see also
World War II Air Battles
The World At War
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An unprovoked attack by an enemy
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A foreigner in a belligerent country
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Shells, bombs, military stores |
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A general pardon of offenders
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To reduce to nothing
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An agreement by belligerents to stop fighting
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A place where naval or military weapons are made or
stored  |
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A broad belt worn by cadets across the right shoulder and across the chest with pockets for carrying cartridges g cartridges
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The main division of an army
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A short sword fixed on to the end of a gun
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Nations carrying on warfare
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To surround a place with the intention of capturing it
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An encampment in the open air |
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To camp in the open air without tents or covering
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Official reports on the progress of the War
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A place where soldiers can buy drinks and other
refreshments |
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A container for drinks
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To surrender to an enemy on agreed terms
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The killed or wounded in battle |
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Horse-soldiers
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To seize for military use |
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A person who is forced by law to become a soldier
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Compulsory enrolment as soldiers or sailors |
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Smuggling of goods or engaging in prohibited traffic
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A number of ships travelling together under escort
for the sake of safety |
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To release from the army
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The art of conducting negotiations between nations
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An order prohibiting ships to leave the ports |
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The act or practice of spying
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To remove from one place to another to avoid the
destruction of war |
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A soldier's holiday
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A number of firearms being discharged continuously
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A body of soldiers stationed in a fortress to defend
it |
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A fortified place defended by soldiers, cannons, etc.
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An irregular warfare conducted by scattered or
independent bands |
I. E. D.
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An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs.
Today, there are an estimated 110 million anti-personnel mines in the ground and another 250 million stockpiled in at least 108 countries around the world. |
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Foot-soldiers
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To keep citizens of another country in confinement |
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To enter a country as an enemy
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Skilful movement of ships or troops in order to secure an advantage over the enemy
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To make troops, ships etc. ready for war service |
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Taking neither side in the struggle, that is, not assisting either of the belligerents
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N.V.G.
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A night-vision device (NVD), also known as night optical/observation device (NOD) and night-vision goggles (NVG), The first military night-vision devices were introduced by the GermanArmy as early as 1939 and were used in World War II |
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Heavy guns, artillery and army stores |
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An apparatus which opens like an umbrella to enable a person to drop safely from an aircraft
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A promise given by a prisoner not to try to escape if given temporary release
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A long strip of cloth bound round the foot of soldiers from the ankle to the knee
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To make an examination or preliminary survey of enemy territory or military objective
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A soldier recently enlisted for service
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Music for awakening soldiers in the morning Reveille, from the French word ‘reveillez’, meaning to ‘wake-up’, was originally played as a drum beat just prior to daybreak. Its purpose is to wake up the sleeping soldiers and to let the sentries know that they could cease challenging. It was also a signal to open the town gates and let out the horse guard, allowing them to do a reconnaissance of the immediate area beyond the walls. |
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The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion, usually seven soldiers fire three volleys for a 21 gun slaute
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A shower of bullets
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World War II Air Battles
(Power Point)
The World At War
1300–1200 BCE
Trojan War (dates uncertain)
1200–1100 BCE
Trojan War (dates uncertain)
800–700 BCE
First Messenian War (c. 735–715 BCE)
Lelantine War (c. 720–680 BCE; dates uncertain)
700–600 BCE
Lelantine War (c.720–680 BCE; dates uncertain)
Second Messenian War (c. 660 BCE)
500–400 BCE
Greco-Persian Wars (492–449 BCE)
Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE)
400–300 BCE
Lamian War (323–322 BCE)
300–200 BCE
First Punic War (264–241 BCE)
Second Punic War (218–201 BCE)
200–100 BCE
Third Punic War (149–146 BCE)
100 BCE–100 CE
Gallic Wars (58–50 BCE)
600–700
Jinshin-no-ran (672)
1000–1300
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A shortened form of a word or phrase.
ANU - Australian National University
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An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar. Also includes Mnemonics Educational Acronyms, Information Technolgy Acronyms, |
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a
word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red,
or technical. Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal |
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| Types
of animals, Sounds the make, Where do they live, Collective names of animals
Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia, names = Bull - is called a heifer |
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| a
word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad - good ).
