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Two ships of the United States Navy have been assigned the name USS Rival. USS Rival (AM-292) would have been an Admirable-class minesweeper. Construction
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theme song The Rivals, the English name of Welsh mountain Yr Eifl Rivals, Kentucky, U.S. Rival (sternwheeler), a steamboat USS Rival, the name of two
Rival_(disambiguation)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy
USS Rival (AM-468/MSO-468) was an Agile-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to
USS_Rival_(MSO-468)
Collision between a USAF B-52G and KC-135 over the Mediterranean Sea near Spain
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classes USS AMS-59 USS AMS-61 USS AMS-62 USS AMS-63 USS AMS-64 USS AMS-65 USS AMS-66 USS AMS-67 USS AMS-68 USS AMS-71 USS AMS-73 USS AMS-74 USS AMS-75 USS AMS-76
List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy
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US fighter jet display videos
United States Navy fighter jets based aboard the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt in 2004, 2014 and 2015, with additional footage
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1996 American film
command, USS Stingray, a rusty, obsolete World War II-era diesel submarine that is the focus of a special naval war game, supervised by a bitter rival (played
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USS Quail (AM-15, AM-377/MSF-377) USS Quaker City (1854) USS Quapaw (AT-110/ATF-110) USS Quartz (IX-150) USS Quastinet (AOG-39) USS Queen (1863) USS Queen
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minesweeper. USS Admirable (AM-136) USS Adopt (AM-137) USS Advocate (AM-138) USS Agent (AM-139) USS Alarm (AM-140) USS Alchemy (AM-141) USS Apex (AM-142) USS Arcade (AM-143)
List of Admirable-class minesweepers
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USS Wasp USS Hancock ‡ USS Bennington USS Boxer ‡ USS Bon Homme Richard USS Leyte ‡ USS Kearsarge ‡ USS Antietam ‡ USS Princeton ‡ USS Shangri-La ‡ USS Lake
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2012 military science fiction action film by Peter Berg
battleship USS Missouri. Featured in the film were the real-life guided missile destroyers USS Benfold (DDG-65), USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), and USS Sampson
Battleship_(film)
Boeing-built hydrofoil
evaluating the latest hydrofoil technology. The second boat was the rival Grumman-built USS Flagstaff. The first waterjet propelled Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil
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Proposed class of American super-battleships
best-protected, and most heavily armed US battleships ever, and the only ones to rival Japan's Yamato-class battleships in terms of displacement. Preliminary design
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Imperial Japanese Navy ship
off Samar, sinking or helping to sink the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and the destroyers USS Johnston and Hoel. The Japanese turned back after American
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2026 armed conflict in West Asia
Retrieved 7 March 2026. Shelbourne, Mallory (6 March 2026). "USS Gerald R. Ford Now in the Red Sea, USS George H.W. Bush Wraps Pre-Deployment Exercises". USNI
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Global conflict (1939-1945)
flag Mukden incident in 1931, the Japanese shelling of the American gunboat USS Panay in 1937, and the 1937–1938 Nanjing Massacre, Japanese-American relations
World_War_II
Long-range, subsonic cruise missile
installed on the four reactivated Iowa-class battleships USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin. The ABLs were also installed on eight Spruance-class
Tomahawk_missile
States naval officer (5 September 1813), mortally wounded while commanding USS Enterprise in the capture of HMS Boxer "So live your life that the fear of
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Ocean liner
RMS Queen Mary was her main rival. During the Second World War, Normandie was seized by U.S. authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, while
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American screw sloops
States, not one that could rival the Royal or French Navies. Instead of large, costly, ocean-going ironclads such as USS Dunderburg, the legislator wanted
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American science fiction television series
as they come of age and train to be officers. They are taught aboard the USS Athena, a starship that docks at the Starfleet Academy campus in San Francisco
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ambassador of the USS Voyager. Crewman Nelson Rachen Assapiomonwait The Schizoid Man (TNG) (recurring thereafter) Engineer on the USS Enterprise-D during
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1957 film by Nathan H. Juran
submarine USS Starfish, being ordered to retrieve a new type of Japanese mine in the waters off the Asiatic mainland. When diver Wes Barton, Abbott's rival for
Hellcats_of_the_Navy
Jeffrey Epstein file releases, investigation into President Trump's political rivals and foes, and the handling of the ICE shooting deaths of Renee Good and
Timeline of the second Trump presidency (2026 Q1)
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Dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy
USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston, Texas, and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned
