Picture of the day for May 1, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on May 1, 2018: Aurora Australis glows along the horizon from New Harbour Beach in Tasmania, Southwest National Park. https://ift.tt/2rbija1

sudorific: Word of the day for April 30, 2018

sudorific , adj :
In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty. (chiefly pharmacology) That produces sweating. The song “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” was released in Europe by the Jamaican reggae fusion group Inner Circle on this day 25 years ago in 1993.

Picture of the day for April 30, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 30, 2018: Zhavoronki are traditional Eastern Slavic cookies. Photographed in Shebekinsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia. https://ift.tt/2r9Z4NO

Picture of the day for April 29, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 29, 2018: Palm Springs International Airport, final approach on runway 13R https://ift.tt/2r6Ri7s

fraudulence: Word of the day for April 29, 2018

fraudulence , n :
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness. American former financier and investment advisor Bernard “Bernie” Madoff, was born on this day 80 years ago in 1938. Madoff was convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme considered to be the largest financial fraud in United States history.

platitudinous: Word of the day for April 24, 2018

platitudinous , adj :
Characterised by cliches or platitudes.

Picture of the day for April 24, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 24, 2018: The Spring path at the island of Mainau during the tulip blooming. https://ift.tt/2qSCwRG

tarn: Word of the day for April 23, 2018

tarn , n :
(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England. (US, chiefly Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds. Today is Saint George’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of England.

Picture of the day for April 23, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 23, 2018: Exemplar of brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. https://ift.tt/2F5Fnep

Picture of the day for April 22, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 22, 2018: Panorama of the Imperial Academy of Arts building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. https://ift.tt/2HhPBOB

Gaia: Word of the day for April 22, 2018

Gaia , proper n :
(ecology) The ecosystem of the Earth regarded as a self-regulating organism. Alternative form of Gaea (“Greek goddess personifying the Earth”). Today is Earth Day, a day for observing the need to protect the Earth.

gens: Word of the day for April 21, 2018

gens , n :
(Ancient Rome, historical) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related through a common ancestor by birth, marriage or adoption, possibly over many generations, and sharing the same nomen gentilicium. (anthropology) A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line. Rome is traditionally regarded as having been founded on this day.

Picture of the day for April 21, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 21, 2018: A port security boat assigned to Martime Expeditionary Squadron (MSRON) 1 patrols the waters near Kuwait Naval Base. MSRON-1 is deployed supporting maritime security operations and port security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. https://ift.tt/2qO5RMg

kyriarchy: Word of the day for April 17, 2018

kyriarchy , n :
A system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed. Romanian-born German feminist Roman Catholic theologian Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, who coined the word in a 1992 book, was born on this day 80 years ago in 1938.

Picture of the day for April 17, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 17, 2018: View of the Castle of Zafra, Campillo de Dueñas, Guadalajara, Spain. The castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th centuries on a sandstone outcrop and stands on the site of a former Visigothic and Moorish fortification that fell into Christian hands in 1129. It had considerable strategic importance as a virtually impregnable defensive work on the border between Christian and Muslim-ruled territory. The castle was never conquered and was successfully defended against the King of Castile in the 13th century. The successful completion of the Reconquista at the end of the 15th century ended its military significance. https://ift.tt/2H4Uera

sprachbund: Word of the day for April 16, 2018

sprachbund , n :
(linguistics) A group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation. Russian linguist Nikolai Trubetzkoy, who coined the German word Sprachbund from which the English word is derived, was born on this day in 1890.

Picture of the day for April 16, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 16, 2018: A MK-46 exercise torpedo is launched from the deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during a torpedo launch exercise in Philippine Sea. https://ift.tt/2ELK6BD

Picture of the day for April 15, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 15, 2018: Panorama of the Tobolsk Kremlin from the Cape Chukman. Tobolsk, Russia. https://ift.tt/2JNn94U

Leonardeschi: Word of the day for April 15, 2018

Leonardeschi , n :
A group of artists who worked in the studio of, or under the influence of, Leonardo da Vinci. Today, the anniversary of the day Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452, is declared by the International Association of Art to be World Art Day to celebrate the fine arts.

