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Look up: Sting

  1. STING
    A parallel dialect of Scheme intended to serve as a high-level operating system for symbolic programming languages. First-class threads and processors and customisable scheduling policies. E-mail: (suresh@research.nj.dec.com). ['A Customizable Substrate for Concurrent Languages', S. Jagannathan et al, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, 1992]. (1994-11-03)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/STING

  2. Sting
    Sting is slang for a hoax; a trumped-up or fake story.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. Sting
    Sting is slang for a hoax; a trumped-up or fake story.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  4. sting
    something sharp 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  5. sting
    [n] - a kind of pain 2. [n] - a painful wound caused by the thrust of a stinger into skin 3. [v] - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging 4. [v] - of insects, scorpions, or other animals
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. sting
    an arm,projecting upstream in a wind tunnel,to the forward end of which a model can be attached Category: Transport • projecting arm to the forward end of which a satellite model can be attached Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  7. Sting
    Sting noun [ Anglo-Saxon sting a sting. See Sting , transitive verb ] 1. (Zoology) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/199

  8. Sting
    Sting transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Stung (Archaic Stang ); present participle & verbal noun Stinging .] [ Anglo-Saxon stingan ; akin to Icelandic & Swedish <...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/199

  9. sting
    1. <zoology> Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsa...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  10. sting
    stinging noun a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; `the sting of death`; `he felt the stinging of nettles`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. sting
    noun a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect`s stinger into skin
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. sting
    (sting) injury caused by a poisonous substance produced by an animal or plant (biotoxin) and introduced into or onto an individual; there may also be mechanical trauma related to the biting, puncturing, or irritation process. the organ used to inflict such injury. bee sting ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  13. Sting
    • (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. • (v. t.) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Sting
    (from the article `Evans, Gil`) ...notably David Bowie (for the 1986 movie Absolute Beginners), Robbie Robertson (for the 1986 Martin Scorsese movie The Color of Money), and Sting ... ...stops in countries usually overlooked by Western pop musicians—combined to make the Police the world`s most popular band in the early 1980s. The ....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/163

  15. Sting
    the modified ovipositor of a worker honey bee used as a weapon of offense.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21030

  16. sting
    sting, in zoology, organ found in bees, many wasps, some ants, and in scorpions and sting rays, used defensively as well as to kill or paralyze prey. In the bee and the wasp the venom is produced by glands associated with the ovipositor (egg-laying organ) of the female. As symptoms differ, it is ass...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08467

  17. sting
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sting Definitions: 1. Sharp momentary pain, most commonly produced by the puncture of the skin by many species of arthropods, including hexapods, myriapods, and arachnids; can also be produced by jellyfish, sea urchins, sponges, mollusks, and several species of venomous fis...
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  18. Sting
    English pop singer, songwriter, bass player, and actor. As a member of the trio the Police (1977–83), he had UK No. 1 hits with `Message in a Bottle` (1979), `Walking on the Moon` (1979), and `Every Breath You Take` (1983). In his solo career he has often drawn on jazz, as on the albums The Dream of Blue ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  19. Sting
    the modified ovipositor of a worker honey bee used as a weapon of offense.
    Found on http://www.beehives.info/beekeeping-term

  20. Sting
    Modified ovipositor of female Hymenoptera developed into organ of defense.
    Found on http://pages.prodigy.net/dscribner/bees/

  21. Sting
    A `sting` is an injection of a poison via a sting by an animal or plant, such as a bee sting. It may also refer to: People: Fictional uses: Music: Sports teams: Other: Video games: See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting

  22. Sting
    (musician) <br />Signature of Sting --> `Sting` (born `Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner` on 2 October 1951), CBE, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the ro...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting

  23. Sting
    (wrestler) `Steve Borden`<ref name=SLAM>--> (born March 20, 1959),<ref name=SLAM/> better known by his ring name `Sting`, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is the reigning TNA World Heavyweight Champion in his record...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting

  24. Sting
    (percussion) A `sting`, often referred to as a `rimshot`, is a short sequence played by a drummer to punctuate a joke, especially an obvious one. A sting is often used as accompaniment during cabaret- and format=Ogg--> Stings may take the form of a short roll followed by crash cymbal and kick...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting

  25. STING
    STING (`S`equence `T`o and with`IN` `G`raphics) is a free Web-based suite of programs for a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between protein sequence, structure, function, and stability. STING is freely accessible at http://www.cbi.cnptia.embrapa.br/SMS EMBRAPA Information Technology (CNPT...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STING



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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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