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the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The wreckage of the US Navy submarine USS Harder, which was sunk in action in 1944 during World War II, is discovered
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2022 action drama film by Joseph Kosinski
Norfolk-based aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. In mid-February 2019, Cruise and the production crew were sighted on board USS Theodore Roosevelt at NAS
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Character in the Star Trek franchise
is the immediate predecessor to James T. Kirk as captain of the starship USS Enterprise. Pike first appeared as the main character of the original unaired
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Largest city in Texas, United States
people from Houston List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations USS Houston, 4 ships Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest
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film depicting the story of the capture and imprisonment of the crew of USS Pueblo, a US Navy vessel captured while spying off the coast of North Korea
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American actress and singer (born 1931)
Eden in 1987 at a United Services Organization show aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Okinawa
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Anti-government protests
Prince of Iran. On 26 January, U.S. officials said the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its escorting warships entered the Middle East region
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of soldiers and veterans in the United States Perdicaris affair USS Liberty incident USS Stark incident Formation of the unit Company 4000 Advisory role
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its innovations, the XP-31 did not offer any advantages compared to its rival the Boeing P-26 Peashooter. 1932 Never 1 P-29 Fighter Attempt to produce
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1861–1865 conflict in the United States
on the Union's wooden fleet, but the next day, the first Union ironclad, USS Monitor, arrived to challenge it in the Chesapeake Bay. The resulting three-hour
American_Civil_War
Country in West Asia
responsible for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa and the 2000 USS Cole bombing near the port of Aden, Yemen. 15 of the hijackers involved in
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1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia
coups—not all successful—occurred in a short period of time. On 2 August 1964, USS Maddox, on an intelligence mission along North Vietnam's coast, fired upon
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Houthi involvement in the Gaza war
of the Iran-led Axis of Resistance. On 19 October 2023, American warship USS Carney intercepted four Houthi land-attack cruise missiles and 15 drones
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Royal Television Society Programme Awards
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Trade route in southern Mexico
transportation of 11,500 tons of sugar from Hawaii from the USS Arizonan (not to be confused with the USS Arizona (BB-39)), followed by two Japanese ships. Up
Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
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French diplomatic mission to Cambodia, Siam and Vietnam in 1856
Percival, an American navy officer on his circumnavigation tour in his frigate USS Constitution, arrived in the Vietnamese port of Danang, proposing for a trade
Montigny_Mission
Current calendar year
crew members are extracted from the capsule and taken by helicopter to the USS John P. Murtha. April 11 – 2026 Iraqi presidential election: The Iraqi Parliament
2026
Former U.S. military intelligence officer's claims about "non-human" spacecraft recovery
breakthroughs or an attempt to flush out advanced technologies held by rivals such as Russia and China". Disclosure movement Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims
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military restructuring were seen by analysts as creating strategic voids that rival powers, particularly Russia and China, could exploit. Secretary of State
Foreign policy of the second Trump administration
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Ship that carries petroleum
Knock Nevis, ex Seawise Giant rivaled some of the world's largest buildings in size
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American soldier and politician (born 1980)
Herrera Beutler challenger Joe Kent leads in fundraising among pro-Trump rivals". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 21, 2025. Brunner, Jim (September 1,
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American politician and naval officer (1936–2018)
from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he almost died in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. While on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder
John_McCain
Airstrikes and capture of Nicolás Maduro
Trump posted a photograph on his Truth Social account of Maduro on board USS Iwo Jima, showing him blindfolded, with soundproof headphones and a gray
2026 United States intervention in Venezuela
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(1936) – war drama film depicting the Union Navy's deliberate sinking of USS Merrimack, the Confederate States Navy's salvage and refitting of the ship
List of films based on actual events (before 1940)
