eight, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
octad (plural octads)
A group of eight things.
Synonym: octonary
(historical) hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 108 [from 16th c.]
• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"tad, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
