ETYM Latin fragmentum, from frangere to break: cf. French fragment. Related to Break.
A piece broken off of something else.

ETYM Old Eng. hed, heved, heaved, as. heáfod.
1. The top of the body; the portion of the body containing the brain and showing the face.
2. The top of something.
3. An individual person.
4. The length or height based on the size of a human or animal head.
5. A rounded compact mass.
6. The striking part of a tool.
7. A part that projects out from the rest;.
8. The front of a military formation or procession.
9. A person who is in charge; SYN. chief, top dog.
10. (Linguistics) The word in a constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole; SYN. head word.
11. A single domestic animal.
12. (Usually plural) An obverse side of a coin that bears the representation of a person's head.
13. The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates).
14. The pressure exerted by a fluid.
15. A toilet on board a boat of ship.
16. (Informal) A user of (usually soft) drugs.
17. The foam or froth that accumulates at the top when one pours an effervescent liquid into a container. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. nombre, French nombre, Latin numerus.
1. A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; SYN. identification number.
2. A concept of quantity derived from zero and units.
3. An item of merchandise offered for sale.
4. The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; SYN. figure.
5. A select company of people.
6. (Linguistics) The grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural).
7. (Informal) A clothing measurement.
Symbol used in counting or measuring. In mathematics, there are various kinds of numbers. The everyday number system is the decimal (“proceeding by tens”) system, using the base ten. Real numbers include all rational numbers (integers, or whole numbers, and fractions) and irrational numbers (those not expressible as fractions). Complex numbers include the real and imaginary numbers (real-number multiples of the square root of -1). The binary number system, used in computers, has two as its base. The natural numbers, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, give a counting system that, in the decimal system, continues 10, 11, 12, 13, and so on. These are whole numbers (integers), with fractions represented as, for example, Ľ, ˝, ľ, or as decimal fractions (0.25, 0.5, 0.75). They are also rational numbers. Irrational numbers cannot be represented in this way and require symbols, such as Ö2, p, and e. They can be expressed numerically only as the (inexact) approximations 1.414, 3.142, and 2.718 (to three places of decimals) respectively. The symbols p and e are also examples of transcendental numbers, because they (unlike Ö2) cannot be derived by solving a polynomial equation (an equation with one variable quantity) with rational coefficients (multiplying factors). Complex numbers, which include the real numbers as well as imaginary numbers, take the general form a + bi, where i = Ö-1 (that is, i2 = -1), and a is the real part and bi the imaginary part.
Evolution of number systems.
The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Babylonians all evolved number systems, although none had a zero, which was introduced from India by way of Arab mathematicians in about the 8th century ad and allowed a place-value system to be devised on which the decimal system is based. Other number systems have since evolved and have found applications. For example, numbers to base two (binary numbers), using only 0 and 1, are commonly used in digital computers to represent the two-state “on” or “off” pulses of electricity. Binary numbers were first developed by German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz in the late 17th century.
Defining types of numbers.
Concepts such as negative number, rational number, and irrational number can be rigorously and precisely defined in terms of the natural numbers. There remains then the problem of defining the natural numbers. A modern approach defines the natural numbers in terms of sets. Zero is defined to be the empty set: 0 = Ć (i.e. the set with no elements). Then 1 is defined to be the union of 0 and the set that consists of 0 (which is a set with 1 element, zero). Now we can define 2 as the union of 1 and the set containing 1 (which is a set containing 2 elements, zero and one), and so on.
An alternative procedure for constructing a number system is to define the real numbers in terms of their algebraic and analytical properties.In grammar, the singular and plural forms of nouns, pronouns, and verbs. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. pece, French pičce, Late Lat. pecia, petia, petium, probably of Celtic origin; cf. w. peth a thing, a part, portion, a little, Armor. pez, Gael. and Irish cuid part, share. Related to Petty.
(Homonym: peace).
1. A separate part of a whole.
2. A serving that has been cut from a larger portion; SYN. slice.
3. An instance of some kind; SYN. bit.
4. An item that is an instance of some type; or.
5. An artistic or literary composition.
6. A distance.
7. An object created by a sculptor. + prikaži više

1. An activity (especially by children) that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; SYN. child's play.
2. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; SYN. frolic, romp, gambol, caper.
3. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; SYN. drama.
4. Utilization or exercise
5. A state in which action is feasible
6. A preset plan of action in team sports
7. The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully. + prikaži više

Variant of shtick

Slang comedian's routine.
1. A usually comic or repetitious performance or routine; bit
2. One's special trait, interest, or activity; bag

ETYM Old Eng. slice, sclice, Old Fren. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. slîzan to split, slit, tear, German schleissen to slit. Related to Slit.
1. A thin flat piece cut off of some object.
2. A share of something; SYN. piece.
3. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; SYN. fade.
4. A spatula for spreading paint or ink. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to Dutch wig, wigge, Old High Germ. wecki, German weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. vaegge, Swed. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Related to Wigg.
1. An iron with considerable loft and a broad sole.
2. Any shape that is triangular in cross section; SYN. wedge shape, cuneus.
3. Something shaped like a V that can be pushed between two things to separate them. + prikaži više

Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs; SYN. plaster.
Form of calcium sulfate, obtained from gypsum; it is mixed with water for making casts and molds.

ETYM Italian, from Old High Germ. stucchi a crust, piece, German stück piece; akin to as. stycce. Related to Stock.
A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces.
Kind of plaster for exteriors of buildings, especially highly ornamented.
Durable plaster finish for exterior walls, composed of sand and lime. In the 18th and 19th centuries stucco was used extensively to add dignity to brick buildings, by giving the illusion that they were built of stone. The stucco would be molded, coursed, or colored to imitate ashlar masonry. John Nash used stucco to create the illusory stone palaces that surround Regents Park, London (begun 1811). + prikaži više