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!