consistent: Word of the day for April 14, 2018

consistent , adj :
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. Compatible, accordant. (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Picture of the day for April 14, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 14, 2018: Indosylvirana urbis, Urban Golden-backed Frog, is a species of frog known only in the southern Western Ghats in Kerala. Here it is resting comfortably in the pink colored boat-shaped bract of the Curcuma angustifolia (East Indian Arrowroot) flower. https://ift.tt/2H2hpTe

horses for courses: Word of the day for April 12, 2018

horses for courses , phrase :
(chiefly Britain, idiomatic) Different people are suited for different jobs or situations; what is fitting in one case may not be fitting in another. The Grand National Festival, a horse racing event held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, UK, begins on this day in 2018.

Picture of the day for April 12, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 12, 2018: The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft, carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, launched Sunday, October 12, 2008, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The three crew members docked with the International Space Station on October 14. Garriott returned to Earth on October 24 with two members of the Expedition 17 crew, while Fincke and Lonchakov remained on the station for six months. https://ift.tt/2GU4dzq

Picture of the day for April 11, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 11, 2018: Overview of the courtyard of the Agha Bozorg mosque, a historical mosque in Kashan, Iran. The mosque, located in the center of the city, was built in the late 18th century by master-mimar Ustad Haj Sa'ban-ali. The mosque has of two large iwans, one in front of the mihrab and the other by the entrance and the courtyard in the middle. https://ift.tt/2GNybcG

folding stuff: Word of the day for April 11, 2018

folding stuff , n :
(slang) Banknotes, paper money.

caveat: Word of the day for April 10, 2018

caveat , v :
(regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso. (law) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system. (law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended. (obsolete) To warn or caution against some event. The tongue-in-cheek International Be Kind to Lawyers Day falls on this day in 2018, the second Tuesday of April.

Picture of the day for April 10, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 10, 2018: Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in the Zoo of Madrid, Spain. https://ift.tt/2EygR5h

sully: Word of the day for April 9, 2018

sully , v :
(transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty. (transitive) To corrupt or damage. (intransitive) To become soiled or tarnished.

Picture of the day for April 9, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 9, 2018: Peugeot 208 T16 at Rally Serras de Fafe 2017 https://ift.tt/2GFSCIe

Picture of the day for April 8, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 8, 2018: The crenellated parapet on a bastion of Kyrenia Castle, Cyprus. https://ift.tt/2uU88Lh

enhypostasia: Word of the day for April 8, 2018

enhypostasia , n :
(Christianity (Christology)) The state of the human nature of Jesus Christ being entirely dependent on, and not existing independently of, the divine nature of God as a whole (which is the hypostasis of the Holy Trinity comprising God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit), or individual persons of the Trinity such as the Father and the Holy Spirit. Today is Easter in Eastern Christianity in 2018.

Picture of the day for April 7, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 7, 2018: The Bronze Horseman in Saint Petersburg, Russia. https://ift.tt/2HexAO0

sassywood: Word of the day for April 7, 2018

sassywood , n :
A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil. The ordeal tree itself, the bark of which is used in the sassywood procedure. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!

pornocracy: Word of the day for April 6, 2018

pornocracy , proper n :
(Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family. pornocracy n (derogatory, often figuratively) A government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons. (derogatory) A societal culture dominated by pornography. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!

Picture of the day for April 6, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 6, 2018: These well-preserved basalt columns are known as "Symphony of the Stones" and are located in the Garni Gorge, near Yerevan, capital city of Armenia. The columns are visible because they were carved out by the Goght River. https://ift.tt/2GCidxJ

Picture of the day for April 5, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 5, 2018: Diesel multiple units IC4 under the Ringgade bridge with "Hesitation of Light" light installation in Aarhus, Denmark https://ift.tt/2GzGSHp

eucatastrophe: Word of the day for April 5, 2018

eucatastrophe , n :
(literature) A catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the protagonist's well-being. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!

Picture of the day for April 4, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 4, 2018: Hochofenstraße in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://ift.tt/2Gwy3y2

disemvowel: Word of the day for April 4, 2018

disemvowel , v :
(transitive, sometimes humorous) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!

