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  1. OC Châteaudun
    `Olympic Club Châteaudun` is a French association football club founded in 1959 as a result of a merger between ES Châteaudun and AS Saint-Jean. They are based in the town of Châteaudun and their home stadium is the Stade Kléber et Albert Provost, which has a capacity of ar...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OC_Châte

  2. OC Oerlikon
    `OC Oerlikon` (former Unaxis) is a Swiss Technology Conglomerate with a wide range of divisions and products. The different activities are organized as sub-companies: Balzers for coating services, Leybold for vacuum solutions, Oerlikon Solar for solar technology and Oerlikon Textile for texti...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OC_Oerlikon

  3. OC-n
    Optical Carrier n
    Found on http://foldoc.org/OC-n

  4. Ocón
    `Ocón` is a municipality of the autonomous community of La Rioja (Spain). Its population at January 2006 was of 322 inhabitants and has 34.3 km extension. It is formed by the villages La Villa, Pipaona, Aldealobos, Las Ruedas, Santa Lucía and Los Molinos.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocón

  5. Ocaña, Spain
    `Ocaña`, a town and municipality of central Spain, in the province of Toledo. It is located on the extreme north of the tableland known as the Mesa de Ocaña, and has a station on the railway from Aranjuez to Cuenca. History: The town is surrounded by ruined walls which contain the remains of a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocaña,_S

  6. occasion
    [n] - the time of a particular event 2. [n] - an opportunity to do something 3. [n] - reason 4. [v] - give occasion to
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  7. Occasion
    Oc·ca'sion (ŏk*kā'zhŭn) noun [ French occasion , Latin occasio , from occidere , occasum , to fall down; ob (see Ob- ) + cadere to fall. See Chance , and confer Occide...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/7

  8. Occasion
    Oc·ca'sion (ŏk*kā'zhŭn) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Occasioned (- zhŭnd); present participle & verbal noun Occasioning .] [ Confer F. occa...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/7

  9. occasion
    noun reason; `there was no occasion for complaint`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. occasion
    noun an opportunity to do something; `there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. occasion
    noun the time of a particular event; `on the occasion of his 60th birthday`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Occasion
    • (n.) An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause. • (v. t.) To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. occasion
    occasion 1. A particular time; especially, as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: 'They met on three occasions.' 2. A special or important time, event, ceremony, celebration, etc.: 'His birthday will be quite an occasion.' 3. A convenient or favorable time, opportunity, or juncture: 'Thi...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  14. occasion
    • an event that occurs at a critical time
    • a vaguely specified social event
    • reason
    • the time of a particular event
    • an opportunity to do something

    Found on

  15. Occasion
    (Lat. occasio, a happening) The agency of action. The proximate or historical cause. Any actual thing or event consideied as the historical cause of another. The occasion of anything is its antecedent reference, the cause, its logical reference. Syn. with actual. See Cause, Chance. -- J.K.F.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/o.html

  16. Occecation
    Oc·ce·ca'tion noun [ Latin occaecatio , from occaecare to make blind; ob + caecare to blind, from caecus blind.] The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [ R.] 'This inward occecation .' Bp. Hall.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/7

  17. Occecation
    • (n.) The act of making blind, or the state of being blind.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. Occidental Petroleum Corporation
    major American oil- and gas-producing company. Headquarters are in Los Angeles.[5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/4

  19. Occipital bun
    `Occipital bun` is a morphological term used to describe a prominent bulge, or projection, of the occipital bone at the back of the skull. The term is most often used in connection with scientific descriptions of classic Neanderthal crania. While common among many of mankind`s ancestors, primarily r...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_b

  20. occipital diploic vein
    the largest of the diploic veins, which drains blood from the occipital bone and empties into the occipital vein or the transverse sinus.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  21. occipital diploic vein
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. vein with tributaries in the spongy bone of the occipital bone; its termination is highly variable: occipital vein, transverse dural venous sinus near confluence of sinuses, or occipital emissary vein. Synonyms: vena diploica occipitalis
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  22. occipital emissary vein
    <anatomy, vein> An inconstant vessel perforating the squama of the occipital bone to connect the occipital veins with the confluens sinuum. ... Synonym: vena emissaria occipitalis, emissarium occipitale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  23. occipital emissary vein
    an occasional small vein running through a minute foramen in the occipital protuberance of the skull and connecting the junction of the sinuses with the occipital vein.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  24. occipital emissary vein
    Type: Term Definitions: 1. an inconstant vessel perforating the squama of the occipital bone to connect the occipital veins with the confluens sinuum. Synonyms: vena emissaria occipitalis, emissarium occipitale
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  25. occipital horn
    Synonym for posterior horn ... The posterior or occipital division of the lateral ventricle of the brain, extending backward into the occipital lobe; the posterior gray column of the spinal cord as appearing in cross section. ... Synonym: cornu posterius ventriculi lateralis, cornu posterius, cornua...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona



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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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