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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bambino \Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), noun; It. pl. {-ni}. [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali'zein, bambai'nein, to chatter.]
1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball player; -- usu. in the form ''the bambino''.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, noun; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus}, {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, adjective [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Ni
noun: a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite [syn: {nickel}, {atomic number 28}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ni The {country code} for Nicaragua. (1999-01-27)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
NI Network Interconnect / Interface
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
NI Normenausschuss Informationsverarbeitungssysteme (org., DIN)
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