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Score: 4.3/5 (24 votes) Ryan O'Meara loved the water, his yacht crew, and his work on M/Y Pipe Dream, a 112-foot Westport. He was in the midst of it all when he died of a heart attack in Chub Cay in the Bahamas. Stew Katie O'Meara found her husband in their cabin.Who owns the most expensiv...
Score: 4.6/5 (55 votes) Ranitidine is a commonly used drug, classified as a histamine H2-receptor antagonist, and belongs to the same drug class as [cimetidine] and [famotidine]. This drug helps to prevent and treat gastric-acid associated conditions, including ulcers, because of its ability to decr...
Score: 4.6/5 (30 votes) 1 : to cut gear teeth on (a wheel) 2 : to turn (as a tool) by or as if by a ratchet and pawl.What does it mean if someone is promiscuous?1 : having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners. 2 : not restricted to one class...
Score: 4.5/5 (12 votes) Four sitting presidents have been killed: Abraham Lincoln (1865, by John Wilkes Booth), James A. Garfield (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon Czolgosz), and John F. Kennedy (1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald).Who are the 8 presidents who died in office?Con...
Score: 4.1/5 (62 votes) Using all caps and saying "ridiculous" and "just goes to show" *is* about a single poster. "Ridiculous" is not a good word to use when people are helping other people figure out how to live more peacefully. "Ridiculous" means worthy of ridicule.Is ridiculous an insult?The adj...
Score: 5/5 (67 votes) 1. A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect. 2. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association: parental pride.What is the full meaning of pride?1 : the quality or state of being proud: such as. a : inordinate self-esteem : c...
Score: 4.4/5 (11 votes) Scalable Vector Graphics is an XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation. The SVG specification is an open standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium since 1999.What are Scalable Vector Graphics used for?S...
Score: 4.8/5 (19 votes) In genetics, a chiasma (pl. chiasmata) is the point of contact, the physical link, between two (non-sister) chromatids belonging to homologous chromosomes. ... In meiosis, absence of a chiasma generally results in improper chromosomal segregation and aneuploidy.What is the ch...
Score: 4.5/5 (31 votes) In the sixth place; sixth in a row.What does Sixth mean?1 : one that is number six in a series — see Table of Numbers. 2a : a musical interval embracing six diatonic degrees. b : a tone at this interval specifically : submediant. c : the harmonic combination of two tones a si...
Score: 5/5 (16 votes) full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.Is there a word regretful?Regretful describes the feeling of being sorry for something you did — or didn't do — or something that happened. ... So, when you are regretful, you might feel frustrated, disappoin...
