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NASPA Word List (NWL, formerly Official Tournament and Club Word List, referred to as OTCWL, OWL, TWL) is the official word authority for tournament Scrabble in the USA and Canada under the aegis of NASPA Games. [1] It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) with modifications to make it more suitable for tournament play.
The Words of the Year usually reflect events that happened during the years the lists were published. For example, the Word of the Year for 2005, 'integrity', showed that the general public had an immense interest in defining this word amid ethics scandals in the United States government, corporations, and sports. [1]
The word if chosen based on "user data, zeitgeist, and language." [10] In 2024, Cambridge picked "manifest" as its Word of the Year. Traditionally, the word has been used as an adjective meaning "obvious", or as a verb meaning "to show something clearly through signs or actions".
On 14 July 2024, Team Falcons became the first team to qualify for the FFWS 2024 by winning the 2024 Esports World Cup – Free Fire tournament held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [7] On 10 August 2024, WASK became the second team to qualify for the FFWS 2024 by winning the FFWS Middle East and Africa 2024 tournament. [8]
— Akira Toriyama, Japanese manga creator of Dragon Ball (1 March 2024), who died of an acute subdural hematoma, at the age of 68. "I love my family. I love my brother and sister. I couldn't ask for anything more, I love y'all. Carry on." [270] — Jamie Ray Mills, American convicted murderer (30 May 2024), prior to execution by lethal injection
Also acid ionization constant or acidity constant. A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution expressed as an equilibrium constant for a chemical dissociation reaction in the context of acid-base reactions. It is often given as its base-10 cologarithm, p K a. acid–base extraction A chemical reaction in which chemical species are separated from other acids and bases. acid ...
During Lạc Long Quân's time, the people of Van Lang was still undeveloped and isolated. In the Eastern sea, there appears a giant Fish called Ngư Tinh, Vietnamese for "fish monster" or "fish spirit"). This fish has lived for many centuries and had a mouth so big it could swallow an entire ship containing 10 fisherman in a single gulp.