How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
Short ton — The short ton is a unit of mass equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18474 kg).[1] In the United States it is often called simply ton[1] without distinguishing it from the metric ton (tonne, 1,000 kilograms / 2,204.62262 pounds) or the long ton… … Wikipedia
Short Scion Senior — infobox Aircraft name = S.22 Scion Senior type = Transport floatplane manufacturer = Short Brothers caption = Short Scion Senior FB ( L9786 ) designer = first flight = 1935 introduced = 1935 retired = produced = number built = 6 status = Retired… … Wikipedia
Short sea — Sea Sea (s[=e]), n. [OE. see, AS. s[=ae]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[=e]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[ o], Sw. sj[ o], Icel. s[ae]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus fierce, savage. [root]151a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Waldo (short story) — infobox Book | name = Waldo Magic, Inc. title orig = translator = image caption = 1942 original publication magazine cover author = Robert A. Heinlein illustrator = cover artist = country = USA language = English series = genre = Science fiction… … Wikipedia
Ghost (short story) — Ghost is the framing story in Larry Niven s 1994 fixup Crashlander that lightly connects and extends the other Beowulf Shaeffer stories published up to that time. The chapters in Crashlander are arranged in the following sequence::* Ghost: One:*… … Wikipedia
непогруженный (недопущенный, недопоставленный) товар — Товар, указанный в коносаменте, но не погруженный [Упрощение процедур торговли: англо русский глоссарий терминов (пересмотренное второе издание) НЬЮ ЙОРК, ЖЕНЕВА, МОСКВА 2011 год] EN short shipped Cargo manifested but not loaded [Trade… … Справочник технического переводчика
Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… … Universalium
Maritime history of California — History of California This article is part of a series Timeline … Wikipedia
India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… … Universalium
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
