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1000 (number) | Integers | 1000 (1,000, one thousand or thousand for short) is the natural number after 999 and before 1001. One thousand thousands is known as a million. In Roman Numerals, 1000 is written as M. History Of The Number 1000 The number 1000 represents a significant milestone in mathematics, history, and culture, often symbolizing v... | simple-english |
Gross domestic product | Gross domestic product | In economics, gross domestic product (GDP) is how much a place produces in an amount of time. GDP can be calculated by adding up its output (total production) inside a country. To find the GDP of a country, one adds up all consumer spending (C), all investment (I), all government spending minus taxes (G), and the value... | simple-english |
GDP | #REDIRECT Gross domestic product | simple-english |
Cricket | Cricket, Outdoor sports | Cricket is a sport. It is an outdoor bat-and-ball game played by two teams of eleven players on a large, grassy field. At the centre of the field is a rectangular pitch with a wooden structure called a wicket sited at each end. As in other sports, there are separate men's and women's games, both played internationally.... | simple-english |
Track and field athletics | Athletics | Track and field is part of the sport of athletics. Athletics is a collection of sport events that includes running, jumping and throwing. Track and field events take place in a sports stadium, either on the running track, or on the field inside the running track. These tracks are generally made up of synthetic rubber –... | simple-english |
Badminton | Badminton | Badminton is a sport for two or four( "singles" or "doubles") people. The game is either one player against one player or a team of two players against another team of two players. Players use rackets to hit a shuttlecock over a net but if it goes too far it will be an out. It is often enjoyed in various settings, from... | simple-english |
Computer Science | #REDIRECT Computer_science | simple-english |
Chemical warfare | Chemical warfare, Human rights abuses, Military tactics, Science in society, War | Chemical warfare means using poisonous chemical compounds to injure or kill people in a war. Chemical warfare has been used since the Stone Age. Since 1899, several international laws have made it illegal to use chemical weapons. Still, chemical weapons have been used in wars since then. About 70 different chemicals ha... | simple-english |
Iran | Iran, Current dictatorships, 1979 establishments in Asia, Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and also known as Persia, is a country in Western Asia. It is officially known as Islamic Republic of Iran. Prior to 1935, the country was referred to by majority in the Western world as Persia. Iran is quite significant due to its ancient history and its positioning betwee... | simple-english |
Gautama Buddha | 6th-century BC births, 5th-century BC deaths, Buddhas, Eastern philosophers, Buddhist clergy, Mystics, Deaths from food poisoning | Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563 BC - c. 483 BC) was an ancient Indian Philosopher and the founder of Buddhism. He is better known by the title the Buddha which means "Fully Awakened One". He is also called Shakyamuni Buddha. This is because he was the sage of the Śākyan clan. He was born as a prince in Lumbini in a region ... | simple-english |
Siddhartha Gautama | #redirect Gautama Buddha | simple-english |
North | Basic English 850 words, Compass directions | North is one of the 4 main directions on a compass. North is usually up on most maps. For Example: The United States is north of the Mexico, which is itself north of Brazil. The North Pole is the farthest north you can go. The North of the world is considered to be the top. | simple-english |
List of football clubs in Portugal | Portuguese football clubs, Lists of football teams, Portugal-related lists | These are some Portuguese football teams that now (2025-2026) playing in a professional category. C.F. Estrella da Amadora Académico de Viseu F.C. F.C. Paços de Ferreira www.PortuGOAL.net The definitive Portuguese football site | simple-english |
GNOME Web | Web browsers, GNOME, Cross-platform software | GNOME Web (sometimes called Epiphany) is a web browser for GNOME. The browser uses the WebKit browser engine to load web pages but supports extensions from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome and uses Firefox Sync's API to allow syncing between multiple browsers. This also allows the browser to sync its bookmarks and rea... | simple-english |
Video game console | Video game consoles | A video game console is a machine that is used to play video games. Video game consoles usually connect to a television. Special controllers are attached to the console to control the game. Some video game consoles are handheld. They can be carried around and have their own screens. The Nintendo DS and PlayStation Por... | simple-english |
