This doctrine he called “synechism,” a word deriving from the Greek preposition that means “(together) with.”. From Wordnik.com. [Nobody Knows Nothing] Reference
Emblica fruits are one of three "myrobalans," a term deriving from Greek for the acorn, which is a well-known astringent used in tanning. From Wordnik.com. [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference
It is literary theft, deriving from the Latin plagiarius, meaning kidnapper. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Plagiarism Buster] Reference
The entire Enlightenment is one big experiment in deriving the benefits of openness. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Are We Headed For a Technological Panopticon?] Reference
Management is in origin a humble word, deriving from the Italian term for handling horses. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The word, like the pancake itself, is of French origin, deriving from the Latin crispa, meaning. From Wordnik.com. [AME Info Latest News] Reference
That is not think that we can move too far away from specific contexts in deriving optimal policy. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement] Reference
I know that Capetonians call upcountry tourists "Vaalies" - the name deriving from the old Transvaal. From Wordnik.com. [IOL: News]
Its weft is a rich one, deriving from the poet's wide-ranging contacts with literature, history and reality. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 - Press Release] Reference
Italian as quaresima; and Spanishas cuaresma, these all deriving from the Latin quadragesima, meaning 'fortieth'. From Wordnik.com. [CathNews] Reference
This wealth of magnetic is today joined by a fourth category, the nuclear magnetism deriving from the atomic nucleus. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1952 - Presentation Speech] Reference
English and French are both Indo-European languages, English deriving from the Germanic branch and French from the Italic. From Wordnik.com. [French English Translation: the Clash of Roots and Grooves « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
BARNES: An Anglo-Saxon name for someone who worked in a barn, deriving from the Old English 'Bern' (meaning granary barn). From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
I saw several references to the Canadian Thanksgiving deriving from the American Thanksgiving, but Wikipedia says otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Here There and Everywhere] Reference
Brown follows Margaret Starbird in deriving the dynastic name Merovingian from the French "mer" for sea and "vigne" for vine. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Brown's statement to the court tells us how little he knows] Reference
In fact, if possible, even the similar-sounding term (deriving from the same root) of accountancy must be jettisoned as well. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hitchens: America The Banana Republic | Disinformation] Reference
It was with similar methods that the paramagnetism of crystals deriving from the electronic spin was investigated by Gorter in. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1952 - Presentation Speech] Reference
It is accepted IDF parlance to refer to “armed forces” as “kokhot mezuyanim”, the latter word deriving from the root “zayin”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Massad Defends Himself:] Reference
This period, which we know in English as Lent, deriving from the Middle English term meaning 'day-lengthening' or springtime, is known in German as. From Wordnik.com. [CathNews] Reference
Next, inspiration, the first breath, and, not a matter of blind coincidence but straight to the heart of the matter, deriving from the same word as "spirit.". From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
The term itself is fairly appropriate for a second album, deriving from the Greek words "sophos", meaning wise, and "moros", which provides the root for "moron". From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
According Woese, they only later became independent deriving from a highly interactive common ancestral state, not "natural abiogenesis in multiple independent settings". From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
Somewhere around 7000 BCE or earlier the lentil began to be domesticated, the modern species of Lens culinaris most likely deriving from a wild progenitor Lens orientalis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
My mother, a teacher who detested lifeless methods like SRA, told me to always read the questions first, so I'd know what meaning I was supposed to be deriving from the text. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago postscript] Reference
I think a large problem in deriving real-world conclusions from that study was that the wealth was distributed randomly, so, just like Bailey says, it was un-deserved wealth. From Wordnik.com. [Pleistocene Redistribution] Reference
Bill; but the idea of deriving any real comfort from that book never for. From Wordnik.com. [The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains] Reference
You allow, finally, after much caution, that the idea of deriving meaning from page breaks is “intriguing.”. From Wordnik.com. [The genius of page breaks] Reference
1942 -- the Coast Guard created the SPARs, an acronym deriving from the Coast. From Wordnik.com. [American Women In The Military] Reference
13-year-old, he was dismissed as "Kloc", a nickname deriving from the slang term for a lamp-post - he is now 6ft 3½in. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"mayday" is a distress call, deriving from the French ". From Wordnik.com. [sacra doctrina] Reference
Show, called a deriving clause. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
This is a uniquely American sensibility, deriving from the lone, stalwart sheriff cleaning up a town. From Wordnik.com. [Otto Penzler: Noir Fiction Is About Losers, Not Private Eyes] Reference
The logic was Jacobin, the authority deriving from a perceived mandate to recast time-honored practices. From Wordnik.com. [The Obsolescence of Barack Obama] Reference
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