The Labrador Duck was also known as a Pied Duck, a vernacular name that it shared with the Surf Scoter and the Common Goldeneye ( and even the American Oystercatcher ), a fact that has led to difficulties in interpreting old records of these species, and also as Skunk Duck.

In the 1994 book Skunk Works, Ben Rich, the former head of Lockheed's Skunk Works division, wrote that the Aurora was the budgetary code name for the stealth bomber fly-off that resulted in the B-2 Spirit.

At the request of the comic strip copyright holders, Lockheed changed the name of the advanced development company to " Skunk Works " in the 1960s.

They have filed several challenges against registrants of domain names containing variations on the term under anti-cybersquatting policies, and have lost a case under the. uk domain name dispute resolution service against a company selling cannabis seeds and paraphernalia, which used the word " skunkworks " in its domain name ( referring to " Skunk ", a variety of the cannabis plant ).

The English rock band Skunk Anansie ( 1994 – 2001, 2009 – present ) took the name of the spider man of the West African folk tales, but with a slightly different spelling, and added " Skunk " to the name, in order to make the name nastier.

His job played havoc with his social life (" He has an air about him ," as Dogpatchers tactfully put it ), and the name of his famous facility entered the modern lexicon via the Lockheed Skunk Works project.

This name was probably mistranslated ; one early settler wrote, " I was informed by Frank Labisner, United States interpreter for the Sac and Fox Indians, that the name of Skunk River was a wrong interpretation.

* Ace ( musician ), stage name of Martin Ivor Kent, guitar player with Skunk Anansie

The name " Skunk Anansie " is taken from the West African folk tales of Anansi the spider-man, with “ Skunk ” added to " make the name nastier ".

Skunk is from England and has a long two-toned ponytail, hence his name.

Others who have played gigs at King Tut's early in their careers include Biffy Clyro, Coldplay, Beck, Blur, Crowded House, The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Skunk Anansie, The Verve, Paramore and Travis, who played the live music venue regularly under their original name of Glass Onion.

Skunk cabbage is notable for its ability to generate temperatures of up to 15-35 ° C above air temperature by cyanide resistant cellular respiration in order to melt its way through frozen ground ,< ref name =" thorington "> Thorington, Katherine K .: " Pollination and Fruiting Success in the Eastern Skunk Cabbage ", The Journal of Biospheric Science, vol 1 no.

This name is a genericised trademark named after Stanley Works, a manufacturer of such knives.

The Ministry of Transport was created in 1905 during the Presidency of Rafael Reyes under the name of Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte or Ministry of Public Works and Transport with the main function of taking care of national assets issues, including mines, oil ( fuel ), patents and trade marks, railways, roads, bridges, national buildings and land without landowners.

The meaning of Pandora's name provided in Works and Days is " all-gifted ".

Olds Motor Works soon adopted the popular name of its vehicles, Oldsmobile ( which, along with Buick and Cadillac, became founding divisions of General Motors Corporation ).

In 1928 Vickers-Armstrongs took over Supermarine as Supermarine Aviation Works ( Vickers ) Ltd and in 1938 all Vickers-Armstrongs aviation interests were reorganised to become Vickers-Armstrongs ( Aircraft ) Ltd, although Supermarine continued to design, build and trade under its own name.

PWA project plaque, using the name Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, on the Pine City, Minnesota City Hall

The PWA was much less controversial than its rival agency with a confusingly similar name, the Works Progress Administration ( WPA ), headed by Harry Hopkins, which focused on smaller projects and hired unemployed unskilled workers.

Despite this setback, the name Parnall was to reappear when George Geach Parnall formed a new company, George Parnall & Co. Ltd. with a handful of previous employees and opened the Coliseum Works in Park Row, Bristol in 1921.

In 1904, its name was changed to Shibaura Seisakusho ( Shibaura Engineering Works ).

Crosstown rival Pontiac Spring & Wagon Works already was making a high-wheel motor wagon under the Pontiac name.

The name Ajax Corporation makes several appearances in the television series Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse.

In the 1950s, Wayne Works changed its name to Wayne Corporation, by then a well-known bus and school-bus manufacturer.

In 1891, North Kankakee was established when the David Bradley Plow Works established a factory, and in recognition of this, in 1895, the town changed its name to Bradley City ( later Bradley ).

These include Dimock, Gould, and Co., Moline Pipe Organ Co., and Moline Furniture Works, to name a few.

Because neither of the settlements had an acceptable name for a post office, the post office was named Oil Works after a local factory that made kerosene.

In 1882, under the name Lima Machine Works, the industry built the first Shay-geared locomotive.

