Spanish to English Dictionary (Diccionario Español-Inglés)

Agname

An additional name, epithet, or nickname given to a person, often descriptive of an achievement or characteristic.

Gravitational singularity

A point in spacetime where the gravitational field of a celestial body becomes infinite, resulting in a zero volume and an infinite density.

Interlocutory judgment

A provisional or temporary court decision given during the course of a legal action that does not dispose of the case on its merits.

Kaffir-corn

A widely cultivated variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), originally from South Africa, grown primarily for grain and forage.

Memsahib

A respectful title formerly used in colonial India and other parts of South Asia for a European woman or a woman of high social status.

Potter's rot

A chronic occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, synonymous with silicosis.

Quiesce

To cause a software process, hardware device, or system to become inactive or dormant temporarily, typically in preparation for a backup or shutdown.

Samizdat

The clandestine publication and distribution of literature banned by an oppressive government, typically in the former Soviet Union.

Sententia

A concise maxim, aphorism, or pithy saying that summarizes a general truth or moral principle, often used as a rhetorical device in literature and oratory.

Sepulcher

A small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

Sepulture

A place of burial; a grave, tomb, or sepulcher.

Sonneteer

A writer of sonnets, often used to describe a poet who writes inferior or repetitive verse.