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Look up: pinwheel

  1. Pinwheel
    (Aeonium) This group mostly consists of quick-growing, small to medium-sized succulents that form rosettes of waxy leaves. These succulents may be stem-less or shrub-like. Natives of the Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira and parts of Africa, they thrive best in warm, dry climates. Since th...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/aeonium.htm

  2. pinwheel
    [n] - perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. PINWHEEL
    a bonded block pattern using four rectangular containers to build up a chimney Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. pinwheel
    noun a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. pinwheel
    noun perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. pinwheel
    A sequence of 3, 4 or more hurdles, close together in a circular, or star, shape; the dog turns of almost 360° while jumping this sequence. The configuration of three jumps in a classic pinwheel design is also known as a star in European circles.
    Found on http://budhouston.wordpress.com/a-glossa

  7. Pinwheel
    (cryptography) In cryptography, a `pinwheel` was a device for producing a short pseudorandom sequence of bits (determined by the machine`s initial settings), as a component in a cipher machine. A pinwheel consisted of a rotating wheel with a certain number of positions on its periphery. Each ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinwheel

  8. Pinwheel
    (toy) A `pinwheel` is a simple child`s toy made of a wheel of paper or plastic curls attached at its axle to a stick by a pin. It is designed to spin when blown upon by a person or by the wind. It is a predecessor to more complex whirligigs. History: During the nineteenth century in America, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinwheel

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13 February 2012

This day in history:
The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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