Picture of the day for April 3, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 3, 2018: Yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus africanus) perch on a zebra in Senegal. Tomorrow, April 4, is Independence Day in Senegal https://ift.tt/2q2K0QL

chairness: Word of the day for April 3, 2018

chairness , n :
The essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!

Picture of the day for April 2, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 2, 2018: Office building of the LVM, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany https://ift.tt/2J7tRSR

beer o'clock: Word of the day for April 2, 2018

beer o'clock , n :
(slang, humorous) The time of the first beer (or alcoholic beverage) of the day. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts. Enjoy!

Picture of the day for April 1, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 1, 2018: View of the arches in the interior of the Nasir-ol-Molk Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, which is a traditional mosque located in Shiraz district of Gowad-e-Arabān, Iran. The mosque was built from 1876 to 1888, by the order of Mirzā Hasan Ali (Nasir ol Molk), a Qajar ruler. https://ift.tt/2Igp40o

percussive maintenance: Word of the day for April 1, 2018

percussive maintenance , n :
(humorous) The use of physical concussion, such as a knock or a tap, in an attempt to make a malfunctioning device or person work. To celebrate April Fools’ Day, this week we are featuring a series of unusual concepts – enjoy! Today is also the anniversary of the founding of Apple Inc. in 1976, an American company established to develop and sell a product sometimes subject to percussive maintenance – the personal computer.

Picture of the day for March 31, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 31, 2018: Panoramic view from Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge with the Kremlin to the right. Moscow, Russia. https://ift.tt/2uywxWy

worshipful: Word of the day for March 31, 2018

worshipful , adj :
Tending to worship; showing reverence. (chiefly Britain) Used as respectful form of address for a person or body of persons, especially in the name of a livery company. This day in 2017 is Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, in Western Christianity.

Picture of the day for March 30, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 30, 2018: Winged altar at the parish- and pilgrimage church Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria. View with closed inner wings, showing the passion and resurrection of Christ. Anonymous master, 1480. https://ift.tt/2uw3X8b

clerihew: Word of the day for March 30, 2018

clerihew , n :
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line. English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who invented the clerihew, died on this day in 1956.

Picture of the day for March 29, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 29, 2018: Et selskab af danske kunstnere i Rom painted by Constantin Hansen in 1837. A group of Danish artists in Rome. Lying on the floor is the architect Gottlieb Bindesbøll. From left to right: Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Albert Küchler, Ditlev Blunck and Jørgen V. Sonne. https://ift.tt/2GkMkJM

wrest: Word of the day for March 29, 2018

wrest , v :
(transitive) To pull or twist violently. (transitive) To obtain by pulling or violent force. (transitive, figuratively) To seize. (transitive, figuratively) To distort, to pervert, to twist. (transitive, music) To tune with a wrest, or key.

Picture of the day for March 28, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 28, 2018: The main office complex of the ADAC (General German Automobile Club) in Munich was designed by Sauerbruch Hutton and opened in 2012. https://ift.tt/2pOB55g

braggart: Word of the day for March 28, 2018

braggart , n :
Someone who constantly brags or boasts.

Picture of the day for March 27, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 27, 2018: Illustration of the relative sizes of the one-man Mercury spacecraft, the two-man Gemini spacecraft, and the three-man Apollo spacecraft. Also shows line drawing of launch vehicles (Saturn V, Titan II and Atlas-D) to show their relative size to each other and the position of the spacecraft at launch (highlighted at top). https://ift.tt/2pJ7SbV

wan: Word of the day for March 27, 2018

wan , adj :
Pale, sickly-looking. Dim, faint. Bland, uninterested.

Picture of the day for March 26, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 26, 2018: The western span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge at night. https://ift.tt/2ITMpWu

sarpanch: Word of the day for March 26, 2018

sarpanch , n :
The elected head of a panchayat (village government) in Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan. Today is the Independence Day of Bangladesh.

Picture of the day for March 25, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 25, 2018: A potrait of a jaguar (Panthera onca) at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. https://ift.tt/2ILTys9

Homeric: Word of the day for March 25, 2018

Homeric , adj :
Resembling or relating to the epic poetry of Homer. Of or pertaining to Greece during the Bronze Age, as described in Homer's works. Fit to be immortalized in poetry by Homer; epic, heroic. Today is Greece’s Independence Day, which marks the day in 1821 when the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared.

kersey: Word of the day for March 24, 2018

kersey , n :
A type of rough woollen cloth.

