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13785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice | Voice | A voice is used when someone speaks or sings. The sound of their voice can be heard when they are speaking. The musical part of a song that is sung by a person using their voice is called vocals. Some people have no voice. This is muteness.
Many terrestrial animals have a voice, especially those that are vertebrates.... |
13788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Madison | James Madison | James Madison Jr. (March 16,1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth president of the United States. He was also the most important author of the United States Constitution and a slaveowner with a big plantation. Madison was the shortest president, with a height of .
Family
James Madison Jr. was the eldest son of Col. J... |
13789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Monroe | James Monroe | Not to be confused with James Monroe King.
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth president of the United States. He mostly agreed with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the two presidents before him. Many cities have been named Monroe. Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, is also named after him.
... |
13790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Van%20Buren | Martin Van Buren | Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth president of the United States. He was the first president born after the United States Declaration of Independence, making him the first president who was born as a U.S. citizen after 1776.
Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York, in 1782. Van Bure... |
13794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Holland | South Holland | South Holland is a province in the west of the Netherlands. It is called Zuid-Holland in Dutch. It is surrounded by the North Sea and the provinces North Holland, Utrecht, Gelderland, North Brabant, and Zeeland. About 3,726,000 people are living in South Holland (2021).
Cities
The biggest cities are Rotterdam and The ... |
13795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Theft%20Auto | Grand Theft Auto | Grand Theft Auto is a series of video games published by Rockstar Games. The first was released in the late 90s. This game was played from a bird's-eye view, meaning that it was like seeing the main character from a helicopter. The second was called GTA 2 and also an add-on pack was added for the first game called GTA:... |
13796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Black%20Eyed%20Peas | The Black Eyed Peas | The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Over the years their music has included R&B, dance and Latin. The group has three members: Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap, Taboo.
Members of this group and its history
Stacy Ann Ferguson, better known by her stage name Fergie, was born on March 2... |
13800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation%20Portable | PlayStation Portable | The PlayStation Portable, or PSP, is Sony's first video game console to be a handheld. It was made in Japan and came out there first on December 12, 2004. After that, it came out in North America on March 24, 2005 and came out in Europe on September 1, 2005. It was first announced in 2003 at E3 and then next year its f... |
13803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSP | PSP | PSP may refer to:
PlayStation Portable - made by Sony
Progressive supranuclear palsy |
13804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion | Abortion | An abortion is when a pregnancy is ended early, without the natural birth of the child.
A developing human usually takes about thirty-nine weeks to grow and be born. Normally, this occurs about forty weeks after the mother's last menstrual period. This developing human is called an embryo for the first eight weeks of ... |
13805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock | Clock | A clock is a device that tells the time. Some clocks can only show the time. Other clocks can show other things. For example, some clocks can show the date as well as the time, or show other information, like the temperature or the weather, some have stopwatch and some have alarm.
Keeping time
Clocks use different wa... |
13809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20orientation | Sexual orientation | Sexual orientation is forms of attraction to people. There are many different groups. Some examples are: attraction to a different gender (heterosexuality), attraction to the same gender (homosexuality), attraction to more than one gender (bisexuality), and no attraction any gender (asexuality).
The groups are part of... |
13810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley | Smiley | A smiley (also called a "smiley face" and an "emoticon") is a picture of a smiling face that is used to show emotion. The first smileys to be widely used were made as yellow buttons, but now the most common smileys are made using computer keyboard symbols. Smileys are used by many people in emails and other types of co... |
13812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamenco | Flamenco | Flamenco is a style of baile and was founded in Sevilla contrary to what VHL says. It is a form of entertainment with song, music and dance. It is very popular in Spain and is known worldwide. Its foundation is in Andalusia in Spain. In its evolution Andalusian gypsies played an important part. The term 'flamenco' was... |
13814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream%20%28band%29 | Cream (band) | Cream was a British rock band in the late 1960s. They played and recorded together from 1966 to 1968. The members of the group were Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. They were called a power trio, as there were three musicians, who all played essential roles in the band. Their sound of heavy blues-rock was a ... |
13815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind%20Faith | Blind Faith | Blind Faith was an English rock-blues band. The band was only together for about one year (1969). It was formed by Eric Clapton who had been in the band Cream. Also in the band were Ginger Baker (who was Cream's drummer) and Rick Grech (who was in the band "Family"). Clapton, Winwood, and many other people had high exp... |
13818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Guess%20Who | The Guess Who | The Guess Who is a Canadian rock band. They formed in Winnipeg in 1963 and broke up in 1975. Their best known songs include, American Woman, Share The Land, No Time, and These Eyes.
