accent

title: Accent

text: An accent is the way a person speaks. Some people pronounce words differently. Often, in different countries that speak the same language the same words are pronounced in a different way. Usually they can be understood, but to listeners notice they sound different. This may, or may not, be a difficulty. Sometimes, people will talk about someone's accent. They might say that the person has a German accent, or an Australian accent. An accent is the way you say the words. If you notice someone has (for example) a British accent, you can understand them (you know what they are saying), but also know they came from Britain. The way a person says words usually comes from where the person was a child (where they "grew up", or their "home town") and the other people where the person lives. People learn how to say words and sentences and so they sound the same people near them when they speak. People speaking the same language do have different accents. Even people in the same country may have different accents. Sometimes people can tell what city someone lived in when they were a child by the way that person speaks. One example is a New York City accent. They might say "bwoll" ( ) instead of ball (normally in America), like used in sports and games; or they might say "hwot dwog" ( ) instead of hot dog (normally or in that country). It sounds different, but people still know they mean "ball" or "hot dog" when they're talking. When first trying to learn a new language, often a person will still have the old accent from their first language. That often allows other people to guess which country or place that person lived in before. If someone can learn another language well enough, someone may not have the old accent anymore and may get a new accent in the new language. If someone studied German in Austria, for example, people in Germany may think that person was Austrian. Sometimes it can be confusing for people learning a language if there are more than one common accent. Perhaps it is better to learn the language with one accent so you can be less confused, and when you're good enough at the language, you can start to understand the different accents which people from different areas may have.


arsenic

title: Arsenic

text: Arsenic is chemical element 33 on the periodic table. Its symbol is As. Its atomic number is 33 and its atomic mass is 74.92. It is a toxic metalloid. It is in the pnictogen group on the periodic table.


ax

title: Axe

text: An axe (or ax) is an ancient tool. It is used to shape, split and cut wood. The hand axe was probably the first tool in the Stone Age. It did not have a handle. In the past, axes were used as weapons by soldiers. Today, axes are usually related to woodcutters and firemen. Axes are simple machines. They are in the category of wedges. They are usually made of some sort of metal, mainly steel or iron. They can have a metal or wooden handle.

isa: tool


bactericide

title: Bactericide

text: A bactericide or bacteriocide are chemicals that kills bactiera in a lot of things such as plants and so on. Bactericides are disinfectants, antiseptics, or antibiotics. Commonly used by stores.


bark

title: Bark

text: Bark is the covering of the stems of woody plants, like trees. Bark protects the tree. Bark of different plants and trees can look very different, it can be rough or smooth and can have different colors. It is the outer layer of tree trunks. Most of the bark grows from the vascular cambium. Some outer parts of the bark sometimes come from a cork cambium. In the bark are lenticels which allow gases to move in and out of those inner tissues which have living cells. Bark of one kind or another has been on trees from the Carboniferous period. It is obvious on stems and branches, and on some kinds of storage organs.


booger

title: Mucus

text: Mucus (mucous), or slime, is a slippery liquid. It is made by many living things as a kind of biological lubricant. It plays the role in living things which oil plays in machines. Mucus is mainly composed of polysaccharides, which are long-chain carbohydrates. These molecules are stiff when dry, and sticky and slippery when wet. They are present in all types of organisms from bacteria to humans. In vertebrates mucus is made by mucous membranes. Mucus may have antiseptic enzymes (such as lysozymes) and immunoglobulins (antigens). A major function of this mucus is to protect against infection by fungi, bacteria and viruses. Mucus protects epithelial cells in the lungs, gut, genital, visual, and auditory systems in mammals; the epidermis in amphibians; and the gills in fish. Snails, slugs, hagfish, and certain invertebrates also produce external mucus. As well as a protective function, slime helps movement and plays a role in communication. Mucus is produced in many parts of the body. All the alimentary canal, nose, and sexual organs have mucus glands which pass the mucus to the surfaces. The surfaces are mostly internal surfaces, though in some animals mucus covers the outside of the animal. Slugs are an example of this. Mucus glands are exocrine glands, so they pass their mucus to the surface along ducts.

isa: liquid


brazil

title: Brazil

text: Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is a country in South America. It is the world's fifth-largest country by area, behind Russia, Canada, the United States, and China, with a total area of . It is also the world's seventh-largest country by population, with about 212 million people. Brazil's capital city is Brasília; its most populous city is São Paulo. Brazil was named after brazilwood, which is a tree that once grew very well along the Brazilian coast. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Brazil has a coastline of . The country has the most Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese is an official language.

isa: country


bufo

title: Common toad

text: The common toad or European toad (Bufo bufo) is an amphibian. They are found in most of Europe, except for Ireland, Iceland and some Mediterranean islands. The toad usually lies hidden during the day. It becomes active at dusk and spends the night hunting for the invertebrates on which it feeds. It moves with a slow ungainly walk or a short jump. It has a greyish brown skin covered with wart-like lumps. The toads in this genus are known as true toads. They have no teeth, a dry warty skin and horizontal pupils to the eyes.

isa: amphibian


carbonate

title: Carbonate

text: A carbonate is a chemical compound that has the carbonate ion, . This ion is made of carbon and oxygen. The name may also mean an ester of carbonic acid, an organic compound containing the carbonate group C(=O)(O–) 2 of carbon and oxygen. They have a valency of 1. When added to an acid, a carbonate will produce carbon dioxide, water and a chemical salt. Sedimentary rocks containing calcite and other carbonates are plentiful in the earth. Some examples of carbonates are: *Calcium carbonate ( ) *Sodium carbonate ( ) *Magnesium carbonate ( ) *Potassium carbonate ( )

isa: compound


chew

title: Chewing

text: Chewing, or mastication, is the first part of the digestive system. It is when the teeth chew the food and the tongue mixes it with saliva to make it mushy in the mouth. A group of animals, called the ruminants, masticate more than once. Most cattle are in this group.

isa: system


chisel

title: Chisel

text: A chisel is a sharp and straight tool often used with a hammer to shape wood or other surfaces. Chisels are used by artists to make statues and figures out of stone, marble, or wood. Construction workers use chisels to change the shape of wood and stone so that they can build with them. Sometimes chisels are used to break things so that they can be moved more easily.


coco

title: Coco (2017 movie)

text: Coco is a 2017 Mexican-American computer-animated musical fantasy movie.


conjugation

title: Conjugation

text: Conjugations are forms of verbs that are changed to agree with the subject that is doing the action described by the verb. Usually most of the word stays the same, but the endings change. Most conjugation systems follow some sort of pattern within the language. Example: French verb for 'to eat'- "manger" (stem: mang) ("manger" is the infinitive of the verb. The infinitive is the un-conjugated form of the verb, literally the "to do" something form such as to walk, to play, to eat. In English one does not say "I like eat" one must say "I like to eat". In both English and French ("J'aime manger") the infinitive form of the verb would be used in this case. The pattern here is that the "er" is removed from the verb and replaced with a different ending depending on the subject(who's doing the eating). This pattern is good for many French conjugations, but not all, and in other languages, conjugation patterns are going to be very different.


crew

title: Crew

text: A crew is a group of people that work as a team within a common organization and perform similar activities. Crews can be found in places like ships and airplanes. It is common for members of a crew to have a special role. Different positions within a crew are commonly organized on a scale of power, like a hierarchy, so that there is a clear chain of command. Aboard a ship, for example, every member of the crew has someone else above them, and this chain of power ends at the captain who is in charge of everyone below them. Teams who work backstage in theaters, on movie sets, and in television studios are also called crews. Such crews are distinct from the cast.

isa: person


crow

title: Crow

text: Crows form the genus Corvus are in the family Corvidae. They are medium to large sized birds, carnivores and scavengers. The genus includes the crow (carrion crow or hooded crow), the rook, jackdaw, and the large common raven. The genus has 40 or so members on all temperate continents except for South America, and some islands. The Corvus makes up a third of the species in the Corvidae. Crows appear to have evolved in Asia from corvid stock which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a flock or, more poetically, a murder.


cumin

title: Cumin

text: Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) , sometimes spelled cummin, is a flowering plant, native from the east Mediterranean to East India. Its seeds are used in the cuisines of many different cultures. The use of cumin is very common in Indian and Pakistani foods.

isa: plant


debt

title: Debt

text: Debt is what someone owes to someone else. Usually, debt is in the form of money, but it can also be items, services, favors, or other things. Thus if you make an agreement to give or do something for someone else, you now owe a debt. Unpaid debt can lead to problems such as the Greek government-debt crisis. Debt is used by governments, corporations and individuals to make purchases that they could not normally afford. Common types of debt owed by households and individuals are mortgage loans, car loans, credit card debt, and income taxes. In the case of individuals, debt is a way to use an anticipated income combined with the future purchasing power at present before earning the same. On the other hand, corporates have a multitude of options when it comes to debt. Companies may use debt for their working capital or day-to-day operations.


default

title: Default

text: Default is a Canadian rock band formed in 1999.


demand

title: Demand

text: Demand is the total amount of goods or services which people want to buy, for a set price. The demand for an item indicates how much it is needed or wanted. This is important in economics, because the law of supply and demand will decide the price at which something will be bought and sold. Demand is the amount of goods that people want to buy at a given price. Prices go up when supply is less, and demand is more. It follows the law of demand where as price increases, demand decreases and vice versa showing an inverse relationship between quantity demanded and price. This is known as the law of demand which assumes that the consumer will want more. Demand forecasting tries to predict how demand will change in the future. Sometimes the demand does not change much no matter what the price is. One example is when people are addicted to illegal drugs. These people need to get their drugs, they will pay any price they can afford. This effect is known as elasticity.


democracy

title: Democracy

text: Democracy means rule by the people. There are different ways this can be done: # People meet to decide about new laws, and changes to existing ones. This is usually called direct democracy. It is never used except in small countries, or perhaps in towns. Modern populations are usually too large to do this. # The people elect their leaders. These leaders make decisions about laws. This is called representative democracy. Elections are either held after a certain time, or when a leader dies. # Sometimes people can suggest new laws or changes to existing laws. Usually, this is done using a referendum, a vote. # Sometimes, people are chosen to make decisions more or less at random. For example, when choosing a jury for a trial. In Europe, trials with a jury are usually used for serious crimes. The type of government where only one person has most of the power is called a dictatorship. Democracy is the opposite of a dictatorship. Dictatorships often act against freedom of expression so people cannot say bad things about the dictator or replace them for somebody else. An important source of information is the Democracy Index published by the Economist periodical.


dot

title: Point (geometry)

text: A point is a position in space which has no size, but which does have position. In geometry, a point has no size, but has a position. This means it has no volume, area or length. We usually draw a point as a small cross 'X' or a small dot (a small, round shape). Different points can be labelled using capital letters (A, B, C...X, Y, Z). The point is one of the most fundamental ideas in geometry. Two points form a line segment. When part of a line segment, the points are called its vertices. All polytopes are made of vertices. In general, two points can be: * Coincident (they are one and the same, such as on coinciding lines) * Not coincident (they are not one and the same) and are always: * Coplanar (on the same plane) * Colinear (on the same line) * Concyclic (on the same circle) Three points can be: * Colinear * Coincident * Not coincident * Not colinear and are always: * Coplanar * Concyclic Four points can be: * Coplanar * Colinear * Coincident * Not coincident * Not colinear * Not coplanar

isa: position


drawl

title: Drawl

text: A drawl is the prolongation of certain vowels in certain dialects of English. Drawls are commonly associated with Southern American English, in which vowel breaking can occur. Vowel breaking is the addition of more sounds to the vowel.


employee

title: Employee

text: An employee is a term for workers and managers working for a company, organization or community. These people are the staff of the organization. In general, any person hired by an employer to do a particular job in exchange for payment is an employee, but there are different kinds of employees. In some countries, employers are required by law to do certain things, like obey minimum wage laws, provide a safe workplace, and sometimes pay a tax. Employers also have to give their official employees benefits, like paying for health insurance. Because of this, some employers like to hire independent contractors to do work instead of regular employees. In the United States, a worker is an employee if their employer gets to tell them what to do, how to do it, and when to do it in a material way and an independent contractor if they get to make their own decisions about how to do what the employer wants. The relationship between employer and employee is different from that between the firm and a customer or client. An employee usually has to provide a resume and have an interview before being offered a job.


emulsion

title: Emulsion

text: An emulsion is what you get when you put two or more liquids together and the two liquids do not mix. Immiscible liquids do not mix together. For example, if you add oil to water, the oil floats on the surface of the water. And if you shake the two together then leave them to stand, tiny droplets of oil float upwards. These droplets join together until eventually the oil is floating on the water again. To stop the two liquids separating, we need a substance called an emulsifier. Emulsifiers are molecules that have two different ends, a hydrophilic end (water-loving) that forms chemical bonds with water but not with oils, and a hydrophobic end (water-hating lipophile) that forms chemical bonds with oils but not with water.


ethic

title: Ethics

text: Ethics is the study of good and bad behavior. It is one of the main parts of philosophy. Ethics tries to answer questions like: * What actions are good? What actions are evil? * How can we tell the difference? * Are good and evil the same? * How should we make hard decisions that might help or hurt other people? * How do our actions affect others?

isa: study


fang

title: Fang

text: A fang is a sharp tooth used for catching prey found on many animals, such as wolves and spiders. Spiders, tarantulas, and venomous snakes have hollow fangs. Venom glands fill these hollow fangs with venom so that when these animals catch their prey with their fangs, they paralyze the prey to make it easier to eat. The fangs on a snake can be folded under the skin like a cat's claws. Spider and tarantula fangs are found outside of their mouth instead of inside it.

isa: tooth


gnu

title: GNU

text: GNU is the name of a computer operating system. The name is short for GNU's Not Unix. Richard Stallman leads the GNU Project. The popular Linux operating systems made using the Linux kernel have many GNU tools too. So, many projects and developers call the Linux-based operating systems GNU/Linux. The GNU project was started by Richard Stallman in 1983. He wanted to create a computer system that was all free and open-source software. Users could change, share and publish new work based on GNU. He and a group of developers started by creating copies of each piece of UNIX software. The rest of GNU was the kernel, called the GNU Hurd, which is not yet finished. The more popular Linux kernel is often used instead.


hawk

title: Hawk

text: A hawk is a common term for a medium to large-sized birds of prey. Its usage varies in different places. *The subfamily Accipitrinae, the subfamily of the Accipitridae often called the "true" hawks. It includes all members of Accipiter and the closely related genera. Goshawks and sparrowhawks are examples. They are mainly woodland birds with long tails and good sight, hunting by sudden dashes from a concealed perch. *More generally, the term may be used for eagles, kites, and buzzards. Accipitrine hawks generally take birds as their primary prey. They have also been called "hen-hawks", or "wood-hawks" because of their woodland habitat. Within the hawk species, the female is generally larger than the male. Like most birds, the hawk migrates in the autumn and the spring. They have many photoreceptors in their retina, and an exceptional number of nerves connecting the receptors to the brain. There is an indented fovea, which magnifies the central portion of the visual field. Hawks have always been known to have sharp vision and to be very able hunters.


intimacy

title: Intimacy

text: Intimacy is linked with feelings of closeness among partners in a relationship. It is usually characterized by love and attachment. These feelings may or may not be connected or confused with sexual feelings. In other relationships, intimacy has more to do with shared moments than sexual interactions. This is not an exact definition, but it seems that intimacy and healthy relationships go hand in hand. Indeed, intimacy is basic in any meaningful relationship: the basis of friendship and one of the foundations of love. The main forms of intimacy are emotional intimacy and physical intimacy. Intellectual intimacy, familiarity with a person's culture and interests, is common among friends. Members of religious or philosophic groups may also perceive a "spiritual intimacy" in common.


knob

title: Knob

text: A knob is a round handle that can be turned or pulled. A doorknob is a round handle that is turned to open a door. A cabinet knob is a small handle that is pulled to open a cabinet door or drawer. A control knob can turn a lamp on and off or make the volume on a radio go up or down. A "knob" can also be any small, round thing that sticks out.

isa: handle


lace

title: Lace

text: Lace is a fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. Lace is very lightweight and open, and the patterns usually have many holes and frills. Lace is made by knitting, crocheting and weaving.

isa: fabric


mortification

title: Mortification

text: Mortification is a Christian extreme metal band from Australia. The band was formed in 1987 as Lightforce but changed its name in 1990. They inspired many people as one of the first successful Christian death metal bands from Australia.


obfuscation

title: Obfuscation

text: Obfuscation means making something harder to understand, usually by complicating sentences. Weasel words are a form of obfuscation. Obfuscation is usually used when people either do not know what they are talking about or wish to hide what they really mean. Some people say that when doctors use difficult medical words to hide unpleasant things from patients, they are using obfuscation. Technical term: Obfuscation is sometimes used to make source code much harder to read and reverse engineer. This can be a significant problem for technology like Python and JavaScript that require source code to be exposed in order to function.


orca

title: Killer whale

text: Killer whales, or Orcas (Orcinus orca) is a toothed whale and largest dolphin. They have black skin with white patches. They are found in all the world's oceans, from the cold of the Arctic to the tropical seas. They live in pods, which are family groups. This species is primarily known for hunting the Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). The current conservation status of the species is not widely known, but scientists believe that it is a Vulnerable or Near-threatened species. The species has a cosmopolitan distribution, which means that this species can be found all over the world. Many scientists claim that the Orca may have subspecies, but this is still under debate. They are the largest carnivorous predator currently, being the second largest known toothed whale, only behind the Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). This species feeds on fish, turtles, birds and marine mammals, including their cetacean relatives. Orcas have no natural predators. Orcas, however, rarely attack humans; the only recorded cases of attacks came from animals that lived in isolation in captivity for displays and entertainment of people.

isa: whale


pipeline

title: Pipeline

text: A pipeline is a long tube, that is used to transport liquids or gases over long distances. Pipelines are made of metal. While the transport of liquids and gases is common, some pipelines are used to transport coal or iron ore, which are mixed with mud. Such pipelines are sometimes called slurry pipelines. Even though a pipeline is very expensive to build, the low operating cost often makes it the cheapest transport. Many stadiums use a central tank for beer. Each bar is served by a pipeline from the central tank. Even though mail and other goods can also be delivered that way, the system is generally not referred to as pipeline. In this case, capsules are used. These are propelled by air.


plain

title: Plain

text: In geography, a plain is a large area of land with no hills or mountains. Plains mostly are more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains. List of famous plains: * Canterbury Plains, New Zealand * Gangetic Plains of India, Bangladesh, North India,Nepal * Great Plains, United States * Indus Valley Plain, Pakistan * Kantō Plain, Japan * Nullarbor Plain, Australia * Khuzestan Plain, Iran * Mazandaran Plain, Iran * Pannonian Plain, Central Europe * Salisbury Plain, England

isa: area


popcorn

title: Popcorn

text: Popcorn is a snack food made by heating certain kinds of corn. There is a small amount of water inside the seeds, which causes them to explode. When the seed shell breaks a sharp noise is made. The name "pop" is because of this noise. After it pops it is white and fluffy. Salt and melted butter are often added to popcorn. Sometimes caramel and other flavors are melted and mixed into the popcorn. Popcorn is a popular food to eat at the cinema.

isa: food


presentation

title: Presentation

text: Presentation is the process of presenting the content of a topic to an audience. Presentation software, such as LibreOffice Impress, Beamer, Apple Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint, is often used to generate the presentation content. As a form of communication, a presentation is usually 10-30 minutes long, but can take longer in special cases.

isa: process


pump

title: Pump

text: A pump is a machine which moves a liquid from one place to another, often upwards. Pumps need some kind of power, often kinetic energy, to make them work. Sometimes the power comes from a person. Sometimes the power comes from a motor.

isa: machine


rumba

title: Rumba

text: Rumba is a music and dance term with two different meanings. First, it means Cuban event of African style, the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music. This use of the term 'rumba' is quite different from the Latin ballroom dance. Second, it refers to one of the Latin ballroom dances. In this sense, the Rumba is the slowest of the five competitive International Latin dances. The Paso doble, the Samba, the Cha-cha-cha and the Jive are the others. This ballroom Rumba was also danced in Cuba to a rhythm they call the bolero-son. The international style was derived from studies of dance in Cuba in the pre-revolutionary period.

isa: music


saber

title: Sabre

text: The sabre (British English) or saber (American English; see spelling differences) is a type of backsword. It has a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the Early Modern and Napoleonic periods. It was first associated with central European cavalry, such as the Hussars. It became common in Europe during the Thirty Years' War. In particular the Croat light cavalry helped make it common. In the 17th century a light sabre was also used by infantry. In the 19th century sabres without curved blades became common. These could be used by heavy cavalry. The last sabre to be given to US cavalry was the Patton sabre (Model 1913 Cavalry Sabre) in 1913. The sabre was used as a duelling weapon in fencing in the 19th century. This has led to the rise of sabre fencing, which first appeared at the 1896 Summer Olympics. This discipline allows for cuts as well as thrusts, as did the historical sabre.


sachem

title: Sachem

text: Sachem and sagamores are terms for North American Indian chiefs. It is particularly used in Algonquian-speaking tribes of the Northeastern Woodlands. The sachem was the highest level of chiefs. The sagamore was a lower-ranking chief. Examples of sachems include Massasoit, Metacom, Uncas and Daniel Nimham. Little Turtle is an example of a sagamore.


skull

title: Skull

text: A skull, or cranium, is a set of bones that make up the head of a vertebrate and keep in place all body parts in the head. It supports the structures of the face and forms a protective cavity for the brain. As well as protecting the brain, the skull fixes the distance between the eyes and between the ears. This allows stereoscopic vision, and helps the brain judge direction and distance of sounds. In some animals, the skull also has a defensive function (e.g. horned ungulates). The frontal bone is where horns are mounted. The skull is made of a number of joined (fused) flat bones. In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 28 bones.

isa: bone


sloth

title: Sloth

text: Sloths are Xenarthran mammals from Central and South America. They are part of the order Pilosa. There are two families of sloths: two-toed sloth and three-toed sloth. Most scientists call these two families the Folivora, while some call them the Phyllophaga. They live in trees, but in the past there were giant ground sloths. The biogeographic origins of the Pilosa is still unclear, but they can be traced back in South America as far as the early Tertiary, about 60 million years ago. The presence of these animals in Central America is explained by the Great American Interchange.


slum

title: Slum

text: A slum is a part of a city or a town where many poor people live. It is a place where people may not have basic needs, such as running water, electricity, toilets, telephones, etc. Some of these people may also have social disadvantages, such as unemployment, no access to education, no access to health care, no municipal services, etc. There are slums in most of the big cities of developing countries and least developed countries (which are also labelled as the "Third World"). They may not be called slum, however; see shanty town.