Opposites = Absent - present |
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Big_Words for small |
Small
word with big word alternative
Anger - Dudgeon * bold - Audacious
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| Business_Terms_Glossary | Terms used in business |
| A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and
serving to identify them
A partner in crime - accomplice |
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| Words
pertaining to the church
A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle |
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Similar
sounding words with different meanings
Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance. |
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All about communication see also A History of Communication |
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All computer terms (ASCII, Binary, Unicode) |
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| Names
given to certain towns or countries includes facts about climate
Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain |
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Words
pertaining to death
Occurring after death - posthumous |
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A diminutive person
is short and small. A diminutive wordis a "cute" version of
a word or name: for example, "duckling" is
a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is
a diminutive form of the name William
Cask - casket |
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Famous
world discoveries of countries continents, includes Australian discoverers
Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908 |
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Explanation
of a word, words in literal expressions denote what they mean
according to common or dictionary usage
Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others. |
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| Flags of the world | Flags of countries in the world includes a countries quiz |
Gender
list of male female
Actor - Actress |
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Countries
of the world and Geographical facts
The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles. |
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List
of gods and goddesses
War - Mars |
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Australian
and UK government with words denoting government
Australian Government |
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Explains
grammar syntax and verbs adjectives nouns etc.
Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc. |
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The
art of living together includes senses, elements, cardinal numbers, cardinal
virtues
THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others |
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Alphabetical
list of the most important inventions
Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens |
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List
of kings and queens of Britain with facts and information
EGBERT 827 - 839 |
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Practical
list of words explained in a
sentence or phrase
A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary |
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Words
pertaining to marriage included anniversary gifts
A hater of marriage - misogamist |
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Medical
terms in use today
A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic |
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Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated |
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Sounds
that things make, description of various venues or habitats, special calendar
dates, Aussie slang words,
All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc. |
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Names
of persons or things, occupations, and a description of word meanings i.e.
Terrestrial = Earth
Various names explained Bird of night
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Words
connected to nature
A four-footed animal - quadruped |
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a
word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal
That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable |
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Explanation
of nouns, COMMON Nouns, PROPER Nouns, COLLECTIVE Nouns and ABSTRACT
Nouns.
sit - seat (when to use Nouns) |
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Numbers
of animals things i.e. A number of Cattle = herd
A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul |
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a person
or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or
something else.
Unable to read - il-literate |
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Special
days, Aussies slang and any other items not covered in this list
Any other items that might be of interest |
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List
of Patron Saints
St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland |
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Noctiphobia - Fear of the night |
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A list of places A
place where bees are kept = apiary
A place where fishes are kept - aquarium |
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The case which
is used to show possession is called the possessive case or genitive
case. In case of nouns, an apostrophe is used to show it.
Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor |
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All Prefixes |
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List
of various professions
The commander of a fleet - Admiral |
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Famous proverbs A
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A bad beginning makes a good ending. |
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Serious Quotes and some Witty funny one liners Someone has glued my pack of cards together...I cannot deal with it! |
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Famous sayings as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars. |
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List
of words used in Science or Art
An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph |
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Explanation
of scientific items like barometer
The science of land management - agronomics |
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The
seven wonders of the ancient world with explanations
The Pyramids of Egypt |
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Words
to use as a Simile which is a phrase that describes one thing in terms
of another. A simile usually begins with like or as.
Archates - a good friend * Belt = to hit below the belt |
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List
of words or phrases that has the same or nearly the same meaning as
another
abandon....... desert, forsake, leave. |