PlayStation (console) | PlayStation (brand) | The PlayStation (often known as the PS1 or the PSX) is a video game console made by Sony released in December 1994. At the time, it was competing against the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn. PlayStation games were stored on CDs. The controllers that were first released with the console had no analog joysticks on them, ... | simple-english |
Election | Elections, Voting systems | An election is a way people can choose their candidate or their preferences in a representative democracy or other form of government. Most democratic countries hold elections for their national legislature every few years. The elections select representatives for the local areas. These are called Members of Parliament... | simple-english |
Medicine | Medicine | Medicine is the science that treats and prevents diseases in humans. Medical workers treat injuries, infections, and sickness. Medicine also helps people with disease prevention and the best ways to not get sick from bacteria or viruses. Medical doctors also help unhealthy (bad habits, overweight, underweight) people r... | simple-english |
Transport | Basic English 850 words, Transport | Transport, or transportation, is moving people or things from one place to another place. Transport can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Infrastructure includes cableways, roads, railways, airports, canals and pipelines. The infrastructure is the network where things are carried. Infrastructure ... | simple-english |
Road | Basic English 850 words, Roads | People have been making roads for a long time. Roman roads in Britain and the Inca road system are famous. Transport by boats on waterways was usually easier and faster than transport by road. In the industrial revolution, the railway was invented. A railway is a special type of road, using railway tracks. Roads are no... | simple-english |
2004 | 2004 | 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. January 1 - Deiss becomes President of the Confederation in Switzerland. January 2 - Several British Airways flights from London Heathrow Airport to Washington D.C. and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia are cancelled due to security fears. January 3 - Flash... | simple-english |
Hawaiian Islands | Islands of Hawaii, Archipelagos | From west to east, Hawaii is made up of the following Hawaiian Islands: The chain of islands stretches 2,400 km (1500 miles) in a southeasterly direction to the southern tip of the Island of Hawaii The hot-spot which formed them moved South-East in the Pacific Ocean. The hot-spot in the Earth's crust moved to where it ... | simple-english |
Mauna Kea | Volcanoes of Hawaii | Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano on Hawaii Island, in the state of Hawaii, United States. It is the highest point in Hawaii at 4,205 meters. If measured from top to bottom, below sea level, it is 10,200 meters high and would be the tallest mountain in the world, even taller than Mount Everest when measured from base to t... | simple-english |
Mauna Loa | Volcanoes of Hawaii | Mauna Loa is an active volcano on Hawaii Island, in the state of Hawaii, United States. It is considered to be the largest subaerial (from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean) volcano in the world and the tallest volcano in Hawaii. Mauna Loa is Hawaiian for "long mountain." The volcano is at least in volume and over 4 kil... | simple-english |
Kilauea | Volcanoes of Hawaii | Kīlauea is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is a shield volcano. The volcano is 1,277 meters high. Kīlauea is a large lake of lava. The crater of Kīlauea is named Pu'u'O'o. The first eruption of Kīlauea is estimated as 300 to 600 thousand years ago. Its first recorded eruptions were in 1823. Its most recen... | simple-english |
Hawaiian islands | #REDIRECT Hawaiian_Islands | simple-english |
Van | Vans, Commercial vehicles, Light trucks | 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 ca... | simple-english |
Luggage | Travel | People use luggage to carry their possessions when travelling. In the United States luggage is often called baggage. A valise is a small bag. It is usually for carrying clothes or accessories. Some other words for this size of luggage are overnight bag, overnight case, and overnighter A suitcase is a larger bag, most o... | simple-english |
Pan | Pan (mythology), a god in Greek mythology Pan (moon), one of Saturn's moons Pan (genus), genus of apes A type of cookware, for example a frying pan | simple-english |
Pantograph | tools | A pantograph is a machine. It is used in drawing or planning. It makes it easy to copy diagrams. The device that an electric train uses to get its electricity is also called a pantograph, because it looks a bit like the drawing instrument. | simple-english |
