Word Finder - trophies

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Tropæum.

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An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.

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He won the trophy in a running competition.

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An object taken as a prize by a hunter or conqueror, especially one that is displayed.

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The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.

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Any emblem of success; a status symbol.

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His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, his three yachts (for the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean), his jet, and his mistresses.

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(by extension) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.

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A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.

A bookcase containing a dozen baseball trophies highlighted the far wall of the small room.

It contains many trophies of the European wars of Sweden.

You can also win special trophies per track.

They were used extensively by the British Navy for hundreds of years, and now today as sailing trophies, wedding horns or special award trophy gifts!

The school's athletic background includes 50 GSC championships, 4 GSC Commissioner's trophies, and 3 men's and 7 women's GSC All-Sports trophies.

Cruise ship trophies and prize medallions were handed out freely for participation in different events.

Popular personalized items include clocks, watches, plaques and picture frames, though more unique items such as golf balls, pillows and trophies can also be personalized.

To get R.O.B. the Robot from Gyromite fame, you can have 160 brawl matches, get 250 different trophies, or have ROB join you in adventure mode.

The trophies that you earn in the game are based on the number of chuzzles that you pop.

If you find that you're having a hard time earning certain trophies, you can circumvent the requirements by editing a little file.In the directory where you installed Chuzzle on your computer, look for a folder called Profiles.

The game has also kept me interested after repeated play by introducing trophies.

The trophies aren't a prime component of the game, but they add a nice bonus and improve the overall game-playing experience.

To motivate you, the game gives out trophies for achieving certain things like exercising with a friend or finishing the 30 Day Challenge correctly (which means you didn't skip a day and you completed all the required exercises).

Ford Competition consists of 14 themed races that, when won, unlock Trophies, Vehicles, more tracks and race types.

Ford Challenge is a series of pre-chosen races and driving challenge that also open up trophies, cars, and more tracks.

You can unlock twelve different trophies in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The trophies are unlocked by completing hidden missions for each trophy.

While they may not necessarily be considered Mario Party DS cheats, unlocking the following Boss Trophies can be pretty cool too.

In order to get each of these trophies, you'll need to beat a certain character the prescribed number of times.

You'll get trophies (as long as you win games), fan-mail, and even a girlfriend.

As you race and win (you knew you had to win, right?) you earn trophies and points which will allow you to upgrade your car mechanically and visually.

These great monoliths were brought as trophies to Venice by Doge Domenico Michieli in 1126, after his victories in Syria.

Petty wars are extremely common, not only along the Chinese frontiers, but between the neighbouring clans; and the heads of the slain are carefully preserved as trophies.

The great bronze head of Augustus Caesar, now in the British Museum, is one of the trophies of this excavation, and is very interesting as being either a trophy of war carried off perhaps from Syene, or was actually set up at Meroe by the independent native ruler in honour of the Emperor.

Doubtless many of the smaller objects with which primitive man adorned himself, especially trophies from the animal world, were supposed to exert some beneficial or protective influence on the wearer, or to produce in him the distinguishing characteristics attributed to the object, or to the whole of which the object was a part.

In the lower fortress is the town, with a military hospital, and an arsenal containing trophies captured from the Turks.

Nothing was gained by the victors but the trophies and the field of battle, and the losses of both sides had been enormous.

The struggle for religious freedom has suffered no intermission since the beginning of the Reformation; and the result is that to-day its recognition is considered one of the most precious trophies won in the evolution of modern civilization; nor can these changes be reversed, for they stand in the closest connexion and reciprocity one with another, and represent the fruits of centuries of co-operation on the part of the European peoples.

Considering the interest which is taken in crocodiles and their allies, on account of their size, their dangerous nature and the sporting trophies which they yield, the following " key," based upon easily ascertained characters of the skull, is given.

They are further described as having temples (sabuas) in which they suspend images of serpents and other monsters as well as the trophies procured by war.

Before long, however, these humble trophies failed to content the pilgrims, and they began to devote their efforts to acquiring the actual bodies, or portions of them - frequently by honest means, still oftener by trickery.

Thence he seems to have returned to Kandahar, and in May 1740just one year after his departure from Delhihe was in Herat displaying the imperial throne and other costly trophies to the gaze of the admiring inhabitants.

The death of the empress, however, caused the issue of an order to retire, and Derbent and Baku remained the only trophies of the campaign.

The Garrison church in the centre of the city, which was erected in 1722 and contained numerous historical trophies, was destroyed by fire in 1908.

These exploits were, by the order of Catherine, commemorated by a triumphal column, crowned with naval trophies, erected at Tsarskoe Selo.

The crowning trophies of gravitational astronomy in the r8th century were Laplace's explanations of the " great inequality ".

These were incidental trophies; Herschel's main object was the exploration of the sidereal heavens.

The evening culminates with the annual club dinner at which the coursing trophies for the current season are presented.

The front panel is centered by a blind cartouche supported by winged putti and an eagle above military trophies.

There's no high performance track racing here, no glorious trophies and no rendered sequences of victory celebrations.

Sports Trophies Made to order in native or exotic hardwoods.

On the latter are fluted Corinthian pilasters, trophies, &c.

When hunting stags, the hunters will choose a deer with a fine set of antlers for trophies, whereas any hind will suffice.

Winners of perpetual trophies will receive a color photograph of their trophy.

These trophies excited healthy rivalry in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire, and the enthusiasm as well as the skill with which the game was conducted in Scotland at length proved contagious.

That omnivorous universally credulous stage, which may be called the " legendary," was succeeded by the age of collectors and travellers, when many of the strange stories believed in were actually demonstrated as true by the living or preserved trophies brought to Europe.

Watch the splendor of a bygone era when around 15 of the majestic Thames Sailing Barges race for various trophies.

Be sure to install adequate shelving (be it wall mounted shelves, built-in bookcases, or standing shelves) to store books, trophies, and any other knick-knacks he or she might accumulate.

Sure, some leagues were throwing in a small cash entry fee, but most of the time the fees paid for trophies or small monetary prizes.

As you play alone or with others, you'll have the chance to win in-game trophies and badges.