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US Navy unit with aircraft carrier
projection capability; a single supercarrier holds enough firepower to rival the air forces of entire nations. Previously referred to as "carrier battle
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English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
2005, pp. 25–26. "Planet Earth II 'a disaster for world's wildlife' says rival nature producer". The Guardian. January 2017. Archived from the original
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Wesley's family. Sometime later, Elijah and his crew are attacked by a rival gang, which Elijah reveals to be led by La Fiera's security enforcer, Abril
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Ship class
in 1943. She never operated under the name Bismarck. USS Imperator (ID-4080), at left, and USS Leviathan (ID-1326) at Hoboken, New Jersey. The SS Imperator
Imperator-class_ocean_liner
1990–1991 conflict in the Middle East
carriers USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Independence to the Gulf, where they were ready by 8 August. The US sent the battleships USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin
Gulf_War
Fictional character
"Viper" Metcalf (Tom Skerritt), and that Viper and Duke were aboard the USS Oriskany before seeing Duke's F-4 Phantom II shot down. Maverick is skilled
Pete_"Maverick"_Mitchell
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
three vessels after Lincoln, including the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one
Abraham_Lincoln
Multi-role combat aircraft family by Dassault
aircraft from US Navy flight decks. On 4 June 2010, during an exercise on USS Harry S. Truman, a French Rafale became the first jet fighter of a foreign
Dassault_Rafale
1914–1923 genocide in the Ottoman Empire
[stray] Christian children ... between the ages of 9 and 12". The commander of USS Fox which was stationed off Samsun, reported that c. 100 surrounding Greek
Pontic_Greek_genocide
Overview of the role of the United States Navy during World War II
the 1920s. Battleship production restarted in 1937, commencing with the USS North Carolina. The US Navy was able to add to its fleets during the early
United States Navy in World War II
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Series of American comic books
Publishing) As depicted in Void Rivals #1. As depicted in Cobra Commander #1. As depicted in Transformers #13. As depicted in Void Rivals #18. United States portal
Transformers (Skybound Entertainment)
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President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
personnel said they would vote for Bush, 18 percent preferred his Democratic rival, John Kerry. According to Peter Feaver, a Duke University political scientist
George_W._Bush
Templar Nicholas Biddle, telling them about rumors of Biddle's ship, the USS Randolph, being seen raiding ships along the East Coast. During the game
List of Assassin's Creed characters
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helmet, a Helicarrier, and the Dark Aster. It also includes homages to the USS Eldridge, Polybius, and the Ecto Cooler. For the Loki Palace, an underground
Features of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Most populous city in California, U.S.
Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles City Hall, Hollywood Bowl, battleship USS Iowa, Watts Towers, Crypto.com Arena, Dodger Stadium, and Olvera Street.
Los_Angeles
Season of television series
by Monogram, is forced to become everyone's mediators and admonishes his rival and superior for their behavior. However, this leads to yet another argument
Phineas_and_Ferb_season_5
the armies of the Umayyad Caliphate besieged Mecca to put an end to the rival caliphate of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. After six months of brutal fighting
List_of_last_stands
commenced with the United States and the Soviet Union emerging as superpower rivals; the two countries largely confronted each other indirectly in the arms
History_of_the_United_States
Leading ship of a naval fleet
objects (e.g. USS Constitution), and traditional names (e.g. HMS Ark Royal). However, there are some exceptions to the rule. Beginning with USS Texas (the
Capital_ship
Western Hockey League team in Everett, Washington
team introduced a bear mascot, Lincoln, named after the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which was stationed at Naval Station Everett at the time
Everett_Silvertips
American singer (born 1978)
Future Dedicate 'Rivals' to the Ride-or-Dies in New Video". Billboard. August 30, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016. "Usher - Rivals ft. Future". September
Usher_(musician)
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
appearances on NBC's The Milton Berle Show. His performance, on the deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California, prompted cheers and screams from an audience
Elvis_Presley
Borough and county in New York, US
waterfront was improved by the Gowanus Canal and the canalized Newtown Creek. USS Monitor was the most famous product of the large and growing shipbuilding
Brooklyn
Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved December 27, 2024. "DDG-113 USS John Finn Arleigh Burke class destroyer US Navy". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved
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Gamma Quadrant world. Sisko and Quark are captured by mysterious soldiers called the Jem'Hadar and meet a force, the Dominion, who rival the Federation.
