Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 14, 2007

descry \dih-SKRY\, transitive verb:

1. To catch sight of, especially something distant or obscure; to discern.
2. To discover by observation; to detect.

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March 14, 2007: pi day
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• March 14th. A "holiday" celebrated by math geeks everywhere. Pi is approximately 3.14, and March the 14th is 3/14.

omg t3h pi day d00d, we are so 1337, pi roxxors t3h boxxors!

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Word of the day:...........'el águila' [AH-gee-lah]
English translation:........eagle

• Special note: 'Águila' is feminine just like 'agua' (water). However, you have to say 'el áugila' and 'el agua' to avoid a clash between the two a's in 'la-aguila'. In the plural form, because of the 's' in 'las', we say 'las aguas' and 'las águilas' again.

Phrase: Las águilas son aves rapaces.
Eagles are raptors.

Daily Trivia

• Howard Hughes’s enormous airplane, the Spruce Goose, was largely composed of what wood?

Birch, which was used because of its light weight, strength, and resistance to splitting and other forms of deterioration. A small amount of spruce was used—as well as maple, poplar, and balsa.