Paperback | Book terminology | A paperback is a type of book. It has a cover of thick paper or thin cardboard. Paperback book covers can bend and be folded. The covers are laminated (have layers), and some of the methods are more durable (lasting) than others. Another name for paperback is soft cover. Paperback books may be glued or held by sewing. ... | simple-english |
Palette | Painting | A palette is used for mixing colours.They are usually made out of plastic or wood but can be made out of other materials. An artist often uses one of these and is in fact an essential item in art, when painting. | simple-english |
Glow-worm | Beetles, Flies, Insects | A glow-worm is an insect. Other names for it are "fireworm", "lightning worm" and "lightworm". There are several insects given this name. Most are beetles, but one is a fly, Arachnocampa. They are nocturnal, active during the night. They have special organs that can produce light. This is used to find mates. The patter... | simple-english |
Palette knife | Cutting tools | A palette knife is not actually a knife. It has a very flexible steel blade and no sharpened cutting edge. It is a tool. A palette knife is used for mixing paint colors. It may be used for mixing and applying a whole range of semi-fluid mixtures. | simple-english |
Foolscap | Paper | Foolscap is paper cut to the size of , sometimes . This was a traditional paper size used in Europe and the British Commonwealth, before the adoption of the international standard A4 paper, the most common standard size in the world. Foolscap was so called because, in the 18th century, folio-sized paper had the waterma... | simple-english |
Polymer | Polymers, Polymer chemistry | A polymer is a molecule, made from joining many small molecules called monomers. The word "polymer" can be broken down into "poly" (meaning "many" in Greek) and "mer" (meaning "unit"). This shows how the chemical composition of a polymer consists of many smaller units (monomers) bonded together into a larger molecule. ... | simple-english |
Medium | Medium, a size between small and large Medium (spirituality), a person who claims to communicate with the dead Interstellar medium, the matter between stars Storage medium, a device for storing information Transmission medium, a solid, liquid, gas, or plasma that can transmit energy Growth medium, a solid or liquid mat... | simple-english |
Phrase | Grammar | A phrase is a group of words that adds meaning to a sentence. A phrase is not a sentence because it is not a complete idea with a subject, verb and a predicate. English has five different kinds of phrases, one for each of the main parts of speech. In a phrase, the main word or the word that is that is the subject of th... | simple-english |
Preposition | Parts of speech | Prepositions often describe the position of something, the time when something happens or the way in which something is done. The prepositions "of", "to" and "for" have other functions. Prepositions may sometimes be used to end sentences. For example, "What did you put that there for?" (better English is the alternativ... | simple-english |
Possess | #REDIRECT Possession | simple-english |
Pronoun | Pronouns, Parts of speech | A pronoun is traditionally a part of speech in grammar, but many modern linguists call it a type of noun. In English, pronouns are words such as me, she, his, them, herself, each other, it, what. Pronouns are often used to take the place of a noun, to avoid repeating the noun. For example, instead of saying Tom has a n... | simple-english |
Adverb | Parts of speech | An adverb is a word used to tell more about a verb, and it almost always answers the questions how?, when?, where?, how often?, and in what way?. Words like slowly, loudly, carefully, quickly, quietly or sadly are all adverbs. Adverbs usually, but not always, end in -ly. Examples of adverbs in a sentence (with the adve... | simple-english |
Sunday | Days of the week | Sunday is one of the seven days of the week. It is part of the weekend, along with Saturday. Sunday is the Sabbath or day of worship for most Christians (for example, Easter is celebrated on Sunday). Sunday is the beginning of the week in the United States, but is the end of the week in the United Kingdom. | simple-english |
Ottawa | Ottawa, 1826 establishments in North America, 1820s establishments in Canada | Ottawa is the capital of Canada and is part of the province of Ontario. It is south of the Ottawa River. In 2004, there were about 808,391 people in the city. The region has about 1,146,790 people. The mayor of the city today (since November 2022) is Mark Sutcliffe. Ottawa is in the Ottawa Valley on the border with the... | simple-english |
