right n. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. n. Pertaining to the political right; conservative. left n. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the west if one is facing north. n. Pertaining to the political left; liberal. “Left” and “right” [...]
codicil n. An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one. Codicil is known mostly as a legal term (for which see the official definition), but in practice is has come to refer figuratively to any addition or addendum, often with a quasi-scholarly connotation. Its use in English dates [...]
color n. The spectral composition of visible light. n. A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class[.] The modern English Color is now the same as the Latin from which it came, though the intervening steps are not: the Latin led to the Old French color, which led to the [...]
ketchup A tomato-vinegar based sauce. Ketchup seems as American as apple pie (which itself is English, not American), but just like the pizza we know and love originated in Greece, so the tomato ketchup we use today has a history very different from Heinz 57. The origins of the word come from a Chinese dialect: [...]
alcohol n. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). n. (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material. One would generally expect such a popular item to have more interesting—potentially dirty or morbid—roots, but the clinical term by [...]
transparent adj.. clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed Transparent is a common word; I’ve known it since I was a child. Slightly less well known is “translucent,” which has largely the same meaning, although the latter usually indicates a lesser degree of transparency. With a bit of familiarity with Latin [...]
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