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Look up: DOr

  1. DOR
    Digital Optical Recording. The process of recording digital information onto an optical medium, e.g. disk, tape.
    Found on http://www.doconsite.co.uk/directorypage

  2. Dor
    Dor noun [ Confer Anglo-Saxon dora drone, locust, Dutch tor beetle, Latin taurus a kind of beetle. Confer Dormouse .] (Zoology) A large European scaraboid beetle ( Geotrupes stercorarius ), which makes a droning...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/111

  3. Dor
    Dor noun [ Confer Dor a beetle, and Hum , Humbug .] A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor , to make a fool of him. [ Archaic] P. Fletcher.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/111

  4. Dor
    Dor transitive verb To make a fool of; to deceive. [ Obsolete] [ Written also dorr .] B. Jonson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/111

  5. dor
    <zoology> A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. ... Synonym: dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock. ... Origin: Cf. AS. Dora drone,...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. Dor
    • (v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive. • (n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzza...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Dor
    modern settlement and ancient port in northwestern Israel, on the Mediterranean coast, south of Haifa. Ancient Dor was a strategic site on the Via ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/67

  8. Dor
    Dor is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `A home, dwelling` Also the Dora of the Romans, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites The name Dor doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Dor seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Dor

  9. DOR
    Dead on rear, a locomotive not powered
    Found on http://www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/Glossary

  10. Dor
    Dor or Dora,Canaanite seaport, ancient Palestine (modern Israel), N of Caesarea Palestinae. It was never a Jewish city but rather a Phoenician outpost. It was rebuilt by the Romans; still visible are the ruins of a temple and a theater. Later it was fortified by the Crusaders. References to it in th...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  11. DOR
    Dead on road
    Found on http://www.kingsnake.com/articles/Glossa

  12. Dor
    (film) |runtime = 147 minutes |country = |language = Hindi<br />Urdu --> `Dor` (Hindi: डोर, translation: String Urdu: ڈور) is a 2006 Indian film drama, written and directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and features Ayesha Takia, Gul Panag and work=Hindu.com-->-...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dor



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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