declination, celestial latitude, dec
(noun) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec
(noun) a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
December, Dec
(noun) the last (12th) month of the year
Source: WordNet® 3.1
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
