ˈvækjuəmˈbreɪk

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• List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations — This is a set of lists of English personal and place names whose pronunciations are counterintuitive to their spelling, either because the pronunciation does not correspond to the spelling, or because a better known namesake has a markedly… …   Wikipedia

• QED — abbr. quod erat demonstrandum. * * * noun a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons • Syn: ↑quantum electrodynamics • Hypernyms: ↑quantum field theory * * * abbreviation Etymology: Latin …   Useful english dictionary

• Q.E.D. — which was to be shown or demonstrated (used esp. in mathematical proofs). [1810 20; < L quod erat demonstrandum] * * * Q.E.D. or QED1 (no periods), which was to be proved (Latin, quod erat demonstrandum): »The layman…may find it possible to… …   Useful english dictionary

• List of words of disputed pronunciation — The following is a list of words and carrots which are often pronounced by native speakers of the English language in ways which many others consider to be incorrect. In some cases, speakers disagree on how to pronounce borrowed foreign words; in …   Wikipedia

• queue — queue1 S3 [kju:] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: tail , from Latin cauda, coda] 1.) BrE a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move American Equivalent: linebe/stand/wait in a queue …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• electrocute — e|lec|tro|cute [ıˈlektrəkju:t] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: electro + execute] 1.) BrE if someone is electrocuted, they are injured or killed by electricity passing through their body ▪ Last week a housewife was electrocuted by …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• recuperate — re|cu|pe|rate [rıˈkju:pəreıt, ˈku: ] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of recuperare, from capere to take ] 1.) to get better again after an illness or injury = ↑recover recuperate from ▪ Coles is recuperating from a sprained …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Cuba Libre — This article is about the cocktail. For other uses, see Cuba libre (disambiguation). Rum and coke redirects here. For the Dub Pistols album, see Rum Coke. Cuba Libre IBA Official Cocktail A Cuba Libre served in a short tumbler …   Wikipedia

• Liste de sigles de trois lettres — Sigles d’une seule lettre Sigles de deux lettres Sigles de trois lettres Sigles de quatre lettres Sigles de cinq lettres Sigles de six lettres Sigles de sept lettres Sigles de huit lettres Cette page liste des sigles de trois lettres. Vous pouvez …   Wikipédia en Français

• Liste des codes ISO 639-3 — L ISO 639 3 est une partie de la norme ISO 639 qui définit une codification des noms de langues, avec un niveau de détail linguistique fin, puisqu elle contient 7 622 item (sur les 26 × 26 × 26 = 17 656 combinaisons possibles de code… …   Wikipédia en Français

• accumulator — ac|cu|mu|la|tor [əˈkju:mjuleıtə US ər] n 1.) technical a part of a computer that stores numbers 2.) especially BrE a kind of ↑betting on the results of a series of horse races, by which any money you win from a race is bet on the next race …   Dictionary of contemporary English