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121Northumbrian Burr — The term Northumbrian Burr refers to the distinctive uvular pronunciation of R in the traditional dialects of Northumberland, Tyneside ( Geordie ), and northern County Durham. Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Effects on neighbouring sounds 3 Hi …
122uran(o)- — [Gr. ouranos the vault of heaven, or the roof of the mouth] a combining form denoting relationship to the palate; see also palat(o) …
123CANOPUS — the blue vault of heaven with its stars, revered and worshipped by the son of the sandy desert as a friend and guide to him, as he wanders over the waste at night alone …
124STORM-AND-STRESS PERIOD — name given in the history of German literature to a period at the close of the 18th century, when the nation began to assert its freedom from artificial literary restraint, a period to which Goethe s Goetz von Berlichingen and Schiller s… …
125heofonhwealf — heofonhwealf2 f ( e/ a) vault of heaven …
126blue — n 1. sky, blue skies, empyrean, firmament, vault of heaven, azure deeps, Chiefly Literary. welkin; the air, the atmosphere. 2. out of the blue suddenly, unexpectedly, all of a sudden. See suddenly (def.1). adj 3. sky blue, baby blue, powder blue …
127cosmos — n 1. world, universe, creation, nature, wide world, Inf. the whole wide world; heavens, empyrean, vault of heaven, heavenly bodies, nebulae, galaxy, Chiefly Literary. welkin. 2. order, harmony, music of the spheres …
128macrocosm — n 1. universe, cosmos, globe, world, wide world, Inf. the whole wide world, all of creation, nature; heavens, firmament, sky, canopy, the blue, empyrean, vault of heaven, Chiefly Literary. welkin; heavenly bodies, celestial bodies or spheres,… …
