erbium, Er, atomic number
(noun) a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Mimetic (sound of hesitation)
er
Said when hesitating in speech.
er (third-person singular simple present ers, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)
(informal) To utter the word "er" when hesitating in speech, found in the phrase um and er.
• 're, RE, Re, Ré, r.e., re, re-
ER (plural er-noun)
Initialism of Elizabeth Regina. (Queen Elizabeth)
(sports) Abbreviation of Erie. (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
• (Elizabeth Regina): EIIR (Elizabeth II)
ER (countable and uncountable, plural ERs)
(baseball) The statistic "Earned Run" (a run that was scored without the aid of an error by the fielding team that is charged to the pitcher responsible for allowing the runner that scored to reach base.)
(biology) Initialism of Endoplasmic Reticulum.
(computing) Initialism of Entity-Relationship.
(medicine) Initialism of emergency room.
(physics) Initialism of Einstein-Rosen bridge.
(military) Initialism of enhanced radiation.
• (computing): EER
• 're, RE, Re, Ré, r.e., re, re-
Source: Wiktionary
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