The band was inducted into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1987.
References
Guess Who
Canadian hard rock bands
Folk music groups
Blu... |
13822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock musician from New Jersey. His songs include "Born to Run" and "Born in the USA". For more than 30 years he has been a singer along with his "E-Street Band." Also, he is now a member in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jon Landau, a music w... |
13825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex | Intersex | Intersex variations occur (though rarely) in species which use sexual reproduction. Intersex people are born with sex characteristics that lie between those of typical males and typical females. Hermaphrodite is a term that gets confused with intersexual, and while all hermaphrodites are intersexual, not all intersexua... |
13832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive%20system | Digestive system | (The digestive system is the parts of the body that digest food. )(It is also called the gastrointestinal system.)( It breaks down food into simple chemicals which can be absorbed into the blood stream).( From the blood stream, nutrients go to the liver).which is a kind of chemical factory for the body.( The liver ad... |
13833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth | Mouth | For the geographical meaning of mouth see River
The mouth is an opening in the face and is the first part of the alimentary canal (digestive system). It is the place where food is chewed. The mouth has teeth to help eat/chew the food.
In addition to its main role as the start of the digestive system, in humans the mou... |
13852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon | Deacon | A deacon is a role in the Christian church. The job of a deacon is different depending on the church he or she is a part of. A deacon usually helps to run the church and teaches people about Christianity. A deacon can also witness marriages.
Men who intend to become priests are usually named deacons for some time befo... |
13859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Engels | Friedrich Engels | Friedrich Engels II (28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German political thinker. With his best friend Karl Marx, Engels wrote about Communism. They wrote the famous book The Communist Manifesto together.
Life
Friedrich Engels II was born in Barmen, Germany in 1820. His father was a very rich factory owner, and ... |
13863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner | Dinner | Dinner is a word with a few different meanings.
In North America dinner usually means a large meal that is eaten in early evening. Sometimes dinner can mean a meal eaten in the middle of the day. This meaning is more common in the Southern United States and the United Kingdom .
A more formal definition of "dinner", ... |
13865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa%20Luxemburg | Rosa Luxemburg | Rosa Luxemburg (5 March 1871 in Zamość, Russian Poland – 15 January 1919 in Berlin) was a Polish-Jewish Marxist politician working in both Poland and Germany. Her birth name was Rosalia Luxemburg. She was born into a Jewish family. She was the fifth child of her parents. Her father was a wood trader/timber trader. His ... |
13888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver | Liver | The liver is an organ in the abdomen. It is part of the digestive system. Sometimes people use hepar- or hepat- as a prefix when they talk about the liver.
Functions
The liver is the body's chemical factory. It does many important things:
The liver produces (makes) bile. This is a bright yellow-green liquid that goe... |
13890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neck%20%28disambiguation%29 | Neck (disambiguation) | Neck can mean:
Neck (body part), a part of the body
Any narrow part of a thing. The neck of a bottle is where it gets smaller. The neck of a violin is the part underneath the top of the fingerboard leading up to the tuning pegs.
To neck is a slang term for when two people kiss many times in a romantic way.
Basic Engl... |
13907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella%20Valley | Coachella Valley | The Coachella Valley is a desert valley in the Colorado Desert of Southern California. It is famous as a resort destination and an agricultural region. It is a dry rift valley.
