Experts say the earliest meaning of the English word farm was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The dictionary says that the word "mosaic" means a picture or design that is made by placing small colored pieces together.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

For example, the word circus is used to describe any noisy place with a lot of activities going on.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.

VOA: special.2009.04.19

She didn't say a word to me when she opened the door, but took me right into her living room.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

The word comes from the word "Arab" and is a design term used to describe flowing lines and geometric patterns.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

No trip to Los Angeles is complete without seeing the word "Hollywood" spelled out in huge letters on a hillside.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The only evidence was cut into a tree and a fence: the letters C-R-O and the word Croatoan,C-R-O-A-T-O-A-N.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

He decreed that anyone found guilty of using the word Frisco must pay a penalty of twenty-five dollars.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Then,on April twenty-fifth, General Taylor received word that a large Mexican force had crossed the border a few kilometers up the river.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

She also said that after she writes the last word, she goes back later,re-reads the story and then writes a new version.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

"Terroir" is the word used to describe how a vineyard's soil and climate give a wine special qualities.

VOA: special.2010.10.13

In eighteen seventy-two, a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

Although Clemente had not signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he kept his word to the team.

VOA: special.2010.04.11