November 8th, 2007 at 10: 10 am catch me says: his great-grandfather was the Royal Astronomer for Scotland, who helped discover the almucantar?.    From Wordnik.com.  [STAR TREK: BRUCE GREENWOOD > JESUS] Reference

O has a grandmother from Edinburgh and his great-grandfather was the Royal Astronomer for Scotland, who helped discover the almucantar?.    From Wordnik.com.  [STAR TREK: BRUCE GREENWOOD > JESUS] Reference

15th century The first almucantar quadrant was invented in the medieval Islamic world, and it employed the use of trigonometry.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Why The May 10, 2010 Philippine Polls Failed: The PCOS Forensics] Reference

Almonry, almucantar.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

What’s an almucantar?.    From Wordnik.com.  [STAR TREK: BRUCE GREENWOOD > JESUS] Reference

As for the rest, the fields covered are indeed numerous and include the following (for each I will cite two examples, although in all cases more are available): animals (jerboa, mehari) architecture (alcove, minaret) astronomy (almucantar, nadir) beverages (coffee, julep) birds (albatross, bulbul) chemistry (alkali, realgar) clothing (sash, tarboosh) coins (dinar, dirhem) color (azure, saffron) fish (albacore, tuna) flora (jasmine, spinach) folklore (ghoul, roc) general science (alembic, aludel) literature (almanac, ruba'i) maritime (felucca, xebec) medicine (kef, zedoary) meteorology (haboob, shamal) military (admiral, jemadar) music (rebec, timbal) sports (jereed, safari) topography (bled, djebel).    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4] Reference