News agency | Culture, Society, Companies, News media, Journalism | A news agency is a kind of company. It supplies information to newspapers, radio and television. In the United Kingdom and some other countries a news agency or newsagent is a shop which sells newspapers, magazines and cigarettes. Although there are many news agencies around the world, three global news agencies, Agenc... | simple-english |
Mudguard | Auto parts | A mudguard, fender or wing is a part covering the wheels of a vehicle to stop it from throwing off mud, water or objects from the road. It protects people and property from dirtiness, dampness, and damage. Mudguards protect in several ways: They protect brakes and lights. They protect the bicycle from getting rusted by... | simple-english |
Para rubber tree | Euphorbiaceae | A Para rubber tree (or simply, rubber tree) is the tree which naturally produces rubber. It is native to tropical areas from South America, in the Amazon (Brazil), but was spread by European farmers to the Far East. Para Rubber trees belong to the Euphorbiaceae family. In the wild they may reach heights of 100 to 125 f... | simple-english |
Safety curtain | Theatre, Opera terminology | A safety curtain is a curtain in theatre at the front of the stage. It is made of material that will not burn. The safety curtain may be lowered during the intermission and after the performance. A safety curtain is there in case there is a fire on stage. It will stop the fire from spreading to the auditorium where ... | simple-english |
Safety lamp | Safety, Lamps | A safety lamp is a miner's lamp with a covered flame that used to be used in coal mines. Types of safety lamps The first safety lamp was invented by William Reid Clanny. It used bellows and water to separate gasses. Later, two newer designs were invented. One newer design was the Geordie lamp, made by George Stephenson... | simple-english |
Christmas stocking | Christmas, Socks | A Christmas stocking is a long sock hung by a fireplace or bed on Christmas Eve. Christmas presents are put into it for children. It came from an old legend. Stockings are now a European Christmas tradition. | simple-english |
List of football clubs in Austria | Lists of football teams, Football in Austria, Austria sport-related lists | These are the Austrian football teams and the leagues they played in for the 2025-2026 season. Admiral Bundesliga (First Division) SC Rheindorf Altach from Altach FK Austria Wien from Vienna F.C. Blau-Weiß Linz from Linz TSV Hartberg from Hartberg SK Rapid Wien from Vienna SV Ried from Ried im Innkreis FC Red Bull Salz... | simple-english |
2001 | 2001 | 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the 3rd millennium and 21st century. The 3rd millennium and 21st century begin on this day according to the Gregorian calendar. But popular culture holds these distinctions to January 1, 2000. A nine foot tall rock was... | simple-english |
Sex | Sexuality, Biological reproduction, Sex | Sex is a type of reproduction common among living things. Sex is used by plants and animals, and also by fungi and various single-celled organisms. It usually needs two individuals which are different sexes from the same species. It works by combining genes from more than one source. Organisms may reproduce in more tha... | simple-english |
Hacksaw | Cutting tools, Saws | A hacksaw is a tool for sawing. A hacksaw is designed for cutting materials like very thin metals and plastic. It has a handle on one end, and can be either pushed or pulled across the object being cut. There are manual and electric hacksaws. | simple-english |
Spade | Basic English 850 words, Gardening tools | In gardening, a spade is a tool for digging. It is similar to a shovel. It has a straight handle, usually of wood and a blade, usually of steel. For some purposes the difference between a spade and a shovel is important. For example, spade more easily digs in hard soil; a shovel more easily moves gravel. In card games ... | simple-english |
Hoe (tool) | Gardening tools | A hoe is a tool in farming and gardening. It has a blade, usually metal, attached to a long handle, usually wood. There are many types of blade and several uses, probably the most common of which is weeding. Other uses include shaping the soil and harvesting root crops such as potatoes. Along with the spade and fork, t... | simple-english |
Shovel | Gardening tools, Tools | A shovel is a tool used for moving loose material. Shovels have a flat bottom head which is angled slightly from the handle to enable scooping and moving of material. Although a shovel can be used for digging, it is much less efficient than a spade. Spades are straight, and transmit force straight downwards. Shovels m... | simple-english |
Plunger | Tools | A plunger is a tool. It is used to get rid of things that are blocking pipes. The plunger is placed over one end of the pipe, and the handle is pushed up and down. Doing this creates a sucking force, which makes the thing blocking the pipe move and unclog. | simple-english |
