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feminism
upright|thumb|right|The merged Venus symbol with [[raised fist is a symbol of feminism; Robin Morgan designed it for a protest of the 1969 Miss America pageant, where it was popularized.]]
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolith
aldehydes
150px|alt=Aldehyde structure|thumb|class=skin-invert|Aldehyde structure
Three-age system
system for categorizing prehistory
art for art's sake
art without any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function
lumberjack
250px|right|thumb|A lumberjack Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees. The term usually refers to loggers in the era before 1945 in the United States, when trees were felled using hand tools and dragged by oxen to rivers.
silent majority
concept in politics
sick man of Europe
European country experiencing instability or impoverishment
dark horse
metaphor
phocomelia
Phocomelia is a congenital disorder that involves malformations of human arms and legs which result in a flipper-like appendage. A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother being prescribed the use of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy; however, the causes of most cases are to be determined.
Tenpō
was a after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period spanned from December 1830 through December 1844. The reigning emperor was .
Sturtian glaciation
glacial Snowball Earth event ~700 Ma ago
as the crow flies
idiom meaning the shortest distance between two points
For our freedom and yours
unofficial motto of Poland
The pen is mightier than the sword
Saying
turtles all the way down
expression of the problem of infinite regress
ferronnière
thumb|Detail from , school of Leonardo da Vinci, 1490–1496 A '''''' () is a style of headband that encircles the wearer's forehead, usually with a small jewel suspended in the centre. The original form of the headband was worn in late fifteenth-century Italy, and was rechristened a at the time of its revival in the second quarter of the nineteenth century for both day and (more frequently) formal and evening wear.
Dios, rey y patria
motto in Spanish of Carlism
Come and take it
Slogan used by armies during last stands
Canuck
thumb|An editorial cartoon, c. 1910, portraying Johnny Canuck