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Ancony
- - A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends.
Ascoma
- noun - an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle
Ascots
- noun - a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental pin
- Also a famous racecourse (and small town) in Berkshire...
Bacons
- noun - back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
- English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
- Roger Bacon, c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English philosopher and Franciscan friar.
Become
- verb - come into existence; "What becomes has duration"
- enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"
- enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
- undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
Bicorn
- adjective - a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points
- having two horns or horn-shaped parts; "a bicornuate uterus"
Cacoon
- - One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
Cocoas
- noun - a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot
- powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed
Cocoon
- noun - retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment; "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings"; "She loves to stay at home and cocoon"
- silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
- wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
Cocopa
- noun - a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River
- the Yuman language spoken by the Cocopa