The cities of the Coachella Valley from west to east are:
Desert Hot Springs
Palm Springs
Cathedral City
Rancho Mirage
Palm Desert
Indian Wel... |
13908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative%20work | Derivative work | Derivative work is a phrase used in copyright law. It is a piece of work (for example: a novel, a song or a painting) that is based on what someone else created.
Copyright law says that if someone writes a book, draws a picture, or writes a song, then it belongs to them. Other people are not allowed to copy it unless ... |
13909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20football | Rugby football | Rugby football is a sport people play in many countries. It is usually called rugby or rugger.
Rugby football is named after Rugby School, the public school in England where it was developed. Legend has it that one day in 1823, a senior boy called William Webb Ellis elected to run with the ball rather than retiring to... |
13913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney | Kidney | Kidneys are two organs in the abdomen of vertebrates that are shaped like beans. They make urine.When medical professionals discuss the kidneys, they typically refer to the word renal. For example, renal failure is when the kidneys are sick and do not work.
The prefix nephro- is also used in words to mean "kidneys". ... |
13915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix | Prefix | A prefix is a part of a word or a word, within a word. It is put at the start of another word to make a different meaning. It can also mean a number that is put in at the start to show which number something is in a group. It is a type of affix.
compound nouns (in other cases also compound adjectives).
The following ... |
13920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO | UNESCO | UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (). It is an agency of the United Nations (UN).
UNESCO says its purpose, as defined just after the end of World War II, is "to build the defenses of peace in the minds of men and women". It does this by helping nations work together, throu... |
13925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights | Human rights | Human rights are rights and freedoms that all people should have.
Today, the ideas of human rights are protected as legal rights in national and international law.
They are seen as universal, which means they are meant for everyone, no matter what their race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, age, sex, political beli... |
13926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality | Nationality | The nationality of a person is that person's legal relationship with a state, for example a Swedish person's legal relationship with the kingdom of Sweden. Nationality is not identical to citizenship but in the majority of states most of the population are both citizens and nationals. Dual nationality means that the pe... |
13933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race | Race | Race has many meanings in English. It can mean:
To go very fast – he raced to the store
A competition between people - the race for the US presidency
Racing, a competition about speed – the Tour de France is an important bicycle race
Race (biology), a group smaller than a species. Members of different races can have s... |
13938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20ethics | Medical ethics | Medical ethics is the set of ethical rules that doctors follow. These ideas tell doctors how they should treat patients.
The earliest set of ethical ideas in medicine was the Hippocratic oath. (An oath is a special promise.) It was supposed to be written by Hippocrates but probably was not written by him.
Principles ... |
13939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm | Sperm | Sperm are the male reproductive cells. Most animals and plants use sperm to reproduce. They have different ways of making and releasing the sperm. In all cases the sperm meets with the egg of the female and grow into a new organism.
The name sperm is taken from the Greek word sperma meaning seed.
An animal sperm cell... |
13940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semen | Semen | Semen () is the fluid that comes out from the end of a man's penis when he has an orgasm (the height of sexual excitement) and ejaculates. It is usually a white or yellowish, sticky substance made up of sperm (male cells for sexual reproduction) floating in a fluid called seminal plasma that has water and different che... |
13945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbao | Bilbao | Bilbao is a city in the Basque Country, in the North of Spain. There are 350,000 people living in Bilbao.
In Bilbao is the Nervión river, which ends in the Bay of Biscay. Bilbao has an oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification).
Bilbao was an industrial city, but today it is a tourist city. There ar... |
13950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20school | Middle school | In the United States, a middle school is a school between elementary school (grades 1-5, 1-7, 1-6, 1-4 or 1-8) and high school (grades 9-12 or 10-12). Depending on location, middle school contains grades 5-8, 6-8, 7-8, or 7-9. Middle school is also sometimes called an intermediate school, junior high school or just jun... |
13951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Disney%20animated%20movies | List of Disney animated movies | Below is a list of animated movies from Walt Disney Pictures/The Walt Disney Company. For a list of live-action movies from the company, see List of Disney movies.
