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.