In fact, the impact of the glass industry was so significant that the city's name actually comes from Jeannette E. Hartupee McKee, the wife of H. Sellers McKee, a local industrialist who cofounded the Chambers and McKee Glass Works and was a member of the elite South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club of Johnstown Flood fame.

On February 20, 1838, the Forrers established the first post office in Shenandoah under the name Shenandoah Iron Works with Henry Forrer being the postmaster.

On June 27, 1882, the post office name was changed from Shenandoah Iron Works to Milnes in honor of William Milnes.

-note, these four volumes are sometimes made available digitally under the misleading ( and erroneous ) name ' Complete Works '.

The VxWorks name is believed to be a pun on VRTX (" VRTX Works ").

" The word skunk is borrowed from the Abenaki name for them, segôgw.

Although the western spotted skunk is now recognized as S. gracilis, previously, skunks west of the Cascade Crest in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon as a distinct subspecies ( S. p. latifrons ).< ref name = Verts >

The band's name itself is an allusion to skunk cannabis.

* John Dobson ( 1915 ), whose name is associated with the Dobsonian telescope, a simplified design for Newtonian reflecting telescopes.

Architects in the UK who have made contributions to the profession through design excellence or architectural education, or have in some other way advanced the profession, might until 1971 be elected Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects and can write FRIBA after their name if they feel so inclined.

Architects in the US who have made contributions to the profession through design excellence or architectural education, or have in some other way advanced the profession, are elected Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and can write FAIA after their name.

It was similar to the Apple Macintosh and its simple design allowed the ST to precede the Commodore Amiga's commercial release by almost two months .< ref name =" amigaos ">

During its design stages the name Victorie Stadion was frequently used, referring to the Dutch War of Independence, the phrase " n Alkmaar begint de victorie " ( Victory begins in Alkmaar ) in particular.

BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use ; the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

Additionally, the agreement stipulated that the Browns ' name, colors, uniform design and franchise records would remain in Cleveland.

Over the next five years modifications were made to this design, such as the addition of a circle surrounding the hand and sword and including the club's name in the badge.

A single name worldwide would increase the possibility that advertising campaigns, brochures, and promotional materials could be used across countries and simplify product design and manufacturing.

Gaede used the name diffusion pump since his design was based on the finding that gas cannot diffuse against the vapor stream, but will be carried with it to the exhaust.

With this function implemented in the name server, user applications gain efficiency in design and operation.

The name " FUDGE " was once an acronym for Freeform Universal Donated ( later, Do-it-yourself ) Gaming Engine and, though the acronym has since been dropped, that phrase remains a good summation of the game's design goals.

The idea was to let independent operators use the same name, food, supplies, logo and even building design in exchange for a fee.

During this time the story was renamed King Kong vs. the Ginko when it was believed that Universal had the rights to the Frankenstein name ( they actually only had the rights to the monster's makeup design ).

Various kits exist, but one of the most famous names is the Volkswagen Beetle-based " Wombat " ( previously called a HummBug, until the threat of a lawsuit from General Motors forced them to change both the name and the design of the grill to make it look less like the real thing ).

It is the informal name for two related commissions by Pei – namely the Central Business District General Neighborhood Renewal Plan ( design completed 1964 ) and the Central Business District Project I-A Development Plan ( design completed 1966 ).

A division of Chrysler Group LLC, the most recent successor company to the Jeep brand, now holds trademark status on the name " Jeep " and the distinctive 7-slot front grille design.

Despite the name implying a design evolving from the K5, it is in fact a totally different design that was created by the NexGen team, including chief processor architect Greg Favor, and adapted after the AMD purchase.

Similar references are the function name bless, and the organization of Perl 6 design documents with categories such as apocalypse and exegesis.

The design of the Legion of Merit ( change of name ) would be ready for issue immediately after legislation authorizing it was enacted into law.

In 1963, it changed its trade name from " Mobilgas " to simply " Mobil ," introducing a new logo ( created by a prominent New York graphic design firm, Chermayeff & Geismar ).

The Cozy Cone Motel design is the Wigwam Motel on U. S. Route 66 in Arizona with the neon " 100 % Refrigerated Air " slogan of Tucumcari, New Mexico's Blue Swallow Motel ; the Wheel Well Motel's name alludes to the restored stone-cabin Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri.

The official name of the territory, Nouvelle-Calédonie, could be changed in the near future due to the accord, which stated that " a name, a flag, an anthem, a motto, and the design of banknotes will have to be sought by all parties together, to express the Kanak identity and the future shared by all parties.