The following is a list of movies which are said to be the Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) canon. They are also known as the Walt Disney Animated Clas... |
13952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Disney%20movies | List of Disney movies | This is a list of movies produced by Disney and its current label, Walt Disney Pictures. In December 14th 2017 - The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. All films listed are theatrical releases and/or US films unless specified. Films labeled with a ‡ symbol signify a direct-to-video release... |
13953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku%20Klux%20Klan | Ku Klux Klan | The Ku Klux Klan is an American Christian hate group. It was started in Pulaski, Tennessee on March 3, 1865 and quickly spread among white people in the southern United States. Most of its hate has been towards African Americans, but it has also attacked Catholics, Jews and immigrants. Known as the KKK for short, it ha... |
13958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20v.%20Board%20of%20Education | Brown v. Board of Education | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) (full name George Brown, et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas) was a Landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States.
In 1950 in Topeka, Kansas, a black third-grade girl named Linda Brown had to run more than a mile through a railroad swi... |
13960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well | Well | A well is a hole that is dug into the Earth to get a fluid. Most wells are to get water. There are also oil well s and gas wells.
A qanat is an ancient complex water well system used in the Middle East. Wells can be as simple as a hole that a bucket on a rope can be lowered into, or very complex with pipes and high-p... |
13963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey | Honey | Honey is a food made by honeybees from nectar. They put the honey into a honeycomb, which for them is a storage unit. Honey is sweet and can be used instead of sugar. It is a supersaturated liquid. As the temperature drops, glucose comes out of solution. Then it is a semi-solid rather than a liquid.
Honey is first men... |
13964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet | Sweet | Sweet can mean:
sweetness, the taste of sugar
Sweets: British English for the confectionery which Americans call candy.
Sweet (band), a British band
Basic English 850 words |
13965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker | Cracker | A cracker is a thin and crispy piece of baked bread. Crackers can be eaten by themselves, but they can also be eaten with things on them called toppings. Common toppings include cheese, peanut butter, and sliced meats. Crackers are most often eaten as a snack, or crumbled into soup.
History
It was 1792 when Theodor... |
13966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery | Surgery | Surgery is an operation that involves cutting, taking out, changing or fixing parts of the human body. Doctors who do surgeries are called surgeons. Many surgeons are experts in certain areas; for example, a surgeon that operates on bones is called an orthopaedic surgeon.
Surgery (operations) can be very simple, like ... |
13967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza | Pizza | Pizza is an Italian food that was created in Italy (The Naples area). It is made with different toppings. Some of the most common toppings are cheese, sausages, pepperoni, vegetables, tomatoes, spices and herbs and basil. These toppings are added over a piece of bread covered with sauce. The sauce is most often tomato-... |
13968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepperoni | Pepperoni | Pepperoni is a meat food that is sometimes sliced thin and put on pizza. It is a kind of salami, which can be quite spicy. It comes from the United States.
Sausage |
13969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conception | Conception | Conception has different meanings:
A Concept is an idea. Conception can mean how someone understands an idea.
Conception can also mean fertilization (when a sperm joins with an ovum or egg) |
13970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdomen | Abdomen | The abdomen is the part of the body that is between the chest and the thigh. It contains (has in it) the abdominal muscles and many organs. Some of the organs in the abdomen are:
Gallbladder
Liver
Rectum
Stomach
Anus
Small intestine and large intestine
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra
Reproductive system except breast... |
13971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven | Heaven | Heaven also known as Paradise or garden is a place where good people go when they die. It is a concept of the afterlife (what happens after somebody dies) in many religions. Some people who believe in heaven say it is a perfect place. They believe heaven is where people go after they die if they have been good in life.... |
13972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button | Button | A button can have three meanings.
A button is a fastener that keeps your shirt or pants closed.
A button is something that sticks up from a flat surface, and when you push it, it makes something happen.
