THOMPSON

Thompson, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford

(noun) English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by moving particles (1753-1814)

Thompson, Homer Thompson, Homer A. Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson

(noun) United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

15 June 2025

SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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