Word Finder - discs

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A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

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A coin is a disc of metal.

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An intervertebral disc.

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Something resembling a disc.

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Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.

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A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.

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Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

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The flat surface of an organ, as a leaf, any flat, round growth.

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(ultimate frisbee) A Frisbee.

The pictographic characters, found on seals and discs of Period II.

The Season Three boxset contains 24 episodes on four discs.

The Season Six boxset contains 24 episodes on four discs.

The Season Seven boxset contains 25 episodes on four discs.

The Season Eight boxset contains 25 episodes on four discs.

The Season Nine boxset contains 25 episodes on four discs.

Mini-Disk MP3 Players - Smaller than conventional CDs, these discs can hold about 1 GB of memory.

Are there any back-up discs that you are responsible for making?

Typically, this includes factory BIOS/CMOS settings, an operating system and restore or application backup discs.

Those with an interest in electronics and video will clearly have an interest in knowing the difference between the two, whether it be for purchasing used discs or settling arguments with other armchair audio-visual enthusiasts.

You can purchase older discs through large online retailers or at second-hand stores, yard sales and thrift stores.

You will, however, still have to pay a fair price for the HD-DVD, as HD-DVD format owners were allowed to trade in their discs for Blu-ray discs or purchase Blu-ray discs at a discount when the HD-DVD format finally went under.

As time went on, the media changed to DVD storage, with certain camera models recording the video directly onto miniature discs which were playable in DVD players.

This is followed by membership stars and discs, as well as the "bridge" award, which symbolizes a girl's transition from Daisies to Brownies.

Flyers are flexible rubber discs that work just like a Frisbee, but they're more gentle on your dog's teeth and mouth.

These collars are worn in place of a regular collar and, on your signal, typically deliver a variable amount of static electricity or other type of electronic stimulation via metal discs located on the inside of the collar to your dog.

The discs must be in contact with your pet's skin in order for the collar to work effectively.

Allied to the Honeysuckles, they are distinct in their fruits, which have attached to them two shield-like discs of the same texture as the wings of Elm seeds.

Winged Everlasting (Ammobium) - A. alatum is a handsome everlasting from New Holland, 1 1/2 to 3 feet high, bearing white chaffy flowers with yellow discs from May till September.

The band rose to even greater fame with the addition of Barker, and went on to record four more discs, including the landmark Enema of the State in 1999.

In addition to sterling silver, these bracelets are also available in gold, wood, wood beads, pearl, gem stones or birthstones, porcelain, and enamel medals, discs, or images.

The simple idea of looking down at her wrist and seeing the names of loved ones scribed on silver discs is precious and heartwarming.

Silver discs are separated with your choice of bead, stone, pearls, or silver spacers.

The discs are then personalized with special engraving machines that spell out the selected names of loved ones.

Discs can be left blank, so if the recipient only mothers one child, the rest of the discs will act as reflective jewelry enhancers.

Very thick discs can also be engraved around the edges.

Some gold discs are sold without a chain and this allows the disc to be matched with any type of chain.

Gold discs on ribbon are also very attractive and there are many different colors of ribbon available.

Rings and discs - interlocking rings and discs are circles that are cut in two.

The I am blessed pendants became popular along with dog tag style jewelry, which used two matching discs in one necklace.

Chunky jewelry can be as simple as oversized multiple strands of beads, odd shaped beads that are clumped together to multiple rows or necklaces of varied sizes of discs, or over-sized chains.

The discs include home videos shot by visitors along with still photographs and appropriate commentary.

For example, you may encounter jammed discs that won't eject from the console.

If the problem is related to scratched discs rather than the Wii console itself, there are many home-based products that can help you in that regard too.

If you'd rather not invest in such products and technology, many video rental stores (like Blockbuster) have more professional equipment to fix scratched discs, including Nintendo Wii games.

One of the main differences is the PS3 uses Blu-ray discs for games, which gives them the ability for larger games and phenomenal Hi-Def gaming.

Uniball is a top-down soccer-like game where you use ships to shoot discs.

Yes, cartridges, way before those shiny spinning discs that fill our game machines nowadays.

However, the Jaguar CD add-on was also available, plugging into the cartridge slot and running optical discs at 2X speed.

Optical discs being what they are, they are prone to minute damages that can make the game disc unplayable.

While it may seem like a perfectly viable and cost-effective solution for playing a range of video games, burning discs from friends is not at all advisable since this can run into copyright concerns and legal issues.

To read about the various techniques for copying game discs, read the article on how to burn PS2 games.

Although the disc slot on the Wii is the same size as a standard DVD player, it can also accept the smaller GameCube discs as well.

GameCube games are not available directly through the Virtual Console, but there are still savings to be enjoyed by taking the route of the legacy discs.

From the Nintendo end of things, the Virtual Console offers games from the NES, SNES, and N64, but there are several compilation discs available on the GameCube that do the same thing.

The confusion is furthered by the fact that the discs for Wii games look a lot like regular DVD movies.

The discs themselves are exactly the same size and take on much the same appearance.

In fact, Wii game discs are DVD-based and have the same capacity.

However, Wii game discs are not exactly the same as regular DVDs.

Even the older PlayStation 2 could play DVD movies, whereas the newer PS3 can handle Blu-ray Discs as well.