Director Peter Jackson, holding an Oscar The Oscar is an award that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an organization of more than 6,000 members, presents to celebrate achievements in motion pictures, also known as movies or films.
* Bis, a musical term and a little-used Interlingua word meaning encore, again, or twice (see Musical terminology#B). * Bis-, a prefix meaning two in some contexts of chemical nomenclature * bis, a suffix meaning second version (revision) of a standard (like the V.32 bis modem standard) Re: What does bis mean?
or chiefly British sulphur /ËsÊlfÉ/. Learner's definition of SULFUR. [noncount] chemistry. : a yellow chemical element that has a strong, unpleasant odor when it is burned and that is used in making paper, gunpowder, medicine, etc.Usage In U.S. English, the spelling sulfur is chiefly used in technical writing, while both sulfur and sulphur are common in general writing. Comments & Questions. a yellow chemical element that has a strong, unpleasant odor when it is burned and that is used in making paper, gunpowder, medicine, etc. Usage In U.S. English, the spelling sulfur is chiefly used in technical writing, while both sulfur and sulphur are common in general writing. Comments & Questions.