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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anemophilous
-adjective
fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
-adjective
fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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anemiaphilous - adj. referring to a vampire
Lover of thin blood.
Lover of thin blood.
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Gull (guhl) noun
1. Winged rodents infesting public parks, even in inland areas.
2. The kine Jonathan Livingstone is assigned to.
1. Winged rodents infesting public parks, even in inland areas.
2. The kine Jonathan Livingstone is assigned to.
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mesophilic
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(of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
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(of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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gullible
-adjective (arch.)
a word which is no longer in the dictionary.
-adjective (arch.)
a word which is no longer in the dictionary.
"I don't mean to sound bitter, cynical and cruel; but I am, so that's how it comes out." Bill Hicks.
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"One should not believe everything one reads on the internet." Abraham Lincoln
"Are you OK?" daftbeaker (<-- very good question, people should ask it more often.)
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Roy Hunter wrote:gullible
-adjective (arch.)
a word which is no longer in the dictionary.
It may not be in the dictionary but it is written on the ceiling.
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phloem
-noun
the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
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the part of a vascular bundle consisting of sieve tubes, companion cells, parenchyma, and fibers and forming the food-conducting tissue of a plant.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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daftbeaker wrote:Roy Hunter wrote:gullible
-adjective (arch.)
a word which is no longer in the dictionary.
It may not be in the dictionary but it is written on the ceiling.
I dropped the dictionary on my toe and then...
I hurt my neck looking upward!
The smoke wafted gently in the breeze across the poop deck and all seemed right in the world.
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bindle stiff
-noun
a hobo.
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a hobo.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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gullible
-adjective
easily deceived or cheated.
-adjective
easily deceived or cheated.
"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed'? Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'" - Carl Sagan
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - Henri Poincaré
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I thot i was able to delete mistakes like this at one time ?
I erred yet again .
I erred yet again .
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gully bull - nowne : he juss loike ta hang owt in valleys an low
lyin' deprushuns an fings loike thot.
yah yah ... but one of us would have ... why not me?
lyin' deprushuns an fings loike thot.
yah yah ... but one of us would have ... why not me?
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