Ladder | Tools, Construction | A ladder is a tool which is made for people to climb up or down. Ladders have two vertical supports that go along the whole length of the ladder. Between these supports are the horizontal rungs. The rung is what the climber can put his foot on. The climber can use his hands to hold on to the rungs above him, or to the ... | simple-english |
Oral history | History, Historiography | Oral history is history that is told rather than written down. It is given through talking rather than reading a book. It is usually passed from generation to generation in order to explain events that have occurred. Though today oral history is not as popular as written history, it is still used in many places as a wa... | simple-english |
Generation | Family, Time | A generation means any group that is sorted by the time they were born. In a family, a generation means all the people on one level of a family tree. For example, your brothers, sisters and cousins are in the same generation as you. In populations of people, a “generation” means groups of people born in different peri... | simple-english |
Gene | Cell biology, DNA, Classical genetics | Genes are parts of DNA. DNA is a molecule inside a cell that carries the instructions for making the proteins the cell will need. Each gene contains one or more sets of instructions. These instructions usually code for a particular protein. (For example coding for the protein that would make your hair brown, or blonde)... | simple-english |
Alliteration | Figures of speech | Alliteration is when a sentence or phrase has words that start with the same sound. It is commonly used in advertising, poetry, headlines, and tongue-twisters. Basically the first consonant repeats itself throughout the sentence. Alliteration is common for poetry. It was used one thousand years ago in Anglo-Saxon poems... | simple-english |
Homophone | Words | Homophones are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning, and often a different spelling. there, their, they're clause, Claus, claws Synonym -a different word for the same or very similar meaning | simple-english |
Condensation | Condensation, Thermodynamics, Chemistry | Condensation is how gas changes into a liquid when it touches a cooler surface. Condensation is part of the water cycle. It is the opposite of evaporation. Condensation of water is when water changes from gas to a liquid or crystal shape. Any gas can condense, either because the temperature is dropping or the pressure... | simple-english |
Precipitation | Meteorology | Precipitation is the falling of water from the atmosphere. It is a term in meteorology, and includes rain, snow, sleet, ice pellets, dew, frost, and hail. These form by condensation from atmospheric water vapor, and fall under gravity. Fog and mist are not precipitation but suspensions. In that case, the water vapor do... | simple-english |
Relief rain | #redirect Relief rainfall | simple-english |
Relative humidity | Weather measurements, Meteorology | Relative humidity is a way of describing how much humidity is present in the air, compared to how much there could be. Meteorologists often use the relative humidity as a measurement to describe the weather at various places. When the temperature is warm, more water vapor can be in the air than when it is cold. If the ... | simple-english |
Doldrums | #Redirect Wind#Planetary wind belts | simple-english |
Vitamin C | Vitamins | Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid, hybrin) is a vitamin. It is found in fresh fruits, berries and vegetables. It is one of the water-soluble vitamins (like vitamin B). Vitamin C is important in wound healing. It is also a cofactor in at least eight enzymatic reactions, including several collagen making (synthesis)... | simple-english |
Dichlorphenolindophenol | Organochlorides, Imines, Phenols | DCPIP (its full name is 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol) is a blue chemical used as a dye because when it is oxidized it is blue. Once DCPIP is reduced (by addition of electrons) it does not have a color anymore. This reaction can be reversed, and the colourless DCPIP will turn blue again, when it is oxidized. DCPIP is o... | simple-english |
Healthy diet | Healthy lifestyle, Diets | A healthy diet or balanced diet is a diet that contains the right amounts of all the food groups. It includes fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy products, and protein. It does not include too much or too little of any kind of food. Eating wrong amounts of a food group, whether it be too much or too little, is call... | simple-english |
Dye | Color, Cloth, Dyes | Dye is a substance used to color materials. It is often used to color the fabric used to make clothing. It has low solubility. A pigment will not do this because it will not stick to the fibers of the fabric and color them. A dye can be natural, usually made from plant material such as berries, or a dye can be artifici... | simple-english |