A button is a picture on a computer monitor that is pressed with a computer mouse to make the computer do somethin... |
13974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprocessing | Multiprocessing | Multiprocessing is the use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system. The CPUs do not have to be the same. Systems that treat all CPUs equally are called symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems.
Related pages
Multitasking
Multithreading
Multi-core processor
Computer science |
13975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitasking | Multitasking | Multitasking means that a computer can run more than one item of software in the same time frame, as in switching between several computer programs running on a single CPU. It can also refer to a person who is working on more than one task at the same time (for instance, talking on the telephone while filing papers).
... |
13976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multithreading | Multithreading | Multithreading means that a computer can work on different parts of the same program at the same time. This usually allows the program to run faster.
Related pages
Multitasking
Multiprocessing
Multi-core processor
computer science |
13977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilization | Fertilization | Fertilization (British English spelling: fertilisation) is when a male's sperm enters a female's ovum (or "egg"). Fertilization is also called conception. Biologists call a fertilized egg a zygote. A zygote grows into an embryo.
Fertilization occurs in animals, including humans and birds, in plants, fungi, protists, i... |
13981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision | Decision | The word Decision can refer to different concepts:
General
When there are several options on what to do, picking one of the options is called 'making a decision'. Humans and other animals make decisions almost all the time.
A field of mathematics, and economics, that looks at this process is called decision theor... |
13982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteboard | Whiteboard | A whiteboard, also called a markerboard, is a drawing surface on which markings made with markers are visible. It is used as a surface to write on. Whiteboards are often used to help teach. Special markers are used that can be erased. Whiteboards usually have a shiny surface. Before there were whiteboards, people used... |
13983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemist | Chemist | A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry. In England can also mean a pharmacist (person who dispenses medicines that doctors prescribe for people).
Chemistry is the study of elements, atoms, molecules, and how they react together. Chemists research and test medicines, explosives, and a lot of other things. Chem... |
13984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologist | Biologist | A biologist is a scientist who studies biology. Biologists study living organisms.
There are many different kinds of biologists. Some of these include:
Those who study fish and ocean plants. They are called marine biologists.
Those who study very small bacteria or Viruses.
Other scientists study groups of animals.
... |
13986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular%20cancer | Testicular cancer | Testicular cancer is cancer in one or both testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. In the United States, about 8,000 to 9,000 people are diagnosed with the cancer every year. Every male has a 1 in 250 (four tenths of one percent, or 0.4%) chance of being diagnosed with it. It is most common among males aged ... |
13987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future | Future | The future is something that has not happened yet. Once that something has happened, it is called the past. If it is happening now, it is called the present. And the study of social advancement in the future is called futurology.
Movies, television shows and books that tell made-up stories about the future are often c... |
13988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus | Fetus | A fetus or foetus is the stage that an organism goes through before it is born as a baby. In humans a fetus is the stage (time of development) after the embryonic stage, and begins during the third to eighth week of development after fertilization of the egg. The fetal stage lasts from 8 weeks after fertilization to bi... |
13989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past | Past | The past is something that has already happened. If something has not happened yet, it is called the future.
Professors and researchers that study the events of the past, and try to explain why these events happened are called history professors or historians.
Many books, movies, and television shows tell made-up sto... |
13990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle | Particle | A particle is a tiny bit of matter that makes up everything in the universe. In particle physics, an elementary particle is a particle which cannot be split up into smaller pieces.
There are many different types of particles, with different particle sizes and properties.
Macroscopic particles are particles that are l... |
13993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen%20DeGeneres | Ellen DeGeneres | Ellen DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, television host and actress. She is the host of the talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. She is seen as a very generous person when it comes to gi... |
13994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie%20O%27Donnell | Rosie O'Donnell | Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American television host, comedienne, actress, and author. She gained exposure by appearing on Star Search, a talent show.
Her daytime talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, began in 1996 and ran until 2002. She briefly hosted a primetime talk show on the Oprah Winf... |
13996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ass | Ass | Ass can mean different things:
Another name for a donkey
A person's buttocks (rear end)
Calling someone an ass means that they are being rude. It is considered an insult to call someone an ass.
