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Resource refers to all the materials available in our environment which are technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally sustainable and help us to satisfy our needs and wants. …

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae (/k juː ˈ k j uː l ɪ d iː / kew-KEW -lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes (/k j uː ˈ k j uː l ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / kew-KEW -lih-for-meez). The cu…

Look up peasant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudal…

A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to la…

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or i…

A majordomo (US: /ˌ m eɪ dʒ ər ˈ d oʊ m oʊ / ) is a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. Typically, this is the highest (major) person of a household (domūs or domici…

Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender per…

Economics (/ˌ ɛ k ə ˈ n ɒ m ɪ k s , ˌ iː k ə -/ ) is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac…

Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into two or three m…

A carbohydrate (/ˌ k ɑːr b oʊ ˈ h aɪ d r eɪ t / ) is a biomolecule composed of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) atoms. The typical hydrogen-to-oxygen atomic ratio is 2:1, analogous to that …