Poetry | Poetry | Poetry is written, spoken or sung language that is used in stronger or more original ways than prose is used. Poetry uses the meanings of words as prose does; but it also uses the sounds of words as if they were music, especially rhymes, other repeating sounds, and rhythms (beats or meters). Poetry arranges words and g... | simple-english |
Literature | Literature | Literature is a group of works of art that are made of words. Most are written, but some are shared by word of mouth. Literature usually means a work of poetry, theatre or narrative. There are many different kinds of literature, such as poetry, plays, or novels. They can also be put into groups by their language, histo... | simple-english |
Imagination | Psychology, Thought, Creativity | Imagination is the ability to form images of things or events in one's mind. When someone imagines something, they are trying to picture something in their mind that they are not experiencing at the moment or that is not really happening. | simple-english |
Calorimeter | Laboratory equipment, Measuring tools | 180px|right|thumb|The world’s first ice-calorimeter, used in1782-83, by Antoine Lavoisier and Pierre-Simon Laplace, to measure the heat generated by chemical changes. The calculations were based on Joseph Black’s discovery of latent heat. These experiments started thermochemistry. A calorimeter is a tool that measure... | simple-english |
Bolus | Physiology, Drugs, Biology | In biology, a bolus (from the Latin word for ball), is a ball-shaped living thing. In medicine, a bolus is a large amount of a drug given to patients to raise the blood level before treatment. A bolus can also refer to a ball of food after it has been chewed. It passes down the oesophagus by peristalsis. | simple-english |
Oesophagus | Anatomy of the digestive system | The oesophagus (or esophagus) is also called the gullet. It is the part of the gastrointestinal system between the mouth and the stomach. It connects the pharynx and the stomach. It is about long. The oesophagus is lined with muscle, and is lubricated. Its muscle pushes food down into the stomach. The oesophagus can c... | simple-english |
Protease | Enzymes | A protease is a digestive enzyme. It breaks down long chains of proteins into shorter amino acids. Proteases have evolved a number of times. We know this because different kinds of protease can do the same reaction in completely different ways. Proteases are found in animals, plants, bacteria, archaea and viruses. No... | simple-english |
Dental floss | Hygiene, Dentistry | Dental floss is a special type of thread. It is used for cleaning spaces between teeth which cannot be reached by toothbrushes. It is important to floss before brushing teeth and to floss at least once a day. Tooth brushing will not clean food that is packed between teeth. This 'food packing' can lead to unhealthy tee... | simple-english |
Rickets | Diseases and disorders of bones, Vitamin deficiencies, Medical terms | Rickets is a disease that happens in young children. It happens in children who do not get enough vitamin D and calcium. It causes larger spaces inside bones, and makes them dry, like sponges. It can make the legs curve toward each other (so the knees touch) or away from each other. Rickets in adults is called osteo... | simple-english |
Bile | Physiology | Bile or gall is an alkaline, green-yellow fluid. It is secreted from the liver of most vertebrate animals, and is often stored in the gall bladder. Bile helps digest fat. The components of bile are, in descending order of composition, the following: The name gall comes from the Greek word cholè meaning green or yellow.... | simple-english |
Dental pulp | Teeth | The dental pulp is the part in the center of a tooth (pulp cavity). It is made up of living soft tissue and cells. It is surrounded by dentine and contains nerves and blood and lymph vessels. | simple-english |
Protoplasm | Cells | "Protoplasm" is an old term which means the living substance that makes up a cell. It is no longer much used. Biologists prefer to talk about the cytoplasm and the cell nucleus. In plant cells, it is surrounded by a cell wall. In animal cells, the whole cell is made of protoplasm, surrounded by a cell membrane. Protopl... | simple-english |
Amylase | Enzymes, Evolution | Amylase is an enzyme which breaks down starch into sugars which the body can use. More accurately, it is a family of similar enzymes which work in a wide range of animals, plants and fungi. There are two variants in humans: alpha-amylase, and gamma-amylase. Alpha-amylase is a major digestive enzyme. Its optimum pH is 6... | simple-english |
