Uintatheres were huge creatures with long narrow skulls, of which the elongated facial portion carried three pairs of bony horn-cores, probably covered with short horns in life, the hind-pair having been much the largest.

The English word " dragon " derives from Greek δράκων ( drákōn ), " dragon, serpent of huge size, water-snake ", which probably comes from the verb δρακεῖν ( drakeîn ) " to see clearly ".

In 1892, Oudemans had come to the conclusion that several sightings of Sea serpents were probably huge, plesiosaur-like pinnipeds.

Petrarch later retold the story in Latin, which is probably the biggest factor that contributed to its huge popularity in subsequent centuries.

In his Natural History of Sardinia ( 1774 ), Francesco Cetti reported huge rats inhabiting Tavolara, but these were probably the now-extinct Sardinian pika.

Henry had been forced to pay a huge tribute to the Magyars in 926 and he therefore needed the Bohemian tribute which Wenceslaus probably refused to pay any longer after the reconciliation between Arnulf and Henry.

* March 28 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collect a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.

The next atmosphere, probably consisting largely of nitrogen ( partly in the form of ammonia ), carbon dioxide, water vapor and other gases, but no free oxygen, was produced by outgassing from volcanism, supplemented by gases produced during the late heavy bombardment of Earth by huge asteroids.

There was a huge pittosporum in front that probably came from Indiana, where Dr. Stuart-Martin was born.

The only surviving version of this book, kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and first translated by Pierre Amédée Jaubert, reports that, after having reached an area of " sticky and stinking waters " ( probably the Sargasso Sea ), the Mugharrarin moved back and first reached an uninhabited Island ( Madeira or Hierro ), where they found " a huge quantity of sheep, which its meat was bitter and inedible " and, then, " continued southward " and reached another island where they were soon surrounded by barks and brought to " a village whose inhabitants were often fair haired with long and flaxen hair and the women of a rare beauty ".

The impact probably released huge clouds of toxic carbon monoxide that killed off wildlife in the area, assisted by heavy concentrations of toxic nitric oxides created through ionization by the object's fiery passage through the atmosphere.

The man ( probably Wiltshire trader William Dell, also on holiday ) turned up to the shop with a huge wad of rubber-banded bank notes and proceeded to spoil his trailer load of children with Easter eggs and ice creams.

Finally, five " third-generation " towns were launched in the late 1960s: these were larger, some of them based on substantial existing settlements such as Peterborough, and the most famous was probably Milton Keynes, midway between London and Birmingham, known for its huge central park and shopping centre, designed from the outset as a new city – though in law it is a ' New Town '.

In September of that year, however, Orion distributed what was, and probably remains, its most prestigious film, Amadeus, which went on to win huge critical acclaim and eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor ( F. Murray Abraham ).

: Somewhat the same sensations that the audience in Koster and Bial's Music Hall must have felt on that night, years ago, when motion pictures were first publicly flashed on a large screen were probably felt by the people who witnessed the first public showing of Cinerama the other night ... the shrill screams of the ladies and the pop-eyed amazement of the men when the huge screen was opened to its full size and a thrillingly realistic ride on a roller-coaster was pictured upon it, attested to the shock of the surprise.

He won huge sums off the King but probably lost just as much, if not more.

What probably perked up the ears of the Spanish king about Basco's plan to make the Philippine colony financially self-sufficient, thus removing a huge financial burden from the Spanish crown.

The closest and probably best site is Newhaven Fort, a 5 mile diversion from the path, which is an attraction that houses many World War 2 artefacts and documents with impressive examples of the huge cannons used in coastal defence.

To be sure, a dominant juvenile could probably keep its weaker siblings from accompanying the family group but it could do little to prevent them from sneaking around the huge thickly forested territory and finding stored food on their own.

In 1889, Hermann Dessau, who had become increasingly concerned by the huge amount of anachronistic terms, Vulgar Latin vocabulary, and especially the host of obviously bogus proper names in the work, proposed that the six authors were all fictitious personae, and that the work was in fact composed by a single author in the late fourth century, probably in the reign of Theodosius I.

nerves are stretched like a wire ; the simplest outing becomes a huge challenge-I have to have Angela's arm to support me most days ... my balance or lack of it is probably my biggest problem.

Within the huge thickness of the base of the walls are a range of chambers probably used for storage, while at higher levels passages run between the inner and outer skins of the wall.

Lawrence Schick, in his 1991 book Heroic Worlds, says of The Temple of Elemental Evil, " If you like huge classic dungeon crawls, this is probably the best of the lot.

In a catastrophic flood, most of the huge lake probably drained out the south end in no more than a few weeks-possibly a few days.

The station is probably named Cotton Green since barely a few metres from the railway station, facing east, is a huge beautiful Art Nouveau building of " Cotton Exchange " and a series of warehouses which used to store grains.

It is depicted as a huge elephant with either three or sometimes thirty-three heads which are often shown with more than two tusks.

The stadium became a huge liability to the Government of Ontario, and as the economy soured, so did public support for the so-called " white elephant ".

He is an elephant who has huge ears and is able to use them to fly, carrying what he thinks of as a magic feather.

It had " the head of a frog, the grinning face of a giant elephant, thick short legs set off by huge claws, the back of a dinosaur, and a long tail with spears at the end ".

A modern-day bagad consists of a biniou braz ( bagpipe ), a bombarde section, a drum corps, perhaps more accurately described nowadays as a ' large and varied percussion section ' ( one band's percussionists lug around a huge metal model elephant ), and any additional musical instruments the band wishes to add.

The Portuguese named the island " Elephanta Island " in honour of a huge rock-cut black stone statue of an elephant that was then installed on a mound, a short distance east of Gharapuri village.

The huge male northern elephant seal typically weighs 1, 500 – 2, 300 kg ( 3, 300 – 5, 100 lbs ) and measures 4 – 5 m ( 13. 2 – 16. 5 ft ), although some males can weigh up to 3, 700 kg ( 8, 152 lbs ).

It was of huge size, in build like an elephant, had tusks, and was hairy.

:" Later, as he was preparing war against the prefects of Alexander, a huge wild elephant went to him and took him on his back as if tame, and he became a remarkable fighter and war leader.

The new rock temple is constructed here, adjacent to a huge granite rock, which looks like a sleeping elephant.

The. 338 Lapua Magnum is capable of taking down any game animal, though its suitability for some dangerous game ( Cape buffalo, hippopotamus, white rhinoceros and elephant ) is arguable, unless accompanied by a larger " backup " caliber: " There is a huge difference between calibers that will kill an elephant and those that can be relied upon to stop one.

Because its huge circular reflecting screen looks like a circular fence, the antenna has been colloquially referred to as the elephant cage.

Folklore claims that huge elephant figures were made of stones to scare away the elephants that destroyed the villagers ' sugar cane crops.

While these Miocene deinotheres were dispersed widely and evolved to huge elephant size, they were not as common as the contemporary ( but smaller ) euelephantoidea.

"), a huge mound of caviar ( with a single piece of toast ), a camel, (" and before we start on the main course ") an elephant stuffed with olives.

On the barge is a replica of a huge black elephant, the ears of which can be moved from inside the barge.

He formed a huge army, which included horse, elephant and camel forces.