
Exabyte: one quintillion bytes
Exahertz: one quintillion hertz
Eyrir: a monetary unit of Iceland
Fanega/fanga: a Spanish unit of dry measure
Fanegada: a Spanish unit of area
Farad: a unit of electrical capacitance
Faraday: a unit of electricity
Farthing: a former British coin
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
This week you get to test yourself. See if you can match up the word with its definition. The answer can be found by hovering your mouse over the word. What was your score out of 16?
1. Estivate 2. Euro 3. Eurybath 4. Exanthem 5. Exergue 6. Eximious 7. Explicit 8. Exurbia 9. Eyesome 10. Eyre 11. Fagin 12. Falderal 13. Fane 14. Fantod 15. Fard 16. Farrow | a. a large kangaroo b. to apply cosmetics to c. a person who instructs others in crime d. a space on a coin e. nonsense f. a residential area lying beyond the suburbs of a city g. pleasant to look at h. an emotional outburst i. to give birth to a litter of pigs j. an organism that can live in a wide range of water depths k. a journey l. a statement formerly used at the close of a book m. a temple n. to spend the summer o. a skin eruption p. excellent |
Esthesia: the ability to receive sensation
Eurythmy: harmony of movement or structure
Evulse: to extract forcibly
Exilic: pertaining to exile
Exult: to rejoice greatly
Eyestalk: a stalklike structure with an eye at its tip
Fairyism: the quality of being like a fairy