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cuneal
cuneate
cuneiform

wedge-shaped.


Most of you probably recognize the last word above. I did not know or I forgot that cuneiform means wedge-shaped, when it is not used to denote the...

cunctation

delay; procrastination.


You can suss out what a cunctator is.

I made cunctation today's WotD, though you might never use it in the place of delay on a whimsy--I imagined some...

I'm not sure this is the best thread for this post.

Anyway . . . Thomists offer a third alternative. Jorge is wrong. His naturalist opponents are also wrong.
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Wow, that was almost like a movie. "Kasha's Birthday Party Goes Bonkers" garnered $80 million last weekend. Observers predict an even bigger pot this week.

cumulo-, cumuli-, cumul-

essay: We should start with the description of a cumulus cloud: A dense, white, flat-based cloud with a multiple rounded top and a well-defined outline. There are many...

cumber

transitive: to weigh down or to hamper/obstruct.
Noun: a hinderance; an encumbrance.


What an economical word is cumber compared to hinderance and encumbrance! Weakened by the...

Oh, my, I am four years older!:shocked:

Still on Unconditional Election, God's Decree.

V uses many verses in the Bible to argue against predestination (which he apparently suggested is akin to the philosopher's determinism, the Stoic's...

After reading this I thought a far better case for quackery can be made against the medical establishment than against Dr. Joseph Mercola. ...

cum

together with; plus. Used in combination to indicate a dual nature or function: Rembrandt's attic-cum-studio.

I was surprised that cum is considered an English word. Sally's...

On page 276, V writesThe last thing in relation to man which proves that God has not predestinated all things is prayer. The Bible is filled with examples of prayer and injunctions for Christians to...

cultigen
cultivar

essay: Today two related words are selected. Cultigen denotes an organism of a kind not known to have a wild or uncultivated counterpart. The second word cultivar denotes a...

Culloden Moor

The site of the Battle of Culloden, fought near the town of Culloden, Scotland, in 1746, between the Jacobite forces led by Charles Edward Stuart (the "Bonnie Prince Charlie" and the...

culet

the flat face of a gem cut as a brilliant.
One of the plates of medieval armor covering the back.


I thought today's WotD was an interesting word. First, it has two quite different...

-cule

like -cle, suffix that indicates smallness; for example, molecule.


I can't think of a word that has -cule other than molecule. Maybe my brain is really a braincule.

More evidence that LBJ had a hand in the JFK assassination?
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Cukor, George Dewey

U.S. filmmaker who directed many of Hollywood's finest films, including My Fair Lady.


Cukor's career spanned 50 years, but he got only one Academy Award, for My Fair Lady....

Cú Chulainn, Cú Chulaind or Cúchulainn

an Irish mythological hero who, at the age of seventeen, defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht, as related in the...

I will make an exception here. You perhaps forgot that I suggested that nearly all diseases are opportunistic. They happen to people who have weak immune systems. If one had a sufficiently robust...

I just am not going to respond to someone who almost never look at anything on Mercola's site.

I am not certain what you are referring to. Death is certainly worse than having a bout of polio. Or going nuts.

Unconditional Election
God's Decree

Vance summarizes the Calvinist literature on God's Decree, thus: It is singular, eternal, sovereign, and all-encompassing. Singular-there is one decree....

cryptonym

essay: You might already have quickly sussed out the meaning of today's WotD, "A secret name." Likely you saw that it must be "crypto-", secret and "-nym, "name." A reason I made...

I think my last reply above in the post prior to this one applies here also.

I doubt we can decide on the basis of Biblical knowledge and observations of the world which of us are of the elect and which not.

What issue is V confusing? Let me suggest this: The Calvinists claim that man is sinful and bears responsibility (somewhat in a legal sense) for his sins. Consequently, unless God including his...

cryptomeria

essay: The tree Cryptomeria japonica is Japan's national tree. Called Sugi (杉) by the Japanese, the tree has needles and soft, durable, fragrant wood. It's not clear to me why...

cryptesthesia

a term in psychology denoting the various modes of supposed paranormal perception such as clairvoyance.


The professor planned his lecture on cryptesthesia, but many students in...

Cruikshank, George

essay: You may have seen some of his work, though he died centuries ago (born 27 September 1792, died 1 February 1878). He was an internationally known British caricaturist and...

I thought the man seemed different, but I didn't think of possibilities such as, he is Kasha's uncle.

cruck

either of a pair of sloping timbers, often curved, that help support a roof. Also called crook frame....

In the first photo, Kasha just barely shows in back of her dad, who looks perturbed as he looks down a slide. I thought, "She pushed him! That's why he looked like that."

crown glass

a clear soda-lime-silica optical glass with low refraction or a form of window glass made by whirling a glass bubble to make a flat circular disk with a lump in the center formed by...

You have to justify that by showing in detail why you think AGW is a major part of GW. But please no rehashing old arguments.

I'm concerned that the model has 4 adjustable parameters. The author does say that his model actually models two different phenomena, but I have no idea what to think about something like that model,...

what question? The earliest post made on this page was in February.

croup

essay: I thought I knew what that meant, but now I know I was wrong. Croup may mean a certain disorder in children, characterized by difficulty in breathing and a harsh cough, or it refers...

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I was surprised to read that it was US policy to slaughter the buffalo to starve the Plains Indians to death (Ryan W....

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They are supposed to prevent disease, yes. The thread, in case you've forgotten, is all about vaccines that cause problems. In some cases much worse than the disease it's supposed to prevent. "The...

You imply I am on the side opposite to the truth. If one uses sarcasm, you shake your head sovereignly and tell one and all that it shows I am on the wrong side.

In my last post last Friday, I neglected to make clear V says that even if Total Depravity is wrong, Unconditional Election may still be correct. We are now to consider whether that is so.

V says...

crosstree

essay: I am not going to give a complete, clear and concise explanation of the reason for crosstrees. I don't understand totally. However, I do see that masts on many sailing ships like...

V points out an implication of some arguments by Calvinists is that not only everyone is unable to save himself, no one else can save him, either. Not any minister, not any missionary. (Partial...

Can you guess the designation for the heraldic device that consists of four crosses joined together at right angles?

If you can't picture it, click this...

crosse

a lacrosse stick.


A crosier or crozier--a staff bearer or a staff with a crook at the head, carried by or before an abbot or bishop, as a symbol of office (also called a pastoral...

croquette

essay: I was surprised to see how many nations have food items like what I suppose the French call croquettes. It's a roll. The coat may be breadcrumbs, but I guess crepe-suzette-style...

criticaster

essay: I recalled the word poetaster when I saw today's WotD. Intrigued that both words have the same suffix -aster, I looked up artaster and artistaster--neither is a word. Still, why...

A book lists many deniers and what they say. The title of the book is The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud* *And...