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Understanding
words, Incorrect Use of Words, |
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The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other
than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." |
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Words
used in war
Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents |
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Anniversary dates and wedding information |
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Words
shown in noun or verb
strong - strengthen |
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Signs of the Zodiac |
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Norman Conquest (1066)
Crusades (1095–1291; sporadically thereafter)
Gempei War (1180–85)
Barons’ War (1264–67)
1300–1400
Hundred Years’ War (c. 1337–1453)
War of the Eight Saints (1375–78)
1400–1500
Hundred Years’ War (c. 1337–1453)
Thirteen Years’ War (1454–66)
Wars of the Roses (1455–85)
?nin War (1467–77)
1500–1600
Count’s War (1534–36)
Araucanian Wars (1541–58)
Livonian War (1558–83)
Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)
War of the Three Henrys (1587–89)
1600–1700
Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648)
Kalmar War (1611–13)
Thirty Years’ War (1618–48)
Powhatan War (1622–44)
Bishops’ Wars (1639; 1640)
English Civil Wars (1642–51)
First Northern War (1655–60)
War of Devolution (1667–68)
King Philip’s War (1675–76)
War of the Grand Alliance (1689–97)
King William’s War (1689–97)
1700–1800
Second Northern War (1700–21)
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)
War of the Emboabas (1708–09)
Carnatic Wars (1746–48; 1749–54; 1758–63)
Queen Anne’s War (1702–13)
Yamasee War (1715–16)
War of the Polish Succession (1733–38)
War of Jenkins’ Ear (1739–48)
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)
King George’s War (1744–48)
French and Indian War (1754–63)
Silesian Wars (1740–42; 1744–45; 1756–62)
Seven Years’ War (1756–63)
Lord Dunmore’s War (1774)
Rohilla War (1774)
American Revolution (1775–83)
First Maratha War (1775–82)
War of the Bavarian Succession (1778–79)
Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)
French Revolution (1787–99)
French revolutionary wars (1792–1801)
1800–1900
Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)
French revolutionary wars (1792–1801)
War of the Oranges (1801)
Tripolitan War (1801–05)
Second Maratha War (1803–05)
Third Maratha War (1817–18)
Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)
Black War (1804–30)
Peninsular War (1808–14)
War of 1812 (1812–15)
Creek War (1813–14)
War of Greek Independence (1821–32)
Padri War (1821–37)
Naning War (1831–32)
Pastry War (1838–39)
Mexican-American War (1846–48)
Crimean War (1853–56)
Bleeding Kansas (1854–59)
American Civil War (1861–65)
War of the Triple Alliance (1864/65–70)
Seven Weeks’ War (1866)
Selangor Civil War (1867–73)
Franco-German War (1870–71)
Acehnese War (1873–1904)
Red River Indian War (1874–75)
Serbo-Turkish War (1876–78)
Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
War of the Pacific (1879–83)
Gun War (1880–81)
Sino-French War (1883–85)
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885–86)
Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Philippine-American War (1899–1902)
South African War (1899–1902)
The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)
1900–2000
Acehnese War (1873–1904)
Philippine-American War (1899–1902)
South African War (1899–1902)
The War of a Thousand Days (1899–1903)
Boxer Rebellion (1900–01)
Moro Wars (1901–13)
Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
Pig War (1906–09)
Mexican Revolution (1910–20)
Italo-Turkish War (1911–12)
World War I (1914–18)
Baltic War of Liberation (1918–20)
Russian Civil War (1918–20)
Russo-Polish War (1919–20)
Rif War (1921–26)
Chaco War (1932–35)
Italo-Ethiopian War (1935–36)
Spanish Civil War (1936–39)
Sino-Japanese War (1937–45)
Phony War (1939–40; no actual hostilities)
Russo-Finnish War (1939–40)
World War II (1939–45)
Greek Civil War (1944–45; 1946–49)
Arab-Israeli wars (1948–49; 1956; 1967; 1973; 1982)
Korean War (1950–53)
Algerian War (1954–62)
Vietnam War (1954–75)
Six-Day War (1967)
War of Attrition (1969–70)
Yom Kippur War (1973)
Dirty War (1976–83)
Afghan War (1978–92)
Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)
Falkland Islands War (1982)
Persian Gulf War (1990–91)
Bosnian conflict (1992–95)
Kosovo conflict (1998–99)
2000–
Afghanistan War (2001–14)
Iraq War (2003–11)
Syrian Civil War (2012– )
| Explanation for Student Compendium | |
|---|---|
| File | Includes |
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
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An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the first letter (or first few letters) of each word in a phrase or title. Sometimes, the newly combined letters create a new word that becomes a part of everyday language. An example of this is the acronym radar. Also includes Mnemonics |
|
a
word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red,
or technical. Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words * Priest = Sacerdotal |
|
Types
of animals, Sounds the make, Where do they live, Collective names of animals
Apes - gibber, Camel live in Australia, Sahara & Arabia, names = Bull - is called a heifer |
|
a
word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad - good ).
Opposites = Absent - present |
|
SC005_Big_Words for small |
Small
word with big word alternative
|
A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and
serving to identify them
A partner in crime - accomplice |
|
Words
pertaining to the church
A passage between the pews in a church - Aisle |
|
| SC007_Commonly_confused_words | Similar
sounding words with different meanings
Council, an administrative or advisory body, do not confuse with counsel, advice or guidance. |
Names
given to certain towns or countries includes facts about climate
Aberdeen - The Granite City The Torrid Zone has the hottest climate Zinc - Mexico, U.S.A., Spain |
|
| SC013 Death Words pertaining to | Words
pertaining to death
Occurring after death - posthumous |
| SC009_Diminutives | A diminutive person
is short and small. A diminutive wordis a "cute" version of
a word or name: for example, "duckling" is
a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is
a diminutive form of the name William
Cask - casket |
| SC010_Famous | Famous
world discoveries of countries continents, includes Australian discoverers
Matthew Flinders -discovered Bass Strait. * Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908 |
| SC011_Figurative_Expressions | Explanation
of a word, words in literal expressions denote what they mean
according to common or dictionary usage
Aloof -To keep to oneself and not mix with others. |
| SC012_Gender | Gender
list of male female
Actor - Actress |
| SC013_Geography | Countries
of the world and Geographical facts
The Circumference of the earth is approxinmately 24,800 miles. |
| SC014_Gods | List
of gods and goddesses
War - Mars |
| SC015_Government | Australian
and UK government with words denoting government
Australian Government |
| SC016_Grammar | Explains
grammar syntax and verbs adjectives nouns etc.
