(n.) A hero, fabled to have been the son of Jupiter and Alcmena, and celebrated for great strength, esp. for the accomplishment of his twelve great tasks or "labors."
(n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra.
Example Sentences:
(1) His father, Denis, flew out to help the search and an RAF Hercules was diverted to the area.
(2) A news blackout was imposed until he appeared alongside Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace at midday local time after flying in from Abu Dhabi on an RAF C130 Hercules aircraft.
(3) I can confirm that last night I authorised two Hercules to participate in the big aid drop on Amerli, a town that has been under siege for nearly two months.
(4) Not far away lies Cape Tenaro, where Hercules is said to have descended into the underworld and tamed Cerberus, the three-headed dog.
(5) He starred opposite Peter Ustinov's Hercule Poirot in three television films, as Hastings, the Belgian detective's baffled foil.
(6) The Hercules coach, Esteban Vigo, has admitted he is keen to sign the 25-year-old Samaras as he prepares for his first season in La Liga, and Lennon and chief executive Peter Lawwell now have a decision to make.
(7) Contrast injection was assisted with a Hercules pump (Cordis) in all cases.
(8) Solid and traditional, all acres of dark wood and stained glass, it prides itself on its list of around 18 mainly bottled Irish beers from such breweries as Kinsale, Hilden, Station Works, Farmageddon, Clever Man (look out for its Ejector Seat turf-smoked stout) and Hercules.
(9) She was placed in an isolation unit at Glasgow’s Gartnavel hospital after becoming feverish, before being transferred by an RAF Hercules plane to London.
(10) He had signed only after the Catalan club's pursuit of Fàbregas failed and his debut ended with a shock 2-0 home defeat by Hercules, in which Mascherano – slow on and off the ball – gave away the free-kick that led to one of the goals and was fortunate to escape a red card.
(11) In Libya you will find teargas made in Britain and, according to Paul Rogers, of the department of peace studies at Bradford University (writing for the openDemocracy site), Mirage F-1 planes, recently upgraded by the French, who are foremost in calling for a no-fly zone, and C-130H Hercules transport planes from the US , where intervention has a growing number of advocates.
(12) The court has therefore implicitly determined that Hercules and Leo are ‘persons’.” After the amendment to the order, NhRP adjusted its stance, noting “these cases are novel and this is the first time that an order to show cause has issued.
(13) The Celtic manager, Neil Lennon , has admitted that the Spanish club Hercules have made a move to sign Georgios Samaras.
(14) Recipe supplied by Olia Hercules, oliahercules.com Germknodel with custard These Austrian sweet dumplings are also lovely served with fruit compote.
(15) One banner said: "'Teesside the infant Hercules': PM William Gladstone 1860.
(16) Recipe supplied by Olia Hercules; oliahercules.com Lemon and tangerine curd Tart and not too sweet, this citrus curd is like spoonfuls of sunshine shipped in from a place where your car easily starts in the morning and the tiny hairs in your nose don't freeze the moment you walk outside.
(17) You feel, at any moment, as if Hercule himself might pop out of The Feathers following a gin fizz.
(18) #Hercules January 3, 2014 2.45pm GMT If you're flying out of JFK this morning, it looks like you're not flying out of JFK this morning: Breaking News Storm (@breakingstorm) JFK Airport reopening pushed to 10 am due to snow conditions - @NBCNews January 3, 2014 2.40pm GMT Some people see a layer of snow.
(19) Teams USA Tim Howard; Steve Cherundolo, Jay DeMerit, Jonathan Bornstein, Carlos Bocanegra; Landon Donovan, Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu, Clint Dempsey; Jozy Altidore, Hercules Gomez.
(20) Lucy (25 July) Facebook Twitter Pinterest My anticipation of Lucy is much the same as Hercules.
Moon
Definition:
(n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month.
(n.) A secondary planet, or satellite, revolving about any member of the solar system; as, the moons of Jupiter or Saturn.
(n.) The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.
(n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
(v. t.) To expose to the rays of the moon.
(v. i.) To act if moonstruck; to wander or gaze about in an abstracted manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) A second operation, total adrenalectomy, resulted in an improvement of the clinical and laboratory findings such as hypokalemia, high blood pressure, muscle atrophy and moon face.
(2) The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, said the resolution "sent an unequivocal message to [North Korea] that the international community will not tolerate its pursuit of nuclear weapons."
(3) Perhaps you'd like to know how she felt holding the Olympic flag alongside Ban Ki-moon at the 2012 opening ceremony .
(4) Nevertheless, moonlight does not seem to have any effect on the composition of adult mosquito population since the difference in the parous rate of females collected during full moon and during no moon was not significant (P greater than 0.05).
(5) They are traditionally consumed on the first full moon of the new year; in our family we always like to have them right after the new year countdown.
(6) The HLP submitted its report (pdf) to Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, in May, proposing 12 goals.
(7) By October the Chronicle's editors had announced a new series of articles, aimed at providing "a full and detailed description of the moral, intellectual, material, and physical condition of the industrial poor throughout England", and Mayhew was to be the Metropolitan Correspondent, filing regular reports from areas of London that might as well have been on the moon for all the notice most people took of them.
(8) "These results," said Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, "represent a tremendous reduction in human suffering and are a clear validation of the approach embodied in the MDGs.
(9) On the eve of the latest suicide data for the UK, Madeleine Moon, chair of the all-party parliamentary group for suicide and self-harm prevention (APPG), said a third of local authorities in England had no suicide action plan.
(10) Recently, two US congressmen proposed a bill known as the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act that would declare a national park on the surface of the moon to protect the Apollo landings.
(11) 1.49am BST Michael Aston writes: Gota feeling this is going to be a thrashing, a major and total beat down... After watching the Spurs humiliate the Heat and Oranje murder Spain...this has a horror show Full moon Friday the 13th nightmare for NY written all over it.....then again, triple OT would be fun too Triple OT?
(12) Daballen navigates the jeep between thorn bushes and over furrows, guided by a rising moon and his intimate knowledge of the terrain.
(13) She was often at Moon's side for the mass weddings.
(14) A statement by the spokesman for UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon demanded that both sides "immediately translate these commitments into action on the ground".
(15) World leaders will assemble at the UN general assembly this month to hear Ban Ki-moon set out his vision for what should replace the millennium development goals (MDGs).
(16) Ending marginalisation and exclusion of LGBT people is a human rights priority – and a development imperative,” said Ban Ki-moon at the UN general assembly last September , despite the fact there is no mention of LGBT rights in the sustainable development goals (SDGs) announced at the conference.
(17) Speaking from a hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, where she is promoting her novel, she said: "I'm over the moon.
(18) The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon,has promised a separate UN investigation.
(19) Accusing Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur on housing, of having an agenda, Shapps said he had written to the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, demanding an apology and an explanation of Rolnik's findings.
(20) W hat do you think happens to the rubbish when you throw it out into the street?” asks the Mighty Boosh ’s great realist Howard Moon.