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Definitions
Etymologies
- Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; see ster-3 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“More striking to the general observer than the ordinary variable stars are the _temporary stars_ which on rare occasions suddenly make their appearance in the heavens.”
“What I am now engaged on is the monograph of the _principal_ Southern Nebulæ, the object of which is to put on record every ascertainable particular of their actual appearance and the stars visible in them, so as to satisfy future observers whether _new stars_ have appeared, or changes taken place in the nebulosity.”
Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
“Alan, in response to Ted's question, the stars in galaxies * give off light* and nebulae are illuminated by the * light of millions/billions of stars*.”
“Gidleigh Park, the west of England restaurant where chef Michael Caines holds two Michelin stars, is the U. K.'s finest, beating the Fat Duck, in a ...”
“Gidleigh Park, the west of England restaurant where chef Michael Caines holds two Michelin stars, is the U.K.”
“Gidleigh Park, the west of England restaurant where chef Michael Caines holds two Michelin stars, is the U. K.'s finest, beating the Fat Duck, in a new ranking of the Top 100 establishments, published today.”
“And here's the thing about Hollywood: while the name stars get a lot of attention, the reality is that line workers in the television industry, from the people working the cameras to those delivering the food, are part of one of the last union town bastions.”
“Experimental measurements of the cross section of hundreds of nuclear reactions and their conversion into stellar reaction rates are essential if nucleosynthesis in stars is to be quantitatively confirmed.”
“The title stars a hardened man named Shank who's executing a blood-soaked revenge mission in a stylized, 2D, comic book-like world where big guns, blades, and other body-shredding weaponry dissect baddies.”
“Donatella Botti respectively, the title stars actresses Monica Bellucci and Ksenia Rappoport and the soundtrack is composed by”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stars’.
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color (multi)
tiara's color lists rebuilt :)
( visual, colors, multi, descriptive, randomness )pastel, rainbow, gemstone, crystals, ore, minerals, elements, neon, northern lights, fur, sunset, sunrise and 98 more...
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Words Heard Too Often In Songs
Words overused in modern pop music.
Also see ruzuzu's list: Words that should be heard in songs more often.love, heart, dance, dancefloor, down, take, want, night, fight, baby, like, ooooh and 135 more...
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• There's an app for that
Especially focused on those iPhone apps that are supposed to be useful, but wouldn't probably play in Peoria.
Please list the purpose of the app (e.g. prewalking), not its name.prewalking, level, remote control, laundry-stain tre..., compass, ukulele tuning, is it Christmas, bad-hair forecast, rimshot, drunk-dialing, sitar attuning, australian crawling and 35 more...
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O.o
Things that give you a warm fuzzy sort of feeling.
crumpet, cream puff, bubbles, packed lunch, prezzies, stars, pillow, rain, old books, sheep, bikkie, lollipop and 41 more...
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charms
all sorts of ...fortune, gnome, green, chance, luck, gheluc, success, good, spells, hypnotic, prosperity, blessing and 38 more...
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Things that might glow in the dark
glowworm, lightning bug, firefly, Vibrio fischeri, radium dial, Hawaiian bobtail ..., railroad worm, foxfire, distant cities, Cherenkov radiation, Wint-O-Green Life..., glow sticks and 49 more...
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Starring
Anything and everything astronomically related.
cosmos, stars, fiery, furnace, blackness, void, expanse, constellation, constitution, comet, meteor, orion

oroboros Definitely! One of my fondest memories from my SciFi days. Also, though it's got nothing to do with Alfred Bester's books, I recommend The Veils of Azlaroc by Fred Saberhagen. Unusual and thought provoking. See (a somewhat jaundiced) review at: http://www.i-reports.info/b/B199201.html Oct 13, 2007
seanahan I've been meaning to read that book, do you recommend it? Oct 13, 2007
oroboros My name is Gully Foyle
And Terra is my nation,
Deep Space my dwelling place,
The stars my destination
From The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. Oct 12, 2007