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Agnus Dei: A section of the Mass: the last musical movement of the Ordinary.

Magnus Effect: The effect on a spinning cylinder or sphere moving through a fluid, in which force acts perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the direction of spin. This is used to advantage in ba . . . View Full Definition

Tinta Madeira: Australian alias name for home growths of the Tinta Negramole variety associated with the island of Madeira..

Trincadeira: Has synonym names Creto Preto, Mortágua, Tinta Amarela and Trincadeira Preto. Red wine variety grown in the Alentejo region of Portugal. Very resistant to drought yet sensitive to fungal dis . . . View Full Definition

Madeira: A wine resembling sherry traditionally produced in the Madeira Islands, a chain of 8 islands off the northwest coast of Africa.

Espadeiro: Red-wine grape grown in northern Portugal and also in bordering Galicia, Spain. Mostly used in 'vinho verde', young wines for early drinking.

Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP): A program that offers subsidies to exporters of U.S. dairy products to help them compete with other nations. USDA pays cash to exporters as bonuses to help them sell certain U.S. dairy produ . . . View Full Definition

Deictic: Words that point to particulars, as names and pronouns do for individual places and persons (such as edwin arlington robinson's 'miniver cheevy' and 'richard cory'), and demonstrative-adject . . . View Full Definition

Deism: (From Latin Deus, 'God') An intellectual religious movement en vogue through the late seventeenth century up to the late eighteenth century concerned with rational rather than faith-based ap . . . View Full Definition

Jadeite: A high pressure clinopyroxene that is frequently carved and polished as a gemstone.