Related pages
Jackass
Pejoratives
English profanity |
13997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tissue | Tissue | A Tissue forms part of an organ in plants or animals. Tissues are groups of cells that work together to do a job in the body. They are a group of cells having the same origin, structure and function. The cells look the same or almost the same. The work the cells in a tissue do is the same or almost the same.
The four... |
13998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock | Cock | Cock can mean different things:
A cock is a male chicken (also called a rooster)
Cock is a slang term for penis
The Antonov An-22 aircraft, called "Cock" by NATO |
13999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit | Shit | Shit is a slang word for feces. Shit is a swear word (an offensive, rude, or impolite word) to most English speakers. It can mean bad things other than feces, depending on the context. It can be used as an angry exclamation, which is something said loudly or with strong emotion. It can be an adjective that means low qu... |
14000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss | Piss | Piss or pissed are slang words for:
Urine
Being drunk
The emotional state of anger (e.g.: "I'm really pissed (off) about this!") |
14001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt | Cunt | Cunt is an abusive word that is used against people as an insult. It can also be slang, for the vagina, or vulva.
Unlike many words of profanity that came from Anglo-Saxon, this word came from a Latin one (cuneus, meaning a wedge shape). After the Norman invasion of England, it replaced the native word for vagina, 'mæ... |
14002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick | Dick | Dick could mean:
Dick (movie), a comedy movie about the Watergate scandal, with Richard Nixon as a character
Dick, as slang meaning:
Penis
Dick (insult), a rude person
Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran), DIC(K)
The Dicks, a hardcore punk band
Carry On Dick, a 1974 film
A nickname for Richard
People named ... |
14003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut | Nut | Nut or nuts can mean different things:
Nut (fruit), a seed or fruit inside a hard outer shell, many of which are eaten as food
A nut (hardware) screws onto a bolt (fastener) to hold two things together
The exclamation, "Nuts!" can be used to mean "That is a shame" or "Too bad"
Nuts is a slang term for the testicles and... |
14005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitch | Bitch | A bitch is a female dog.
It is also slang insult used to mean a nasty woman. It is possibly derived from the fact that bitch is used in other ways, however, such as in the phrase son of a bitch (also son of a gun) or bitchy.
Pejoratives
English profanity
Words |
14008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%20and%20chain | Ball and chain | A ball and chain is a device historically worn by prisoners. It consists of a heavy iron ball attached to the prisoner's ankle with a chain and shackle. It stops the prisoner from running away.
The ball and chain was mainly used in the British Empire and its penal colonies. It was used from the 17th century until as l... |
14009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum | Cum | Cum can mean different things:
Cum is a slang term for semen
The verb form cum is a slang term for the act of ejaculation, or for having an orgasm.
English profanity |
14010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot%20%28food%29 | Faggot (food) | A faggot is a kind of meatball, a traditional dish in the UK, especially the southwest of England, Wales, and the Black Country. It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork. A faggot is usually made from pig heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs for flavouring and sometimes... |
14011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | Llanfairpwllgwyngyll | Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, officially Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (pronounced llan-vire-pooll-gwin-gill-go-gare-urch-wyn-drob-ooll-andus-ilio-gogo-goch), also known as Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, Llanfair PG or just Llanfairpwll, is a large village and community on Anglesey, an island in Wales. In ... |
14012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoconiosis | Pneumoconiosis | Pneumoconiosis is a form of occupational lung disease that is not infective. It is a progressive (gets worse with time) degenerative disorder. It is caused by air pollution in the form of tiny particles. It was common among coal miners, who inhaled coal dust regularly.
Another type of pneumoconiosis is 'asbestosis', c... |
14013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu | Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu}}
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is the Maori name of a hill in New Zealand. The short form Taumata is used in everyday talk. The hill is 305 meters high.