Picture of the day for March 24, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 24, 2018: Panoramic view of the city of Tbilisi, capital of Georgia from the Narikala fortress. https://ift.tt/2G6FtUh

thole: Word of the day for March 23, 2018

thole , v :
(intransitive, dated) To suffer. (transitive, now Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.

Picture of the day for March 23, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 23, 2018: A Meteor-type hydrofoil on a floating dockyard at the Volga in Kazan, Russia. http://ift.tt/2Gd8MId

long drink of water: Word of the day for March 22, 2018

long drink of water , n :
(Scotland, US, slang) A tall person. Today is designated by the United Nations as World Water Day, which focuses on the importance of fresh water and the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

Picture of the day for March 22, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 22, 2018: World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22. The day focuses attention on the importance of fresh water and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, the first World Water Day was designated by the United Nations General Assembly and since, each year focuses on a different issue. This image shows light reflections on the water surface of Lake Stappitz, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia. http://ift.tt/2G0Xq6K

Picture of the day for March 21, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 21, 2018: Male common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. Tomorrow is World Water Day http://ift.tt/2GR5vME

sylvan: Word of the day for March 21, 2018

sylvan , adj :
Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands. Residing in a forest or wood. Wooded, or covered in forest. Today is commemorated by the United Nations as the International Day of Forests to raise awareness of the importance of forests, and trees outside forests, for the benefit of current and future generations.

Picture of the day for March 20, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 20, 2018: An automobile with 2 men and 2 children in Paris, France, 1910. http://ift.tt/2GLb8M0

carious: Word of the day for March 20, 2018

carious , adj :
Having caries (“bone or tooth decay”); decayed, rotten. Today is World Oral Health Day, an annual event organized by the FDI World Dental Federation to raise awareness about oral health.

pingo: Word of the day for March 19, 2018

pingo , n :
(geomorphology) A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year. […] (Sri Lanka, dated) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke. (Sri Lanka, dated) A weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo.

less-than-stellar: Word of the day for March 18, 2018

less-than-stellar , adj :
(slang, sarcastic) Mediocre; not satisfactory; not very good, poor; not meeting standards or expectations.

poteen: Word of the day for March 17, 2018

poteen , n :
(Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. (Ireland, countable, by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey. Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland.

glower: Word of the day for March 16, 2018

glower , v :
(intransitive) To look or stare with anger.

Picture of the day for March 16, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 16, 2018: Eastern wing of the General Staff Building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. http://ift.tt/2FWSlzv

shock and awe: Word of the day for March 15, 2018

shock and awe , n :
(military) A doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force. Harlan Kenneth Ullman, who coined the term together with James P. Wade, Jr., in a 1996 work, was born on this day in 1941.

Picture of the day for March 15, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 15, 2018: Entrance hall of Kammergericht (higher regional court) in Berlin-Schöneberg. http://ift.tt/2GsBEK8

Pi Day: Word of the day for March 14, 2018

Pi Day , proper n :
March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi).

Picture of the day for March 14, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 14, 2018: Fractal forms on the coverside of a microwaved DVD http://ift.tt/2Gp3mHC

shenanigans: Word of the day for March 13, 2018

shenanigans , n :
(uncountable) Mischievous play, especially by children. (uncountable) Deceitful tricks; trickery, games. (countable) plural of shenanigan.

Picture of the day for March 13, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 13, 2018: RhB Ge 4/4 III with a Regio Express train from St. Moritz to Chur on the Landwasser Viaduct. The locomotive carries advertisement for the UNESCO world heritage Albula and Bernina lines. The stylized viaduct pictured on the locomotive is the very same that it is currently passing over. Also note the two first coaches of a train have panoramic windows. This type of panoramic coach is normally used on the Bernina line, but because there's less traffic on that line during winter the coaches are used on other parts of the network. http://ift.tt/2IlGwkR

keel over: Word of the day for March 12, 2018

keel over , v :
(intransitive, nautical, also figuratively) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize or turn turtle. (intransitive, idiomatic) To collapse in a faint; to black out, to swoon. (intransitive, idiomatic) To die.

