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• Standard-bred — Stand ard bred ( br[e^]d ), a. Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting horse Breeders. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• standardbred — stand•ard•bred [[t]ˈstæn dərdˌbrɛd[/t]] n. dch (often cap.) any of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses used for harness racing • Etymology: 1890–95 …   From formal English to slang

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Shannara artifacts — There are many magical artifacts appearing in Terry Brooks s epic fantasy [cite web |url=http://www.terrybrooks.net/novels/index.html |title=Terry Brooks official website|accessdate=2008 05 02 |last= Speakman |first=Shawn |authorlink= |year=2008… …   Wikipedia

• Isle of Man — Ellan Vannin …   Wikipedia

• Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium

• Beleriand — Place from J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium Location Amon Ereb, Angband, Arvernien, Doriath, East Beleriand, Gondolin, Hithlum, March of Maedhros, Nargothrond, Ossiriand, Pass of Aglon Lifespan Start of Years of the Trees to end of First …   Wikipedia