Explains various uses of nouns verbs etc. |
| SC017_Human_Relationships | The
art of living together includes senses, elements, cardinal numbers, cardinal
virtues
THE ART OF LIVING - Consideration for the feelings of others |
| SC018_Inventions | Alphabetical
list of the most important inventions
Clock (pendulum) - Christian Huygens |
| SC019_Kings_Queens of UK | List
of kings and queens of Britain with facts and information
EGBERT 827 - 839 |
| SC020_Literary | Practical
list of words explained in a
sentence or phrase
A book in which the events of each day are recorded - Diary |
| SC021_Marriage | Words
pertaining to marriage included anniversary gifts
A hater of marriage - misogamist |
| SC022_Medical | Medical
terms in use today
A disease confined to a particular district or place - endemic |
| SC044_Metaphors | Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated |
| SC023_Miscellaneous | Sounds
that things make, description of various venues or habitats, special calendar
dates, Aussie slang words,
All Fools' Day - 1st April - Aussie slang - sounds that things make etc. |
| SC024_Nouns | Explanation
of nouns, COMMON Nouns, PROPER Nouns, COLLECTIVE Nouns and ABSTRACT
Nouns.
sit - seat (when to use Nouns) |
| SC025_Names | Names
of persons or things, occupations, and a description of word meanings i.e.
Terrestrial = Earth
Various names explained Bird of night
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| SC026_Nature | Words
connected to nature
A four-footed animal - quadruped |
| SC027_Negatives | a
word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal
That which cannot be pierced or penetrated - impenetrable |
| SC028_Numbers | Numbers
of animals things i.e. A number of Cattle = herd
A number of fish taken in a net - catch, haul |
| SC029_Opposites | a person
or thing that is totally different from or the reverse of someone or
something else.
Unable to read - il-literate |
| SC030_Patron Saints | List
of Patron Saints
St. George of England, St. Andrew of Scotland |
| SC031_Places | A list of places A
place where bees are kept = apiary
A place where fishes are kept - aquarium |
| SC032_Possessive_Case | The case which
is used to show possession is called the possessive case or genitive
case. In case of nouns, an apostrophe is used to show it.
Is the case which denotes the owner or possessor |
| SC045_Phobias | Noctiphobia - Fear of the night |
| SC033_Professions | List
of various professions
The commander of a fleet - Admiral |
| SC034_Similes | Words
to use as a Simile which is a phrase that describes one thing in terms
of another. A simile usually begins with like or as.
Archates - a good friend * Belt = to hit below the belt |
| SC035_Proverbs | Famous proverbs A
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A bad beginning makes a good ending. |
| SC048_Sayings | Famous sayings as a drowned rat. - as ancient as the sun—as the stars. |
| SC036_Science_and_Arts | List
of words used in Science or Art
An instrument for detecting earthquakes - seismograph |
| SC037_Scientific_Terms | Explanation
of scientific items like barometer
The science of land management - agronomics |
| SC038_Seven_Wonders | The
seven wonders of the ancient world with explanations
The Pyramids of Egypt |
| SC039_Synonyms | List
of words or phrases that has the same or nearly the same meaning as
another
abandon....... desert, forsake, leave. |
| SC040_War | Words
used in war
Nations carrying on warfare - belligerents |
| SC041_Witty Quotes | Witty funny one liners Someone has glued my pack of cards together...I cannot deal with it! |
| SC042_Words_to_Verbs | Words
shown in noun or verb
strong - strengthen |
| SC043_Other | Special
days, Aussies slang and any other items not covered in this list
Any other items that might be of interest |
| SC044_Metaphors | Using
images to convey messages
Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated |
| SC045_Phobias | A
list of Phobias that cover a range of topics
Noctiphobia - Fear of the night |
| SC046_Death | Occurring after death - posthumous |
| SC047_Thesaurus | Understanding
words, Incorrect Use of Words, |
| SC048_Sayings | as afraid as a grasshopper. |
| SC049_UrbanMyths | The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." |
| SC050_Zodiac_signs | Signs of the Zodiac |
| SC051 Computer Terms | All computer terms (ASCII, Binary, Unicode) |
| SC052 Weddings | Anniversary dates and wedding information |
| SC053 Prefixes | All Prefixes |
| SC054_communication | All about communication see also A History of Communication |
Please note there are some excellent links to assist with these pages
see at the end for the links for further information.
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