Variegated leaf | Plant anatomy, Experiments | A variegated leaf is a type of leaf. A variegated leaf is useful in conducting experiments to show that chlorophyll is needed for photosynthesis to happen. They are also popular in horticulture. The easiest of these experiments is to stain the places where starch is produced (starch is a more compact form of glucose). ... | simple-english |
Seam ripper | Cutting tools, Needlework | A seam ripper is a cutting tool. It is used for removing stitches in sewing and cutting open buttonholes made on a sewing machine. Sometimes it is also called a thread ripper. The tool usually has a handle, shaft, and head. The head has two points: one flattened to form a pointed blade and the other forming a small po... | simple-english |
Plaque | Plaque: a word meaning a flat, plate-like object. a plaque in biology is a flat growth-form, as for example, the growth of bacterial colonies on an agar plate a sticky, white film or fluid on the teeth, a mixture of bacteria and food in atherosclerosis, a fat layer inside an artery. a flat man-made object, such as a me... | simple-english |
Pin cushion | Tools | A pin cushion is small cushion used for holding pins and needles. It is used so that the pins and needles are stored safely and can be taken out by pulling the head. | simple-english |
Chemical cell | Physical chemistry, Energy, Batteries | A chemical cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Most batteries are chemical cells. A chemical reaction takes place inside the battery and causes electric current to flow. There are two main types of batteries - those that are rechargeable and those that are not. A battery that is not rechargeable will ... | simple-english |
Deutschlandlied | German anthems, 1840s songs, Mottos, National symbols of Germany, Songs in German | Deutschlandlied (; "The Song of the Germans"), officially known as Das Lied der Deutschen (; "Song of Germany"), is a song written by Joseph Haydn and Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Part of this song is the national anthem of Germany (German National Anthem). A line from this song, "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" ("Unit... | simple-english |
Cavity | Dental cavity, damage to teeth. Another hollow area within the body. Such as a nasal cavity. | simple-english |
Evidence | Law, Criminal investigation, Epistemology | Evidence is something that is used to support an argument. It gives examples of why something is true. Evidence is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as: 1a : an outward sign : INDICATION 1b : something that furnishes proof : TESTIMONY specifically: something legally submitted to a tribunal to ascertain the truth o... | simple-english |
Dyadic | A dyadic is a math function that needs two things in order to give something out. Addition and multiplication are dyadic. Powers are also dyadic. There are many more functions that are dyadic. Dyadic may specifically refer to: Dyadic communication Dyadic counterpoint, the voice-against-voice conception of polyphony ... | simple-english |
Hill | Hills | A hill is a landform that is higher than the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain. Hill is a highland of much lower elevation than a mountain. Normally it is not as steep as a mountain. By definition, a hill is often described as being lower than 610 meters (about 2,000 feet). The surface of a hill... | simple-english |
Enzyme | Molecular biology, Enzymes | An enzyme is a protein molecule in cells which works as a biological catalyst. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions but do not get used while doing so, so they can be used over and over again. Almost all biochemical reactions in living things need enzymes. With an enzyme, chemical reactions go much faster than they woul... | simple-english |
Mountain | Basic English 850 words, Mountains | A mountain is a large natural rise of the Earth's surface that usually has a "summit" (the name for a mountain's top, which can also be called a peak). It is usually steeper and taller than a hill. By definition, mountains are often thought of as being a landform which is higher than . Definition of a mountain A mounta... | simple-english |
Machine code | Computer architecture, Programming languages | Machine code is a computer program written in machine language. It uses the instruction set of a particular computer architecture. It is usually written in binary. Machine code is the lowest level of software. Other programming languages are translated into machine code so the computer can execute them. An instruction ... | simple-english |
Area | Geometry, Size | Area is the amount of space a two dimensional (flat) surface takes up. It is useful because it is how much of a material is needed to make a hollow container. Area is the amount of surface covered by a close object or shape. Some units used to measure area are square foot, square mile, square metre and square kilometr... | simple-english |
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