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• Ruinous — Ru in*ous, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See {Ruin}.] 1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. [1913 Webster] After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ruinously — Ruinous Ru in*ous, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See {Ruin}.] 1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. [1913 Webster] After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ruinousness — Ruinous Ru in*ous, a. [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See {Ruin}.] 1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. [1913 Webster] After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ru´in|ous|ness — ru|in|ous «ROO uh nuhs», adjective. 1. bringing ruin; causing destruction: »ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects…there is none perhaps more… …   Useful english dictionary

• ru´in|ous|ly — ru|in|ous «ROO uh nuhs», adjective. 1. bringing ruin; causing destruction: »ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects…there is none perhaps more… …   Useful english dictionary

• ru|in|ous — «ROO uh nuhs», adjective. 1. bringing ruin; causing destruction: »ruinous expense, a ruinous war. The heavy frost in late spring was ruinous to the crops. Of all those expensive and uncertain projects…there is none perhaps more perfectly ruinous… …   Useful english dictionary

• Isaiah 17 — 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress also… …   The King James version of the Bible

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• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• Nantyglo Round Towers — are located at Roundhouse Farm, Nantyglo near Brynmawr in the borough of Blaenau Gwent in the South Wales Valleys. The two fortified towers were constructed in 1816 during the period of national unrest due to high wheat prices following the end… …   Wikipedia