The Athenian scholar Laonicus Chalcondyles ( d. c. 1490 ) claims to draw on Greek traditions when he refers to Murad's killer as Miloes, " a man of noble birth who voluntarily decided to accomplish the heroic act of assassination.

It literally means " killer of nine animals " and refers to the food caches.

* In Chapter 7, Poirot refers to a case of poisoning in which the killer uses a " psychological " moment to his advantage, an allusion to Three Act Tragedy.

On his website, Camilleri refers to the engaging and multi-faceted character of Montalbano as a “ serial killer of characters ," meaning that he has developed a life of his own and demands great attention from his author, to the demise of other potential books and different personages.

The term " Son of Sam " refers to the nickname of serial killer David Berkowitz, the subject of a notorious 1978 murder case.

In an attempt to provoke Dolarhyde out of hiding, Graham gives an interview to Freddy Lounds of The Tattler, in which he refers to the " Tooth-Fairy " as impotent, homosexual, and possibly the product of incest ; he also implies that Lecter is offended that the killer considers himself Lecter's equal.

The final girl is a trope in thriller and horror films ( particularly slasher films ) that specifically refers to the last woman or girl alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story.

However sometimes it refers to specialist category killer retailers.

In North America, the term " cicada killer wasp " usually refers to the most well-known species, the Eastern cicada killer ( S. speciosus ).

The concept of a " killer poke ", however, refers to user input intended to induce hardware damage.

A “ glass ” cockpit refers to the use of computer monitors instead of gauges and other analog displays.

In his landmark work, The Singer of Tales, Albert Lord refers to the work of Francis P. Magoun and others, saying “ the documentation is complete, thorough, and accurate.

The first “ Classic ” writer was Aulus Gellius, a 2nd-century Roman writer who, in the miscellany Noctes Atticae ( 19, 8, 15 ), refers to a writer as a Classicus scriptor, non proletarius (“ A distinguished, not a commonplace writer ”).

In his book “ Wasf Afriquia ”, Hassan Al Wazan refers to ancient Casablanca as " Anfa ", a great city which was founded by the Berber kingdom of Barghawata in 768 AD.

The Evidence supporting this claim comes in the form of the Catecheses by Cyril where he continually refers to himself as bishop and a letter written by Cyril to Constantius in 351 where he refers to his vision of the burning cross in the sky as his “ First Fruits ”.

The term “ far from sources ” refers to how far from the source ( moving at the speed of light ) any portion of the outward-moving EM field is located, by the time that source currents are changed by the varying source potential, and the source has therefore begun to generate an outwardly moving EM field of a different phase.

His also counteracts Hacekel ’ s sequence of drawings in the Anthropogenie with what he refers to as “ exact ” drawings, highlighting specific differences.

Johnson identifies several precursors to flaming between users, whom he refers to as “ negotiation partners ,” since Internet communication typically involves back-and-forth interactions similar to a negotiation.

They are not prone to “ carbon coking ”, which refers to carbon build-up on the anode that results in reduced performance by slowing down the internal fuel reforming process.

English scholar Chloe Chard ’ s published introduction to The Romance of the Forest refers to the “ promised effect of terror ”.

Today, mainstream usage of “ hacker ” mostly refers to computer criminals, due to the mass media usage of the word since the 1980s.

The unstated noun the kenning refers to is called its referent, in this case: skip “ ship ”.

The literal translation of the Hebrew word moshiach ( messiah ) is “ anointed ,” which refers to a ritual of consecrating someone or something by putting holy oil upon it.

The term “ penny ”, as it refers to nails, probably originated in medieval England to describe the price of 100 nails.

* Limited political terrorism – Genuine political terrorism is characterized by a revolutionary approach ; limited political terrorism refers to “ acts of terrorism which are committed for ideological or political motives but which are not part of a concerted campaign to capture control of the state.

Adams refers to Sidgwick ’ s observation that “ Happiness ( general as well as individual ) is likely to be better attained if the extent to which we set ourselves consciously to aim at it be carefully restricted .” Trying to apply the utility calculation on each and every occasion is likely to lead to a sub-optimal outcome.

Similarly, Hare refers to “ the crude caricature of act utilitarianism which is the only version of it that many philosophers seem to be acquainted with .” Given what Bentham says about second order evils it would be a serious misrepresentation to say that he and similar act utilitarians would be prepared to punish an innocent person for the greater good.

In general use a “ white elephant ” usually refers to an item that ’ s not useful ( decorative ) but may be expensive and odd.

“ this ” refers to an upcoming portion of the discourse, and in

“ that ” refers to a prior portion of the discourse.

Virtuality refers to a continuum of how “ virtual ” a team is There are three predominant factors that contribute to virtuality, namely: ( a ) the richness of communication media ; ( b ) distance between team members, both in time zones and geographical dispersion ; and ( c ) organisational and cultural diversity.

“ The term ‘ anarcho-syndicalist ’ only came into wide use in 1921-1922 when it was applied polemically as a pejorative term by communists to any syndicalists … who opposed increased control of syndicalism by the communist parties .” In fact, the original statement of aims and principles of the International Workers Association ( drafted in 1922 ) refers not to anarcho-syndicalism, but to revolutionary syndicalism or revolutionary unionism, depending on the translation.

It also refers to other completely unrelated mammals of Australia and southern Africa which have also evolved the mole body plan ; it is not commonly used for some talpids, such as desmans and shrew-moles, which do not fit the common definition of “ mole ”, as well.

As a normative term, it refers to ideologies or policies that promote this diversity or its institutionalisation ; in this sense, multiculturalism is a society “ at ease with the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see fit .” Such ideologies or policies vary widely, including country to country, ranging from the advocacy of equal respect to the various cultures in a society, to a policy of promoting the maintenance of cultural diversity, to policies in which people of various ethnic and religious groups are addressed by the authorities as defined by the group they belong to.

In Swahili, the more naturalized word Marekani means specifically the United States, and Wamarekani are U. S. nationals, whereas the international form Amerika refers to the continent, and Waamerika are the inhabitants thereof.

Declarative memory -- grouped into subsets of semantic and episodic forms of memory -- refers to our memory for facts and specific knowledge, specific meanings, and specific experiences ( e. g., Who was the first president of the U. S. A .?, or " What did I eat for breakfast four days ago ?).

However, U. S. law permits " blended " whisky to contain up to 80 % un-aged grain neutral spirits ( with an age statement on the label that refers only to the " straight " part of the blend ), while Canadian law requires that all of the spirits in a Canadian whisky be aged for at least three years.

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert ( 1836 – 1911 ) and the composer Arthur Sullivan ( 1842 – 1900 ).

Higher education in the United States and Canada specifically refers to post-secondary institutions that offer Associate's degrees, Bachelor's degrees, Master's degrees, Education Specialist ( Ed. S.

Mark S. Smith refers to this stage as a form of monolatry.

However, it also refers specifically to the flag owned by Driver, which has become one of the U. S .' s most treasured historical artifacts.

In the book, Limbaugh also stated that the word refers to unspecified women whose goal is to allow as many abortions as possible, saying at one point that there were fewer than 25 " true feminazis " in the U. S. Limbaugh has used the term to refer to members of the National Center for Women and Policing, the Feminist Majority Foundation, the National Organization for Women, and other organizations at the March for Women's Lives, a large pro-choice demonstration.

Reaganomics (; ( a portmanteau of Reagan and economics attributed to Paul Harvey ) refers to the economic policies promoted by the U. S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.

In U. S. political discourse it refers exclusively to programs that would provide public funds to privately run schools, since parents already have the option of sending their child to the private school of their choice ( within their economic means ).

* War on Terrorism ( also Global War on Terror ) refers to the political response from the U. S. Government to the attacks of 9 / 11 and includes the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the color-coded national threat condition reporting system, the Patriot Act, and the prison camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

In most of the U. S., " tomato sauce " refers to a tomato concentrate with salt, herbs and small amounts of spices and often flavored with meat or seafood.

The U. S. government officially refers to all as " Vietnam era veterans ".

* War on Terrorism ( 2001 – present ) – refers to several ideological, military, and diplomatic campaigns aimed at putting an end to international terrorism by preventing groups defined by the U. S. and its allies as terrorist ( largely Islamist groups such as al-Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas ) from posing a threat to the U. S. and its allies, and by putting an end to state sponsorship of terrorism.

* In The Man from U. N. C. L. E episode " The Deadly Game " ( S1E05 ), former S. S. scientist Wolfgang Volp tries to revive Hitler from suspended animation ; he refers to Hitler by the codename " Barbarossa ".

Homeland security is also usually used to connote the civilian aspect of this effort ; " homeland defense " refers to its military component, led chiefly by the U. S. Northern Command headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In the U. S., the term " horseradish sauce " refers to grated horseradish combined with mayonnaise or salad dressing.

Former U. S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara refers equivocally to the statement that " war is cruelty and you cannot refine it " in both the book Wilson's Ghost and in his interview for the film The Fog of War.

( The usual British term for an aerial tramway is cable car, which in the U. S. usually refers to a ground-level car pulled along by subterranean cables.

* 1903-Big Stick diplomacy: Theodore Roosevelt refers to U. S. policy as " speaking softly and carrying a big stick ", applied the same year by assisting Panama's independence movement from Colombia.

In twenty U. S. states, the term " village " refers to a specific form of incorporated municipal government, similar to a city but with less authority and geographic scope.

Whether this article refers to an early version of the contemporary dance by the same name is still a matter of debate, as some historians claim that Carolina Shag is a descendant of Carolina Jitterbug, and its predecessor, Little Apple ( whose origins can supposedly be traced to Columbia, S. C. in 1937 ).

Hardy and his first wife visited Tintagel on various occasions: she drew a sketch of the inside of the church as it was about 1867 R. S. Hawker's poem about the bells of Forrabury refers also to those of Tintagel, but more notable is his one on the Quest for the Sangraal ( first published at Exeter in 1864 ).