Picture of the day for March 12, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 12, 2018: Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfs the wake of a research boat on the Banana River - near the Kennedy Space Center. http://ift.tt/2FpXroq

dot matrix: Word of the day for March 11, 2018

dot matrix , n :
(computing) A two-dimensional array or pattern of dots used (for example, by a display device or a printer) to represent alphanumeric characters and pictures. (computing) Clipping of dot matrix printer. German inventor Rudolf Hell, who developed a dot-matrix-based teleprinter called the Hellschreiber in the 1920s, died on this day in 2002.

Picture of the day for March 11, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 11, 2018: Ruined armenian church inside Lori Berd (Lori Fortress), a 11th-century fortress located in the Lori Province, Armenia. The fortress was built by David Anhoghin to become the capital of Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget in 1065. http://ift.tt/2FGJ3Yg

Picture of the day for March 10, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 10, 2018: Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) from Uganda. http://ift.tt/2DfhoIG

stronghold: Word of the day for March 10, 2018

stronghold , n :
A place built to withstand attack; a fortress. (figuratively) A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea.

retrench: Word of the day for March 9, 2018

retrench , v :
(transitive) To cut down or reduce. (transitive, specifically) To terminate the employment of a worker to reduce the size of a workforce; to make redundant. (transitive, military) To furnish with a retrenchment (a defensive work within a fortification). (intransitive) To abridge; to curtail. (intransitive) To take up a new defensive position.

Picture of the day for March 9, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 9, 2018: A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III T-1 flies over Owens Valley to Edwards Air Force Base, California, after 208 days of life-extension modifications in San Antonio, Texas. The T-1 is the first Air Force C-17 built to perform developmental testing. http://ift.tt/29ZLWlV

distaff: Word of the day for March 8, 2018

distaff , n :
A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist. The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun. Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only. A woman, or women considered as a group. Today is designated by the United Nations as International Women’s Day, which commemorates the movement for women’s rights.

Picture of the day for March 8, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 8, 2018: International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights. http://ift.tt/2G37Raz

at one blast: Word of the day for March 7, 2018

at one blast , adv :
At once, at the same moment in time.

Picture of the day for March 7, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 7, 2018: View of three peaks of the Chuya Alps in the Altai Mountains. Altai Republic, Russia. http://ift.tt/2I9UVQO

Picture of the day for March 6, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 6, 2018: Steel monument of a biking couple on a Harley-Davidson Fat Bob at a roundabout on Rosental Strasse in Faak am See, market town Finkenstein on the Lake Faak, district Villach Land, Carinthia, Austria, EU http://ift.tt/2FYy0aQ

bleeding edge: Word of the day for March 6, 2018

bleeding edge , n :
(technology, idiomatic) Something too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; the figurative place where such things exist.

Picture of the day for March 5, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 5, 2018: Fountain in the Old City of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. http://ift.tt/2H3koKv

lorn: Word of the day for March 5, 2018

lorn , adj :
(obsolete) Doomed; lost. (archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.

scene-stealing: Word of the day for March 4, 2018

scene-stealing , adj :
That steals the scene (“dominates a performance through charisma, humour, or powerful acting”). The 90th Academy Awards, which honour the best films of 2017, take place today in 2018.

Picture of the day for March 4, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 4, 2018: Melanitis leda, Common Evening Brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. This is wet season form. http://ift.tt/2FkNZ4M

trilemma: Word of the day for March 3, 2018

trilemma , n :
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable or, put another way, in which a choice must be made among three desirable options, only two of which are possible at the same time. (logic) An argument containing three alternatives, jointly exhaustive either under any condition(s) or under all condition(s) consistent with the universe of discourse of that argument, that each imply the same conclusion.

Picture of the day for March 3, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 3, 2018: Entrance to building on Sonnenstraße 15, Munich. http://ift.tt/2F9nTTk

montage: Word of the day for March 2, 2018

montage , n :
A composite work, particularly an artwork, created by assembling or putting together other elements such as pieces of music, pictures, texts, videos, etc.

Picture of the day for March 2, 2018

Wikipedia picture of the day on March 2, 2018: Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen, Germany, escalator to former coal washing plant. http://ift.tt/2FghIMc