List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes
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Chinese stealth multirole fighter aircraft
catapult-assisted launch and recovery at sea, since United States Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford had yet to launch the Lockheed Martin F-35C. On 1 May 2026
Shenyang_J-35
U.S. anti-ship missile
feature in 2021. During RIMPAC 2018 a UGM-84 Harpoon was fired by USS Olympia at the ex-USS Racine. The U.S. Navy plans to refurbish and recertify UGM-84
Harpoon_(missile)
President of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026
whereabouts and demanded "proof of life". The couple was initially transferred to USS Iwo Jima and subsequently flown to the United States, arriving at Stewart
Nicolás_Maduro
1998–1999 armed conflict in the Balkans
the People's Movement of Kosovo (LPK) nucleus of KLA, an old underground rival with strong left-wing orientation. Rugova was present at the negotiations
Kosovo_War
Shipwreck in the North Atlantic Ocean
Ballard and Argo to map the wrecks of the sunken nuclear submarines USS Thresher and USS Scorpion, lost in the North Atlantic at depths of up to 9,800 ft
Wreck_of_the_Titanic
carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to the Eastern Mediterranean. The group also included the cruiser USS Normandy and the destroyers USS Thomas Hudner, USS Ramage
International reactions to the Gaza war
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2022 National Football League championship game
converted (58). The Rams won their Wild Card matchup against the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals in a 34–11 rout, marking the first career postseason win
Super_Bowl_LVI
century. 8 8 "USS Hornet" Alameda, California, US November 5, 2010 (2010-11-05) 4.08 The Ghost Adventures crew gets locked down on the USS Hornet, which
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World record-setting British hydroplane
its mountings which were punched through the floor of the hull. Following rival record breaker John Cobb's death in his jet boat Crusader, which broke up
Bluebird_K7
second challenge, teams create a dish inspired by one from a rival truck. They choose their rival dish from last to first in the order from the previous week
List of The Great Food Truck Race episodes
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President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
coin. Roosevelt has also appeared on several US postage stamps. The carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, launched shortly after his death, served from 1945
Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Nagorno-Karabakh War was fought between Armenia and Azerbaijan. February 22: USS Yorktown and USS Caron are rammed off the Crimean Peninsula after entering Soviet
Timeline_of_the_Cold_War
United States–led military invasion
Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Cowpens, credited with the first to strike, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Donald Cook and USS Porter, as well as two submarines
2003_invasion_of_Iraq
Spanish-governed Philippines. In 1898, as conflicts continued in the Philippines, the USS Maine, having been sent to Cuba because of U.S. concerns for the safety of
History_of_the_Philippines
Two cats who fought leaving only their tails
instances include: (from 1814) an account in Niles' Register of the loss of USS Wasp after sinking HMS Avon; (from 1816) the critique of Andrew O'Callaghan
Kilkenny_cats
British statesman and writer (1874–1965)
States. The United States Navy named a Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as the USS Winston S. Churchill in 1999. Other memorials in North America include the
Winston_Churchill
Chinese aircraft carrier in development
displacement of 110,000–120,000 tons, making it 10–20% more massive than the USS Gerald R. Ford, which is currently the US's biggest aircraft carrier. This
Type_004_aircraft_carrier
World speed record powerboat
Bird K4 was a powerboat commissioned in 1939 by Sir Malcolm Campbell, to rival the Americans' efforts in the fight for the world water speed record. The
Blue_Bird_K4
1986 action drama film by Tony Scott
Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. He and his radar intercept officer, Lieutenant (junior grade)
Top_Gun
Team collaboration application
May 3, 2021. "Microsoft Teams surpasses 20 million daily active users; rival Slack shares slip". Reuters. November 20, 2019. Archived from the original
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President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
In 1948, he began officer training for submarine duty and served aboard USS Pomfret. Carter was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in 1949. His service
Jimmy_Carter
Late WWII-era class of "large cruisers" of the U.S. Navy
one exception (USS Kearsarge), USN battleships, such as USS Nevada or USS New Jersey, were named for states, while cruisers, like USS Wichita, were named
