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See Separation of duties for a description of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative functions as they are generally understood today. Titles that bestow functional authority with minimal executive, judicial, or legislative power are listed as Administrative. Titles that bestow political or spiritual authority with minimal executive, judicial ...
Made with fenugreek seeds and maize; dough allowed to ferment overnight, then flattened and baked. Anadama bread. Yeast bread. United States (New England) A sweet, cornmeal- and molasses-based bread. Anpan. Sweet bun. Japan. Filled, usually with red bean paste, or with white beans, sesame, or chestnut.
The longest English word typable using only the top row of letters has 11 letters: rupturewort. The word teetertotter (used in North American English) is longer at 12 letters, although it is usually spelled with a hyphen. The longest using only the middle row is shakalshas (10 letters).
Custard tart – Baked dessert consisting of an egg custard-filled pastry crust. Dariole – French pastry and dessert mold. Dame blanche – Ice cream dessert. Éclair – Cream-filled pastry. Flaugnarde – French dessert. Floating island – Dessert made with meringue and crème anglaise. Kouign-amann – Breton pastry.
A spelling alphabet (also called by various other names) is a set of words used to represent the letters of an alphabet in oral communication, especially over a two-way radio or telephone. The words chosen to represent the letters sound sufficiently different from each other to clearly differentiate them. This avoids any confusion that could ...
Ampersand: the sign &; the name being a corruption of 'and per se = and'; i.e. ' & by itself = and'. The sign derives from the scribes' ligature for the Latin: et; in certain italic versions, the letters e and t are clearly distinguishable. — Geoffrey Glaister, Glossary of the Book[2]
The replacement of ñ with another letter alters the pronunciation and meaning of a word or name, in the same manner that replacing any letter in a given word with another one would. For example, Peña is a common Spanish surname and a common noun that means "rocky hill"; it is often anglicized as Pena , changing the name to the Spanish word ...
Espresso is generally denser than coffee brewed by other methods, having a higher concentration of suspended and dissolved solids; it generally has a creamy foam on top known as crema.[21] Espresso is the base for a number of other coffee drinks, such as latte, cappuccino, macchiato, mocha, and americano.