that is, it is known empirically that names beginning with R are more common than those beginning with Z ; ;

Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, as well as muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in Great Britain, and venus's-ears in South Africa and in New Zealand.

The current spelling, amaranth, seems to have come from folk etymology that assumed the final syllable derived from the Greek word anthos (" flower "), common in botanical names.

These names make it evident that the American broccoli, carrot, and onion are not indigenous to China and therefore are less common in the cuisines of China.

For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name " amaryllis " is mainly used for cultivars of the genus Hippeastrum, widely sold in the winter months for their ability to bloom indoors.

The common name " naked lady " used for Amaryllis is also used for other bulbs with a similar growth and flowering pattern ; some of these have their own widely used and accepted common names, such as the resurrection lily ( Lycoris squamigera ).

The Arabs greatly increased the knowledge of astronomical cycles, and many of the star names that remain in common use today, such as Aldebaran, Altair, Betelgeuse, Rigel and Vega retain the legacy of their language.

** List of most common family names

Many names meant something along the lines of " wild man " or " hairy man " although other names described common actions it was said to perform ( e. g. eating clams ).

* baio-warioz: the first component is most plausibly explained as a Germanic version of Boii ; the second part is a common formational morpheme of Germanic tribal names, meaning ' dwellers ', as in Anglo-Saxon-ware ); this combination " Boii-dwellers " may have meant " those who dwell where the Boii formerly dwelt ".

Other common names for the blue whale have included Sibbald's rorqual ( after Sibbald, who first described the species ), the great blue whale and the great northern rorqual.

Unlike with geographical maps, where many famous projections are known ( such as the Mercator projection ), the calendar projection is a matter of such triviality that no names for these exist in common circulation.

The first of these symbols were intended to be fully universal ; since Latin was the common language of science at that time, they were abbreviations based on the Latin names of metals – Cu comes from Cuprum, Fe comes from Ferrum, Ag from Argentum.

" Communist China " and " Red China " were two common names for the PRC.

The cane toad has many other common names, including " giant toad " and " marine toad "; the former refers to its size and the latter to the binomial name, Bufo marinus.

Other common names include " giant neotropical toad ", " Dominican toad ", " giant marine toad ", and " South American Cane Toad ".

The practice is known by many other names, the most common of which is Pascal case for upper camel case.

In German, the names to statutes are abbreviated using embedded capitals, e. g. StGB ( Strafgesetzbuch ) for criminal code, PatG ( Patentgesetz ) for Patent Act or the very common GmbH ( Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ) for Company with Limited Liability.

The common FAT file system can have multiple files whose names differ only in case if the user uses a disk editor to edit the file names in the directory entries.

* Chimaera, one of the common names of a group of cartilaginous fishes, members of the order Chimaeriformes

This perhaps reflects the influence of widespread oral traditions common by 800 which are recorded in various place names and features such as Arthur's Seat indicating Arthur was a hero known and associated with many locations across Brittonic areas of Britain as well as Brittany.

This led medieval logicians to distinguish between what they called the quid nominis or ' whatness of the name ', and the underlying nature common to all the things it names, which they called the quid rei or ' whatness of the thing '.

Strong Atlantic winds are most common in autumn.

Some producers also tap in autumn, though this practice is less common than spring tapping.

It was common practice at the time for most theatres ( other than those in French-speaking communities ) to perform operas in Italian, and an Italian translation of Don Carlos was prepared in the autumn of 1866 by Achille de Lauzières.

Rain falls mostly during the spring and autumn ; during the hottest months rain is less common, but stronger when it does occur, usually in thunderstorms.

This results in frequent fogs, common in the autumn and spring.

From mid-summer to early autumn, the vines can produce small fruit that take the same color as the vine, and are approximately the size of a common pea.

Though some true crocus bloom with the fall ( autumnal ) rains, after summer's heat and drought, the name autumn crocus is often used as a common name for Colchicum, which is in the lily family ( Liliaceae ), and which has six stamens ; it is also known as meadow saffron, though unlike true saffron, the plant is toxic.

Windy conditions, sudden temperature drops, and even freezing precipitation in late spring and early autumn is quite common.

Snow is Roy's most common type of precipitation, although it does receive a certain amount of rain in spring and autumn.

Clothing with more rustic colors and patterns ( like russet leaves ) are favored in autumn, while in spring more vibrant colors and floral designs ( like cherry blossoms ) are common.

One such name in common use is the Lonely Star of Autumn, because it is the only first-magnitude star in the autumn sky of mid-northern latitudes.

In autumn 1917, he organised the Frohe Abende (" Cheery Evenings "), a programme promoting artistic endeavours among the common people, for which he received an Iron Cross Second Class on 5 April 1918.

Although " floaty " skirts were most closely associated with the boho look of mid-decade, short skirts also featured in some outfits, and in London, for example, minis were more widespread during the hot summer of 2006 than for several years before, a trend that continued through the mild autumn and winter and even five years later have not yet lost their popularity with bare legs becoming more common in 2011 for the first time in some years.

The most common pattern involves flying north in the spring to breed in the temperate or Arctic summer and returning in the autumn to wintering grounds in warmer regions to the south.

More common species, such as the European Honey Buzzard, can be counted in hundreds of thousands in autumn.

The common brushtail possum can breed at any time of the year, but breeding tends to peak in spring, from September to November, and in autumn, from March to May, in some areas.

Diapause is common in insects, allowing them to suspend development between autumn and spring, and in mammals such as the roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus, the only ungulate with embryonic diapause ), where a delay in attachment of the embryo to the uterine lining ensures that offspring are born in spring, when conditions are most favorable.

On certain autumn nights, children's processions with lanterns are common in Alemannic Switzerland.

This species is a fairly common wanderer to northern and western Europe in spring and autumn.

Precipitation is common year round, but is most common during the transition seasons of late spring and autumn.

Seiche-induced flooding is common along the Neva river in the autumn.

Sirocco winds with speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour are most common during the autumn and the spring.