Alaska-class_cruiser
Scottish-born naval officer (1747–1792)
the head of a five-ship squadron including the 36-gun USS Alliance, 32-gun USS Pallas, 12-gun USS Vengeance, and Le Cerf, also accompanied by two privateers
John_Paul_Jones
German Nazi politician and military leader (1893–1946)
German). Hamburg: [Norderstedt] Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-8311-2487-9. "OSS (USS Office of Strategic Services) Art Looting Intelligence Unit (ALIU) Reports
Hermann_Göring
Trump said, "they knew and were probably involved with the attack on the USS Cole" (2000). The FBI and the intelligence community have established that
False or misleading statements by Donald Trump (second term)
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Television miniseries
meets at the new state capital in New York City alongside his soon-to-be-rival, war hero Alexander Hamilton. They continue to clash and form two political
Thomas_Jefferson_(miniseries)
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Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, French, German, Swedish
Bear
Boy/Male
Arabic
Saffron
Female
Egyptian
, Turn of Heaven, Conductor of the Gods.
Male
German
German form of Roman Latin Ursus, URS means "bear."
Male
Egyptian
, a king of Egypt; Khufu.
Boy/Male
Egyptian
Smoke.
Girl/Female
Indian, Japanese, Sanskrit
Dawn
Boy/Male
English American French
Form of Rufus: Red-haired.
Male
Norse
Old Norse legend name of a dwarf who almost married Thor's daughter Thrud, ALVÃSS means "all wise."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Sun Rays
Male
Egyptian
, a son of Rameses II.
Boy/Male
Biblical
An ass.
Boy/Male
Australian, Italian
Intelligent
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rouse.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.German (of Slavic origin) : from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze.In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a cooper or else a nickname for a rotund, fat man, from Middle English, Old French busse ‘cask’, ‘barrel’ (of unknown origin). The word was also used in Middle English for a type of ship, and the surname may perhaps have been given to someone who sailed in one. The byname seems to occur already in Domesday Book, where a Siward Buss, and a John and Richard Buss are recorded at Brasted in Kent.German and Swiss German : from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).Danish : variant of Buus.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Voice; Use
Male
German
German form of Latin Bartolomaeus, BARTOLOMÄUS means "son of Talmai."
Male
English
Short form of English Russell, RUSS means "little red one."
Boy/Male
Australian, Latin
Worthy of Respect
Girl/Female
British, English
Happy
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Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Very Famous
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Truslove, a metonymic occupational name for a wolf-hunter, from Old French tr(o)usser ‘to truss or bind’, ‘to carry off’ + Anglo-Norman French love ‘wolf’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Girl/Female
Indian
Goddess Laxmi
Girl/Female
Australian, Greek
Mother of Aristaeus
Girl/Female
Tamil
Buddhida | பà¯à®¤à¯à®¤à¯€à®¤à®¾
The bestower of wisdom
Girl/Female
Muslim
Justified
Boy/Male
Sikh
One who is saved through the Guru
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
English
Modern blend of Ava and Ana.
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v. i.
To be wont or accustomed; to be in the habit or practice; as, he used to ride daily; -- now disused in the present tense, perhaps because of the similarity in sound, between "use to," and "used to."
v. t.
To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat; as, to use a beast cruelly.
v. t.
The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use.
v. t.
Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit.
v. t.
A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
v. t.
To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
v. i.
To be accustomed to go; to frequent; to inhabit; to dwell; -- sometimes followed by of.
v. t.
The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
v. t.
To practice customarily; to make a practice of; as, to use diligence in business.
v. t.
Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
v. t.
Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility.
v. t.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book.
n.
A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
v. t.
The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury.
v. t.
To make use of; to convert to one's service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation.
n.
One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto.
v. t.
The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B.
n.
A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble.