aegis

title: Aegis

text: Aegis was the shield that Athena used. It had the face of the gorgon Medusa on it.


airport

title: AirPort

text: AirPort and AirPort Extreme are local area wireless networking products that are made by the company Apple Inc. Both the AirPort and the AirPort Extreme can both mean the protocol, the expansion card or the base station. In Japan, AirPort is called the AirMacAirMac because the name AirPort was taken by [http://www.iodata.jp/prod/network/wnlan/2004/wn-apga/index.htm I-O DATA] .

isa: product


amplitude

title: Amplitude

text: The amplitude or peak amplitude of a wave is a measure of how big its oscillation is. Amplitudes are always measured as positive numbers (for example: 3.5, 1, 120) and are never negative (for example: -3.5, -1, -120). That's because distance can only be greater than zero or equal to zero; negative distance does not exist. The distance from the top of one peak to the bottom of another is called peak-to-peak amplitude. Another way to describe peak-to-peak amplitude is to say that it is the distance between the maximum positive value and the maximum negative value of a wave is the maximum displacement of a wave from an equilibrium position

isa: measure


ballast

title: Ballast

text: A Ballast is a large resistor that regulates the amount of electrical current in a circuit. Most ballasts are used for fluorescent lamps to regulate the current thru it, which might rise to a dangerous level and burn it out. Ballast is also crushed stone used in railway track s. See ballast tamper.


barn

title: Barn

text: A barn is a agricultural building used usually on farms and for various purposes. Most barns are used for storage The word barn comes from the Old English word, bere, for barley which means grain, and aern, for a storage place. A barn could contain a stable, for housing horses or similar animals. Most barns with a stable in them, could also be called a stable barn. In most places around the world, barns are normally painted red with white trims.

isa: building


bedroom

title: Bedroom

text: The bedroom is a room where people sleep. A bedroom mainly has a bed and drawers or other storage for clothes. Many bedrooms also have a closet and nightstand. Some houses have more than one bedroom, and the biggest one is called a master bedroom or primary bedroom. A master bedroom may have an attached bathroom called an ensuite.

isa: room


black

title: Black

text: Black is a very common color and is the key color. It is a shade. In painting, however, black pigment is the combination of all colors. It is the opposite of white in both additive and subtractive color systems. No color can have the same level of dark pigmentation without turning itself into black. As the visual perception of an object's color is determined by the wavelengths of light reflected by the object, objects that absorb all visual wavelengths of light appear to be black. Similarly, objects may appear "black" if they cannot reflect any available wavelengths provided by a particular light source.


canistel

title: Egg fruit

text: The egg fruit is a fruit that people eat. Grown-up egg fruit trees are about 8 m tall and their fruits are about 7-12 cm long when good for picking.

isa: fruit


cash

title: Cash

text: Cash is a form of currency, such as banknotes or coins. There are usually different sorts in every country.

isa: currency


chopper

title: Helicopter

text: A helicopter (also often used: chopper or heli) is a kind of flying machine or aircraft. A helicopter lifts up off of the ground and moves because of its rotors. A rotor is several small wings, called rotor blades, that spin together around a shaft. For that reason, helicopters are sometimes called rotary-wing aircraft. A helicopter flies differently from an airplane. An airplane must move forward to stay in the air, but because the helicopter's rotor blades are always moving, the helicopter can stop and stay in one place above the ground. Not needing a runway, they can land in places where an airplane cannot. Helicopters can move by tilting their rotor blades, which causes the aircraft to fly in the direction the blades are tilted.

isa: machine


cinnamon

title: Cinnamon

text: Cinnamon is a spice from the inner bark of Cinnamomum verum. The spice is used in both sweet and savoury foods. It is aromatic. People usually put cinnamon in sweet baked goods (such as cinnamon rolls), hot wine or liquors. Cinnamon was used to make the spiced wine, claret, in the Middle Ages. In India, cinnamon is commonly used in making flavoured tea. It is either directly added as small pieces or put in powdered form during the preparation of tea. It is known as "Daal-Cheeni (दाल चीनि)" in Hindi. The Sinhalese name of cinnamon is kurundu. Cinnamon is grown as an export crop in Ceylon (Modern Day Sri Lanka.)

isa: spice


clearing

title: The Clearing

text: The Clearing is an American post-apocalyptic zombie thriller movie, Directed by David Matalon, together with the main cast Liam McIntyre, Aundrea Smith, Steven Swadling and Sydelle Noe, was filmed on June 4, 2020 in the United States.


cleat

title: Cleat

text: Cleats or studs are spikes or studs that are attached to the bottom of a shoe to provide more traction (grip) on a soft or slippery surface. Shoes specially designed for several kinds of sports, such as baseball and all the different kinds of football, have cleats, so that the players do not slip on the ground so easily. Ice cleats (or crampons) are a type of spikes that usually are attachable to the soles of shoes to prevent slipping on ice.

isa: spike


coast

title: Coast

text: The coast is wherever land meets the sea. The coast also means the land next to the sea, which can also be called the shore, or sea-shore. However, coast is not used to describe where rivers or lakes meet the land - it is only used to describe the sea meeting the land. If a house is near to the coast we say it is "on the coast". When we talk about a long part of the coast we call it "the coast-line". Sometimes, 'coast' can be part of a place name or the description of a large area. For instance, the East Coast of the United States describes the all of the Eastern side of the United States that is next to the Atlantic Ocean. In some countries like England or Australia the people sometimes use the word sea-side for the coast. Coasts often have many living things living there and provide habitat for many animals and plants. An example of a coast in Great Britain is the Holderness Coast near Bridlington. This is one of Europe's fast eroding coasts.


cooperative

title: Cooperative

text: A cooperative (also spelled co-operative, or co-op) is when several people come together in cooperation to reach a common goal through mutural aid. It is a type of organization used to make the lives of its members easier; it is usually not focused on making profit, instead focusing on serving member needs.


crop

title: Crop

text: Crops are living plants grown by farmers. Most crops are foods such as grain, vegetables, or fruit. Some crops are for drugs, such as quinine, or fibers such as cotton, or other materials such as rubber or wood. Farms are usually made to grow just one kind of crop. Crops are domesticated plants, most of which have been selected to improve their size, taste and other qualities. Many crops are farmed in monoculture. Growing crops is a part of agriculture. The following crops are very important as food to humans. * Rice * Wheat * Sugarcane and other sugar crops * Maize (corn) * Soybean oil * Other vegetables * Potatoes * Palm oil * Cassava * Legumes * Sunflower oil * Rapeseed and mustard oil * Other fruits * Sorghum * Millet * Groundnuts * Beans * Sweet potatoes * Bananas * Various nuts * Soybeans * Cotton oil * Groundnut oil * Yams


defence

title: Military

text: Military forces (often called the military when specific to a certain group) are groups of people that are given power to defend a country or territory with weapons. They are armed, so they are called the armed forces. The military protects its country by defending it from the armed forces of enemies, if there is a war. The military can also be ordered by the government of the country to attack another country. The word "military" comes from Latin miles, warrior. There are many jobs people do in a military. Some jobs are for fighting and some are for other work to support the military. Some things people do in the military include the use of weapons, driving and operating vehicles, and repairing weapons. Other people in the military learn how to fly specialized aircraft, be a pilot on ships, or repair machines. Or provide medical support. People in the military usually wear clothes called a uniform. In some places, especially where there may be combat, a uniform often has a camouflage pattern which is designed to make the person hard to see in the forest or desert. There are two ways to join the military. In many countries, people join the military because they want to. In other countries, there are laws that say some people have to be in the military, even if they do not want to be. This is called the draft or conscription. It usually depends on age and physical fitness. Old military people or former military people are called "veterans". Some are members of a military reserve force. The military of a country has different branches or organizations which do different kinds of work. Usually they include: * Army (land) – A military force of soldiers who operate mainly on land or in land vehicles such as tanks. They also use helicopters. * Navy (sea) – A military force that uses ships and boats. Some navies have planes. People in a navy are called sailors. * Air force (air) – A military force that uses mainly aircraft. Many countries include other branches: * Gendarmerie – A military force that exists for police and security work. It operates mainly inside its own country. * Marines – Military force that serves on ships, but are also trained to fight on land when needed. Their main job is to attack by landing on enemy beaches. They work closely with a navy, but are not sailors. They may also have their own boats, planes, and helicopters. * Space force (space) – A military force that uses spacecraft, including satellites.


dew

title: Dew

text: Dew is a thin film of water that has condensed on the surface of objects near the ground in the morning or evening. These objects cool in the night. When they cool, the thin layer of air around them cools too. This makes some water vapor condense on the object. The condensation happens because the air is able to hold less water when it is cooled. The temperature at which condensation begins is called the dew point. If the dew point temperature becomes lower than 32 °F (0 °C), the dew turns into frost. Most people agree that the water in the dew comes from the atmosphere. However, some studies suggest that it also comes up through the soil and then condenses on the ground. This happens, though, only when conditions are right. Dew forms best when the atmosphere is clean, the air is calm, and there is not much wind. It does not always form in the night and outdoors, though. They also work when eyeglasses get steamy in warm, wet rooms. Dew may also happen in industrial processes. However, people use the word condensation more often than dew. In the Old Testament dew is used as a symbol. Deuteronomy 32:3 says: "...my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." ( )

isa: film


dissent

title: Dissenting opinion

text: A dissenting opinion (or dissent) is an opinion in a legal case. It is written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court. In some cases, they simply declare a disagreement with the majority opinion. In other cases they may be used to instruct, prod, or otherwise try to convince other justices of the point of view expressed by the minority. When not necessarily referring to a legal decision, this can also be referred to as a minority report. Dissenting opinions are normally written at the same time as the majority opinion and any concurring opinions. They are also delivered and published at the same time. A dissenting opinion does not create binding precedent nor does it become a part of case law. However, they can sometimes be cited as a form of persuasive authority in subsequent cases when arguing that the court's holding should be limited or overturned. In some cases, a previous dissent is used to spur a change in the law. A later case may result in a majority opinion adopting a particular rule of law formerly advocated in dissent. As with concurring opinions, the difference in opinion between dissents and majority opinions can often highlight the precise holding of the majority opinion. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes stated in 1936: "A dissent in a Court of last resort is an appeal". The dissent may disagree with the majority for any number of reasons: a different interpretation of the existing case law, the application of different principles, or a different interpretation of the facts.

isa: opinion


document

title: Document

text: A document (noun) is a piece of information that is used to communicate something. In the past it was usually a piece of paper that contained information written in ink, but documents are now often digital. To document (verb) means to produce an object by collecting and representing information, and has a slightly different pronunciation.


donut

title: Doughnut

text: A doughnut (spelled donut in various marketing sectors) is a type of deep fried dessert food made out of dough or batter.

isa: food


dove

title: Dove

text: Pigeons or doves are in the bird family Columbidae. The common names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. In ornithology, "dove" tends to be used for smaller species and "pigeon" for larger ones. The wild ancestor of the domestic pigeon is the "rock dove". The feral pigeon is common in many cities. There are more than 300 species in the family. They usually make nests of sticks, and their two white eggs are incubated by both the male and the female parent. Doves feed on seeds, fruit and plants. Unlike most other birds, the doves and pigeons produce a type of milk. It is produced in their crop, and called crop milk. Both sexes have this highly nutritious milk to feed their young.


edge

title: The Edge

text: David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), more widely known as The Edge, is an English-born musician. He is known best as the guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist for the Irish rock band U2.


firebird

title: The Firebird

text: The Firebird is a ballet. The libretto and choreography were composed by Michel Fokine. The story of the ballet is based on a Russian fairy tale. The music was composed by Igor Stravinsky. It was Stravinsky's first ballet score. The Firebird was first performed by the Ballets Russes in Paris at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra on 25 June 1910. Anna Pavlova had been asked to create the role of the Firebird. She thought Stravinsky's music incomprehensible and declined. The role went to Tamara Karsavina. The ballet has seen several revivals. It is also known by its French title L'Oiseau de Feu.


flare

title: Flares

text: Flares (also called bell-bottoms, loon pants, boot-cut/leg and hip-huggers) are trousers that become wider from the knees downwards. They are worn by men and women.


forgery

title: Forgery

text: A forgery is a fake document, signature, banknote, or a work of art made to deceive. In most jurisdictions, producing a forgery is a criminal offence. Meanwhile, forging money or certain commodities is called counterfeitng.

isa: document


gate

title: Gate

text: A gate is a place between two parts of a wall, or a fence which could be opened and closed to let people go through it. In the Middle Ages, a city gate also allowed people to go into a (walled) city. Nowadays, people also talk about gates at airports. When going on an aircraft, people need to get together in a certain area of the airport first. They then pass through some kind of doorway to get onto the plane. That is what is called gate. Image:Garden Gate.JPG|A typical gate in a garden or park. Image:Pergamonmuseum Babylon Ischtar-Tor.jpg|Ishtar Gate is the oldest city gate in existence. Image:Sankt Petersburg Winterpalast 2005 e.jpg|Gates to official residences often feature elaborate ironwork. File:PolandSzczecinPortGate.JPG|Port Gate in Szczecin, Poland


goldfinch

title: Goldfinch

text: Goldfinch are finches of the genus Carduelis. They are small passerine birds of the family Fringillidae. The goldfinch breeds across Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions. It will also make local movements, even in the west, to escape bad weather. It has been introduced to many areas of the world. The goldfinch's preferred food is small seeds such as those from thistles and teasels, but insects are also taken when feeding young. It also regularly visits bird feeders in winter. They nest in the outer twigs of tall leafy trees, or even in bamboo, laying four to six eggs which hatch in 11–14 days. In the winter goldfinches group together to form flocks of up to forty birds, occasionally more. The song is a pleasant silvery twittering.


grief

title: Grief

text: Grief is a reaction when someone or something loses something personal. This is usually when someone loses something living that has died, to which a bond or affection was formed. Reactions to grief can be different depending on the person. They can cry, be mad or even not react because they are in shock. Some people say that grief comes in five parts: # denial # anger # guilt # depression # acceptance

isa: reaction


ilium

title: Ilium

text: The ilium is one of the three bones which make up the pelvis in tetrapods. These include the bones that are usually called "hips", e.g. 'putting your hands on your hips'. he:אגן#כסל

isa: bone


inch

title: Inch

text: The inch is a unit of length in the Imperial system and the United States customary system. The abbreviation for inches is in or ". There are 12 inches in a foot. One inch is equal to 2.54 centimetres. The word "inch" came from Middle English unche, which came from Old English ynce, from Latin uncia meaning "a twelfth part". An inch (symbol: in or ″) is a fundamental unit of length in the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. While most of the world has adopted the metric system, inches remain the standard for many applications in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.


linen

title: Linen

text: Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum). It is mainly used to make cloth, especially for light clothing and table coverings.

isa: material


marina

title: Marina

text: A marina is a dock with places for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo. Most marinas are by the sea or on lakes, but there are some inland on canals and rivers. They only started in the twentieth century when boating for pleasure became popular. There are usually shops selling supplies for the boats.

isa: dock


may

title: May

text: May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, coming between April and June. It has 31 days. The month of May might have been named for the Roman goddess Maia, or more likely the Roman goddess of fertility Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. May never begins or ends on the same day of the week as any other month. May's flower is the Lily of the Valley. Its birthstone is the emerald. The meaning of the emerald is success in love.

isa: month


mica

title: Mica

text: The mica group of minerals are aluminosilicates with various metals. They split into fine sheets, which puts them in the phyllosilicate group of silicate minerals. Mica includes several closely related materials having perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic which means their crystals are shaped like one kind of prism. They tend towards pseudo-hexagonal crystals and are similar in chemical composition. The highly perfect cleavage, which is the most prominent characteristic of mica, is explained by the hexagonal sheet-like arrangement of its atoms. Being excellent electrical insulators, they are used in electronic equipment including capacitors.


month

title: Month

text: A month is an amount of time used with calendars. It is about 1/12th of a year. It is a little longer than a natural synodic orbital period of the moon, ca. 29.5 days. Lunar calendars use the natural synodic month. For some purposes astronomers use the sidereal month of 27.3 days. Other calendars, called "solar calendars", ignore the moon, and depend entirely on the Sun — for example, the Gregorian calendar of 365 or 366 days (12 months) used in much of the world today.

isa: time


motile

title: Motile

text: An organism is called motile if it can move on its own. Most organisms are motile. Organisms that cannot move themselves are called sessile.


nutcracker

title: Nutcracker

text: A nutcracker is a mechanical device for cracking open the shells of nuts. Nutcrackers are usually made of a lever which squeezes the shell of a nut until it cracks open. The earliest use of the term "nutcracker" in English dates to 1481. The orchestral suite of selections from The Nutcracker premiered in March 1892. The ballet itself debuted later that same year in December. This premiere took place at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, where it was paired with Tchaikovsky's one-act opera, Iolanta. In a candid letter to a friend, Tchaikovsky expressed his disappointment with the reception, noting that while the opera seemed to please the audience, the ballet was not as well-received. He even described it as somewhat tedious despite its lavish presentation. Comparatively, he regarded it unfavorably against his earlier work, referring to it as "infinitely worse than Sleeping Beauty," the second of his trio of ballets, preceded by Swan Lake. The nutcracker's first design was created in 1567 and became widely available in the mid 17th century.

isa: device


papyrus

title: Papyrus

text: Papyrus is a kind of paper that was used in Ancient Egypt for writing. It was first made in the 3rd millennium BC. It was made from a kind of reed called Cyperus papyrus. This plant grows in marshy areas around the Nile river. The Egyptians also used the papyrus plants to make boats, mattresses, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets. Specially cultivated papyrus, grown on plantations, was used to make the writing material. Papyrus was first used in Ancient Egypt, but it was later used elsewhere in the Mediterranean region.

isa: paper


pork

title: Pork

text: Pork is meat that comes from pigs. It is the most commonly consumed meat in the world Evidence of pig husbandry dates back to 5000 BC. A simple meal to make which contains pork is afelia. Sausages, bacon and ham are the most common uses of pork in Italy, the United States, and other parts of the Western world. Pork is forbidden by the food taboos of kosher and halal.


property

title: Property

text: Property is something that is owned by someone. If someone buys a car, the car becomes their property. People who deal with buying or selling real estate will often talk about "properties", meaning houses, apartments, offices, etc. Any works that are copyrighted are also another example of a property.


recording

title: Recording

text: Recording means to capture data to store it on a storage medium or record as a video format. Historical records of events have been made for thousands of years. Amongst the earliest are cave painting, runic alphabets and ideograms. Technology continues to provide and expand means for human beings to record their thoughts, feelings and experiences.


relay

title: Relay

text: A relay is an electromagnetically operated switch. It was invented in the 19th century to make electric telegraph signals go farther. Nowadays relays control circuits with low-voltages. Many machines use them, including vehicles and electronics.

isa: switch


repertory

title: Repertoire

text: Repertoire (pronounce: "Re-per-twahr") is a French word used in music and in the theatre. It means a list of pieces of music or plays. Sometimes the English word repertory is used. When a pianist speaks about his or her "repertoire", it means all the pieces that he can play. Most famous musicians have a wide repertoire (they can play a lot of pieces). The "piano repertoire" means all music written for the piano. The violin has a much larger solo repertoire than the viola. That means that much more solo music has been written for the violin than for the viola. A theatre company may have a "repertoire". That means all the plays that they regularly perform. Sometimes theatre companies are called "repertory theatres" because they have a particular list of plays that they perform.


salami

title: Salami

text: Salami is a sausage that first came from Italy. The name comes from the Italian salare meaning to make something salty. The original salami was made from a mix of chopped pork and salt which was dried using air in a casing. Now there are many types of salamis made in some countries. Nearly all are seasoned with a combination of herbs and spices in addition to salt. Salamis are now sometimes smoked or cooked before air drying. Some kinds are made of beef while others mix beef and pork. Most, if not all Italian salamis have garlic in them, but few German kinds do, for example. Some, like a few salamis from Spain, include paprika or chili. The difference between some types is in how coarse or fine the meat is chopped. Some "light" salami might add turkey or chicken to reduce both fat and calories. Many salamis are named after the city or region where they come from. Some examples are Arles, Genoese, Hungarian, and Milano salamis.

isa: sausage


sample

title: Sampling (statistics)

text: In statistics, a sample is part of a population. The sample is carefully chosen. It should represent the whole population fairly, without bias. When treated as a data set, a sample is often represented by capital letters such as X and Y , with its elements being represented in lowercase (e.g., x_3 ), and the sample size being represented by the letter n . The reason samples are needed is that populations may be so large that counting all the individuals may not be possible or practical. Therefore, solving a problem in statistics usually starts with sampling. Sampling is about choosing which data to take for later analysis. As an example, suppose the pollution of a lake should be analysed for a study. Depending on where the samples of water were taken, the studies can have different results. As a general rule, samples need to be random. This means the chance or probability of selecting one individual is the same as the chance of selecting any other individual. In practice, random samples are always taken by means of a well-defined procedure. A procedure is a set of rules, a sequence of steps written down and exactly followed. Even so, some bias may remain in the sample. Consider the problem of designing a sample to predict the result of an election poll. All known methods have their problems, and the results of an election are often different from predictions based on a sample. If you collect opinions by using telephones, or by meeting people in the street, you won't ask people who don't answer phone calls or who don't walk on the street. Therefore, in cases like this a completely neutral sample is never possible. In such cases a statistician will think about how to measure the amount of bias, and there are ways to estimate this. A similar situation occurs when scientists measure a physical property, say the weight of a piece of metal, or the speed of light. If we weigh an object with sensitive equipment we will get minutely different results. No system of measurement is ever perfect. We get a series of estimates, each one being a measurement. These are samples, with a certain degree of error. Statistics is designed to describe error, and carry out analysis on this kind of data. There are different kinds of samples: *A complete sample includes all the elements that have a given property.


satyr

title: Satyr

text: A satyr is a creature from Greek mythology. They are usually depicted with the upper half of a human and the legs of a goat, and horns on their heads. Satyrs were usually companions of Dionysus and Pan. They are often shown in art chasing after nymphs and were associated with nature and fertility. Sometimes satyrs were figured as the leader of drunks and pageantry.

isa: creature


scaffold

title: Scaffold

text: A scaffold is a temporary structure used for support. Originally scaffolds were made of wood, and bamboo scaffolds are still used in many parts of the world. In the western world they are now made of metal. The most common use of scaffolds is to allow work on buildings. Another use of the word was the wooden platforms built for executions. This is now a rare use of the word.

isa: structure


scheme

title: Scheme (programming language)

text: Scheme is a programming language. It is one of the two dialects of LISP in widespread use today. The other dialect of LISP widely used is Common lisp. Scheme is often used as a teaching tool; to teach computer science students functional programming.

isa: language


sconce

title: Sconce

text: A sconce is a holder for candles or electric lights that is fixed on a wall. Most of the time, sconces are also meant to make the place look more beautiful.

isa: holder


silhouette

title: Silhouette

text: A silhouette is an image in shape and outline only, usually filled in as black on a white background. The inside of a silhouette is featureless.It differs from an outline. That shows the edge of an object in line form, but a silhouette is a solid shape. Silhouette images may be made in any visual artistic medium. The word was first used to describe pieces of cut paper, which were then stuck to a backing in a contrasting colour, and often framed. Cutting portraits, generally in profile, from black card became popular in the mid-18th century. They were a cheap alternative to the portrait miniature. Skilled specialist artists could cut a high-quality bust portrait in a matter of minutes. Other artists, especially about 1790, drew an outline on paper, then painted it in, which could also be done quickly. From its original graphic meaning, the term silhouette has been extended to describe the sight or representation of a person, object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. Anything that appears this way, for example, a figure standing backlit in a doorway, may be described as "in silhouette".

isa: image


simple

title: Simplicity

text: When something is simple, it is very easy to understand or to do. The opposite is hard or complex or difficult. Simplicity is the quality of being simple. Simple can mean something that is only made up of a few parts. It lacks complexity. * A bicycle is much simpler than a space ship. Simple can mean that something or someone is humble (lowly) or common: *He lives very simply. "Simple living" is a way of life. It uses the ideas of Henry David Thoreau or Epicurus or Diogenes as its moral goals. Simple living says that a person needs only few and basic things to be happy. Simple can also be used to refer to someone whose mind thinks in a very simple way. Calling a person "simple minded" is usually rude.


sorb

title: Sorbs

text: The Sorbs are Slavic people. They live mostly in Germany and Poland. There are 60,000 Sorbian people in the world. About 25,000 people speak one of the Sorbian languages. In Germany and Poland Sorbs do not use the old fashioned words "Wends" or "Wendish" to describe themselves. American and Australian communities often prefer to call themselves "Wends" or "Wendish". They think that “Sorb” and “Sorbian” are bad words. Upper Sorbian and Lower Sorbian dialects are protected languages in parts of Germany under the European Charter for Minority or Regional Languages


stripper

title: Stripper

text: A stripper is a dancer performing a striptease.


suppressor

title: Suppressor

text: A suppressor, often called a "silencer" is a device used to make a gun less loud. Suppressors are most often added to the gun barrel, usually by screwing the silencer onto the end of the barrel. Some guns have a built-in suppressor. Even though many people use the name "silencer" when talking about a suppressor, it does not really make the gun silent. How much quieter it makes the gun depends both on the cartridges and the suppressor. A suppressed gun usually is between 120 and 135 decibels (dB). This is much quieter than without the suppressor, but is still loud enough to cause hearing loss without protection such as earplugs. An unsuppressed firearm usually produces 140 to 165 dB. For comparison, a typical jackhammer produces about 130 dB. In many places, suppressors are illegal to own except for the military and police. This is because suppressors make guns quieter and people worry this could help criminals commit crime. In most states in the United States, suppressors are legal for civilians to own, but the National Firearms Act requires that buyers must go through a special background check and pay a $200 tax. Owning an untaxed suppressor is illegal, except for licensed class 3 firearms dealers, the military, and law enforcement.


truth

title: Truth

text: The truth is what is true. It may be everything that is true (reality) or just a part of it (a fact). It may also be a statement that is true: a truth. Things or statements that are not true are untrue or false. True things exist (or have existed); false things do not (or never have). Aristotle said: "To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true." However, a statement may be about how things once were; this would be a true statement if it is clear that it is not a statement about how things are now. Most often, the tense of the verb will indicate this, but there may be other ways in which the statement is qualified: for example, by saying when the statement was true. Truth is a noun, and the corresponding adjective is true. The word true also functions as a noun, a verb and an adverb. The English word truth is from Old English tríewþ, tréowþ, trýwþ, Middle English trewþe. Most of the discussion on truth is about one of two things: #How to find out whether a statement (a proposition or claim) is true #How to find the truth when presented with a particular question or problem Many philosophers have given opinions on these issues.


tug

title: Tugboat

text: A tugboat or towboat is a type of boat that maneuvers other vessels by pushing or pulling them. This is done either by direct contact or by means of a tow line. Tugboats typically move vessels that are restricted in their ability to maneuver on their own, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal, Also, vessels that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, log rafts, or oil platforms.

isa: boat


van

title: Van

text: A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. There is some variation in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a regular cab pickup truck fitted with a cap, extended cab pickup truck fitted with a cap, crew cab pickup truck fitted with a cap, and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry (to carry goods) or a bus (to carry people). The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages.

isa: vehicle


videotape

title: Videotape

text: Videotape is magnetic tape used to record moving images and (usually) sound. Videotape was invented in the 1950s for recording television shows for later broadcasting. In the 1970s it entered use in low-cost filmmaking. In the 1980s analog tape became commonplace at home, and replaced the use of photographic film for home movies. Better digital videotape systems started replacing motion picture film at the end of the 1990s. 21st century video mostly uses digital recording media such as memory cards and hard drives rather than videotape.


viscounty

title: Viscount

text: A Viscount ( , ) is a member of the European nobility. A viscount usually ranks above a baron and below a count. The female equivalent is a Viscountess.


wharf

title: Wharf

text: A wharf is a permanent structure at a lake, a river, or the sea. It is made so that ships can be loaded and unloaded more easily. Image:Tofino fishing wharf 2004.jpg Image:Canary Wharf.jpg|Canary Wharf in London Image:Central HK wharf from ferry 1.jpg Image:Macau Fisherman's Wharf1.JPG

isa: lake


whistle

title: Whistle

text: A whistle is a thing that uses a stream of gas (usually air) to make a sound, or the act of making a similar sound called whistling.