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Definition of Scapular

The scapular is a symbol object of the Catholic Christian religion, which consists of two images, one of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ and the other of Our Lady, and has the meaning of "protection"...

Meaning of Plucking

Fighting is the act of fighting, defending and fighting for something or someone. The word pugnar can be classified as intransitive verb, direct intransitive verb or indirect intransitive verb in the language...

meaning of lover

Lover is the name given to a woman or man who has a sexual or love relationship with a person who is already engaged to a third individual. This type of relationship is considered...

Definition of Lion of Judah

Lion of Judah is a biblical expression that serves as a metaphor to represent the figure of Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah in the Holy Scriptures of Christianity and Judaism. The expression Lion of Judah...

Definition of willful and involuntary manslaughter

Willful and involuntary homicide are types of homicide that qualify the circumstances or intentions of a murder; the act of killing another individual. Willful murder is when a person kills...

Definition of Asteroid

Asteroid is a cosmic body that circles in outer space around the Sun, mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids have a few hundred kilometers and shapes...

meaning of nefarious

Nefarious is a masculine adjective that means something ominous, causing misery or referring to a period of mourning and sadness. The word originates from the Latin nefastus, which in ancient Rome was used...

Definition of Tuning Fork

Tuning Fork is a metallic instrument used to help tune musical instruments and voices. The tuning fork is shaped like a fork (letter "U") and works with sound vibration. When vibrating,...

Meaning of social participation

Social participation is a concept that symbolizes the influence of individuals in the organization of a society. The concept of social participation is studied in sociology as a principle of...

Definition of Iceberg

An iceberg is a large chunk of ice that breaks off from polar glaciers and roams through the arctic oceans. Etymologically, the word iceberg is formed by the union of two other words: the English ice,...

meaning of comet

A comet is a celestial body that has an eccentric elliptical route around the Sun (very long); characteristic for having a nebulous atmosphere around the core and a "tail" made of gases, ice and...

Definition of Poseidon

Poseidon is the name given to the god of the seas and oceans, according to Greek mythology; also known as the god Neptune in Roman mythology. The mythological figure of Poseidon is seen as that of a strong man and...

meaning of brother

Sibling is the degree of kinship between two individuals who have the same father and mother. Siblings who share only one parent, either the father or the mother, are called "half brothers". In...

Definition of Infrastructure

Infrastructure is a feminine noun that indicates the base or invisible structure that supports a construction. This word is formed by joining infrastructure + structure, where infra means...

meaning of paradox

Paradoxal is a two-gender adjective that means something that contains or involves a paradox, that is, is incoherent or absurd. Some synonyms for paradoxical can be: contradictory, ridiculous,...

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Definition of KaleidoscopeKaleidoscope is an optical instrument used to create symmetrical visual...

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Meaning of MitigatingMitigate is a direct prenominal or transitive verb in Portuguese, and it mea...

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Definition of UVA and UVBUV is the acronym for ultraviolet, which is a type of electromagnetic ra...

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