PARKES

Meaning of PARKES in English

Pronunciation: ' pärks

Function: biographical name

Sir Henry 1815-1896 Austral. statesman

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PARKES — biographical name Sir Henry 1815-1896 Australian statesman
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PARKES — biographical name Sir Henry 1815-1896 Australian statesman
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PARKES — town, east-central New South Wales, Australia, in the Lachlan River valley. Originally known as Bushman's, it was founded in 1862 …
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PARKES — Parkes BrE AmE pɑːks AmE \ pɑːrks
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BONINGTON, RICHARD PARKES — born Oct. 25, 1801, Arnold, Eng. died Sept. 23, 1828, London British painter active in France. In 1818 he went …
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PARKES PROCESS — ˈpärks, ˈpȧks- noun Usage: usually capitalized 1st P Etymology: after Alexander Parkes died 1890 English chemist : the principal process …
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PARKES, SIR HENRY — born May 27, 1815, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 27, 1896, Sydney a dominant political figure in Australia during the …
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PARKES, FRANK KOBINA — born 1932, Korle Bu, Gold Coast [now Ghana] in full Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes journalist, broadcaster, and widely anthologized poet …
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PARKES, ALEXANDER — born Dec. 29, 1813, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Eng. died June 29, 1890, West Dulwich, near London British chemist and inventor noted …
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BONINGTON, RICHARD PARKES — born Oct. 25, 1801, Arnold, near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Eng. died Sept. 23, 1828, London English Romantic painter, known for his …
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PLASTER — I. ˈplastə(r), -laas-, -lais-, -lȧs- noun also plais·ter ˈplās- ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English, …
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MALCONTENT — I. “+ noun Etymology: Middle French, from malcontent, adjective 1. : a discontented person: a. : one who bears a …
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INVARIANT — I. “+ noun Etymology: in- (I) + variant : a constant factor : one that does not change ; specifically …
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COUPLE — I. ˈkəpəl verb ( coupled ; coupled ; coupling ˈkəp(ə)liŋ, -lēŋ ; couples ) Etymology: Middle English couplen to join, …
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JUDICIAL MURDER — noun : death caused by a court sentence held to be legal but unjust a revolution … with no massacres …
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INHUMAN — (ˈ)in, ən+ adjective Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French inhumain, from Latin inhumanus, from in- in- (I) + humanus …
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CRITICIZE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌsīz verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Usage: see -ize Etymology: critic (I) + -ize intransitive verb 1. : to act as …
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BONINGTON — /bon"ing teuhn/ , n. Richard Parkes /pahrks/ , 1801-28, English painter.
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TINAMOU — any of 47 species of ground-dwelling birds found in Central and South America. Tinamous superficially resemble partridges and quail but …
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PULSAR — in full pulsating radio star any of a class of cosmic objects that emit extremely regular pulses of radio waves; …
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PALEOGRAPHY — also spelled palaeography, study of ancient and medieval handwriting. The term is derived from the Greek palaios (old) and graphein …
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BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
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APODIFORM — Chestnut-collared swift (Cypseloides rutilus) (order Apodiformes), any member of one of two groups of birds, the swifts and the hummingbirds, …
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WYNDHAM, JOHN — born July 10, 1903, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Eng. died March 11, 1969, London pseudonym of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris …
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WALLACE COLLECTION — in London, England, a collection of fine and decorative artworks bequeathed to the British government in 1897. It is housed …
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TENTERFIELD — town, northeastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Northern Tablelands (New England district) of the Eastern Highlands. Founded in 1848 …
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ROUSSEAU, THODORE — born April 15, 1812, Paris, France died December 22, 1867, Barbizon in full Pierre-tienne-Thodore Rousseau French painter who was a …
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EDGE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cliff edge ▪ Keep away from the cliff edge. be on the verge/edge …
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