KINFOLK

family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry

(noun) people descended from a common ancestor; “his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kinfolk (countable and uncountable, plural kinfolks)

(US, also in plural) Relatives, relations.

Synonyms

• family

• relations

• relatives

Anagrams

• folknik

Source: Wiktionary



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15 March 2025

TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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