It... |
14021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%20Awful | Something Awful | Something Awful is a comedy website and forums. The part of the website where people are paid to write comedy is called the "front page," and the part where people talk about a variety of things is the forums. People have to pay money to join the forums to talk with other people around the world. It currently costs $9.... |
14025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fark.com | Fark.com | Fark is a comedy website and forums.
Fark was started by Drew Curtis in 1999 as a weblog where users post current news articles and other information. Then other users make comments on these articles. There are two classes of users; users with free subscriptions are able to post comments in the forums and submit new a... |
14029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation | Menstruation | Menstruation, or menses, is when an unfertilized female has blood come out of her vagina for 2–7 days every month. A more common word for menstruation is a "period".
Summary
Inside the thick part of the uterus are blood vessels and nutrients that a baby will need to grow. Every month in a human female who has gone th... |
14031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Period | Period | Period means different things.
Period (punctuation), a punctuation mark, also called a full stop
period (geology), a series of rock strata, and the time during which the rocks were laid down
The time every month when a woman menstruates
The time it takes to finish one sequence of something that happens again and again... |
14037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthian-Casuals%20F.C. | Corinthian-Casuals F.C. | The Corinthian Casuals are a football team in Tolworth, Surrey, England. They play in the Isthmian League Division One South.
English football clubs |
14047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightclub | Nightclub | A nightclub is a type of theatre or bar or club where there are shows, singers and dance girls. Examples of this are the Folies Bergère in Paris, the Tropicana in Havana and the Cotton Club in Harlem, Manhattan.
Also the name is used for places where adults socialize and meet others and drink alcoholic beverages, like... |
14048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing | Freezing | Freezing is the process when a liquid turns into a solid. Freezing occurs when heat is lost from an object, which causes the molecules to slow down and form tighter bonds. One example of freezing is when water turns into ice. Freezing is the opposite of melting, and two steps away from evaporation. Freezing occurs at b... |
14049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious%20metal | Precious metal | A precious metal is a type of metal that is worth a lot of money compared to most other metals. Some precious metals are gold, silver, and platinum. Many pieces of jewelry are made out of precious metals.
The precious metal worth the most amount of money for the same mass is Rhodium.
Related pages
Alchemy
Noble metal... |
14050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewellery | Jewellery | Jewellery (or jewelry) refers to any clothing accessory that is worn as a decoration.
In itself, jewellery has no other purpose than to look attractive. However, it is often added to items that have a practical use. Items such as belts and handbags are mainly accessories but may be decorated. A broach, often worn to ... |
14051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium | Potassium | Potassium is a chemical element in the periodic table. It has the symbol K. This symbol is taken from the Latin word kalium. Potassium's atomic number is 19. It has 19 protons and electrons. Potassium is not found as an element in nature, because it is so reactive.
Potassium has two stable isotopes, with 20 or 22 neut... |
14055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Simpsons | The Simpsons | The Simpsons is an American adult animated sitcom. It was created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show started on December 17, 1989 and so far over 677 episodes have aired in 33 seasons. As of today, the show is in its 33rd season. As a full-length movie, The Simpsons Movie, was released on July ... |
14056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa%20Heinz | Teresa Heinz | Teresa Heinz Kerry (born October 5, 1938) is a Portuguese-American businesswoman and philanthropist. She was born in Maputo, Mozambique to Portuguese parents. She is the wife of United States Senator John Kerry. She was previously married to former U.S. senator H. John Heinz III, until his death. She is a naturalized A... |
14057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum | Museum | A museum is a building<ref>Alexander, Edward Porter et al. (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=owHSEk96qxQC&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false Museums in Motion: an Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums, p. 2]; excerpt, "Douglas Alan, former director of the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh, said that '... |
14058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera | Camera | A camera is a device that takes pictures (photographs). It uses film or electronics to make a picture of something. It is a tool of photography. A lens makes the image that the film or electronics "sees".
A camera that takes one picture at a time is sometimes called a still camera. A camera that can take pictures tha... |
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