isa: city


stretcher

title: Stretcher

text: The first stretcher, possibly of mat and frame, is in a manuscript from around 1380. Simple stretchers were popular among armies during the mid-20th century. File:BNF_Français_9749,_fo._67v,_c.1380.jpg | A wounded knight carried on a stretcher in the Middle Ages, manuscript dating back to approximately 1380 AD. File:Fisher's_Chair_Stretcher_1865._Wellcome_L0002114EB.jpg | Example of a chair stretcher, “On the Transport of Sick and Wounded Troops”, 1868. File:Stretcher_miloufs.jpg | A simple stretcher used by US Marines in a training environment in December 2003. File:Marine_CASEVAC_Fallujah.jpg | U.S. Marines transport an unresponsive patient via stretcher, outside Fallujah, Iraq in 2006 File:ASC_Leiden_-_Coutinho_Collection_-_F_37_-_Life_in_Sara,_Guinea-Bissau_-_Armed_escort_carrying_the_wounded_to_the_Senegalese_border_-_1974.tif | Armed guards carrying wounded to the Senegal border, Guinea-Bissau, 1974. File:MS1_on_stretcher.jpg | a paramedic uses a stretcher in 2001.


suburb

title: Suburb

text: A suburb is an area of a town or city, a little away from the downtown (city center), where there are fewer big buildings and mainly houses, schools and shops. Such places are called suburban areas or suburban districts. Sometimes, the suburbs cover a very large area. The suburbs are part of the metropolitan area and may be legally part of the main city. Since the Industrial revolution, urbanization has spread very quickly and far. Transport in the form of trams, buses, trains and cars allows commuting from distant homes to work in the inner city. This led to the growth of suburbs as residential areas. Housing commonly includes Detached houses and semi-detached houses and flats. Houses are built farther apart than in the inner city and there is often space for gardens and parks. As cities grow outwards, they begin to take over the surrounding countryside. Authorities have created green belts on the undeveloped land around a city to prevent urban sprawl and to prevent the towns and cities merging into one. They also encourage development within the town, and protect the countryside. The need for new houses, particularly large detached and semi-detached houses in pleasant surroundings, means that some areas of green belt land have been built on and others are threatened. That's because it is cheaper to build on empty land than to redevelop brownfield sites in older parts of the town or city.


switch

title: Switch

text: A switch is something that changes the flow of an electrical circuit. The most common kind of switch is something (for example a railroad switch) which can be taken off of one course and put onto another. The term "switch" usually means electrical power. In applications where more than one switch is needed, (i.e. a telephone service) mechanical switches have been replaced by electronic switches which can be controlled automatically. The switch is called a "gate" when used in a mathematical form. In logic, arguments are represented as logic gates. The use of electronic gates to work as a system of logical gates is the basic idea behind the computer —i.e. a computer is a lot of electronic switches that work as logic gates.


trillion

title: Trillion

text: A trillion is an integer. It is also written as 10 12. One trillion is a thousand billion or a million million in most modern English-speaking countries. The number is represented by the prefix “Tera-”. In British English, the term trillion used to mean “million billion”, “million million million” or 10 18 . The difference between the two values is known as the long and short scales of large numbers.


watercolor

title: Watercolour

text: Watercolour (UK), also called watercolor (US) or aquarelle (French), are paintings whose colours are water-based pigments. Watercolours were first created in China, appearing shortly after paper was invented. Watercolours soon became popular in Japan as well. Pigment is mixed first with a binder which is most of the time, gum arabic, then add water and then using a brush add the pigment to material like paper. When the water dries, the pigment is stuck to the material from the binder.


wine

title: Wine

text: Wine is an alcoholic drink. It is made from the juice of grape. If alcoholic drinks are made from the juice of other fruits (such as plums or blackberries) they may be called "wine". This article only deals with wine made from grapes.

isa: drink


yard

title: The Yards

text: The Yards is a 2000 American crime drama movie. It was directed by James Gray and it was produced by Nick Wechsler, Paul Webster, and Kerry Orent. The movie got positive reviews from critics. It has a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Movie critic Roger Ebert gave the movie 3 out of 4 stars.