13500
ethics
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- itches, tiches
[Etymology]
From Old French ethique, from Late Latin ethica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthike), from ἠθικός (ēthikos, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (ēthos, “character, moral nature”).
[Noun]
ethics (uncountable)
1.(philosophy) The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
2.Morality.
3.The standards that govern the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession.
[References]
1.^ Paul Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Brand Blanshard, Library of Living Philosophers, ISBN 0875483496, "Autobiography", p. 85.
[Synonyms]
- moral philosophy
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13503
atrocities
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- isocitrate
[Noun]
atrocities
1.Plural form of atrocity.
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13505
exigencies
[[English]]
[Noun]
exigencies
1.Plural form of exigency.
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13506
exigency
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From the Middle French exigence from Late Latin exigentia "urgency" from Latin exigere "to demand"
[Noun]
exigency (plural exigencies)
1.The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural.)
2.An urgent situation.
3.A situation requiring extreme effort or attention.
[Synonyms]
- exigence
- necessity
- urgency
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2012/03/03 20:08
13507
cabal
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈbæl/[Etymology]
From French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabala, which in turn is derived from the Hebrew Kabbalah, קבלה "something received" (i.e., from tradition, from antiquity). It is likely that the mystical often secretive nature of Kabbalah led to formation of the word cabal.
[Noun]
cabal (plural cabals)
1.A usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.
The cabal is plotting to take over the world.
2.A secret plot.
The cabal to destroy the building was foiled by federal agents.
3.An identifiable group within the tradition of Discordianism.
4.1965 Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, Principia Discordia
Some episkoposes have a one-man cabal. Some work together. Some never do explain.
[See also]
- cabal glass
[Synonyms]
- camarilla
- conspiracy
[Verb]
cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle caballing, simple past and past participle caballed)
1.To engage in the activities of a cabal
2.1840, George Payne Rainsford James, The king's highway, volume 1, page 68-69:
[…] I believed her to have been carried off by some persons belonging to a party of Jacobites who were known to be caballing against the government, though to what extent was not then ascertained.
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
cabal m. and f. (plural cabales)
1.upright
[Etymology]
cabo + -al
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13508
operative
[[English]]
[Adjective]
operative (comparative more operative, superlative most operative)
1.Effectual or important.
He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
2.Functional, in working order.
[Anagrams]
- evaporite
[Noun]
operative (plural operatives)
1.An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
2.A spy, secret agent, or detective.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
operative pl.
1.feminine form of operativo
[Anagrams]
- operatevi
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
operātīve
1.vocative masculine singular of operātīvus
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
operative
1.absolute definite natural masculine form of operativ.
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13509
vigilante
[[English]]
ipa :/vɪdʒɪˈlanti/[Anagrams]
- genitival
[Etymology]
From Spanish vigilante (“watchman", "guard”), from Latin vigilans
[Noun]
vigilante (plural vigilantes)
1.A person who considers it their own responsibility to uphold the law in their neighbourhood.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
vigilante f.
1.feminine form of vigilant
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
vigilante m. and f. (m and f plural vigilanti)
1.vigilant, watchful, alert
[Noun]
vigilante m. and f. (plural vigilanti)
1.security guard
2.vigilante
[Synonyms]
- vigile, attento
[Verb]
vigilante
1.Present participle of vigilare.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
vigilante
1.dative masculine singular of vigilāns
2.dative feminine singular of vigilāns
3.dative neuter singular of vigilāns
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
vigilante m. and f. (plural vigilantes)
1.watchful, alert, wakeful
[Noun]
vigilante m. and f. (plural vigilantes)
1.guard, watchman
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Buckley
[[English]]
[Etymology]
This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.
[Proper noun]
Buckley
1.A common surname in English-speaking countries of Irish and English origin.
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13511
tonsil
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɒn.səl/[Etymology]
From Latin tonsilla, compare French tonsille.
[Noun]
tonsil (plural tonsils)
1.(anatomy, immunology) Either of a pair of small masses of lymphoid tissue that lie on each side of the throat and that help protect the body against infection; palatine tonsil.
2.(anatomy, immunology) Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues, including palatine tonsils, adenoids and lingual tonsils.
[References]
- tonsil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- tonsilla
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13512
clumps
[[English]]
[Verb]
clumps
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clump.
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13514
ricochet
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɪkəʃeɪ/[Etymology]
From French ricochet.
[Noun]
ricochet (plural ricochets)
1.(military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
2.An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
[Verb]
ricochet (third-person singular simple present ricochets, present participle ricocheting, simple past and past participle ricocheted)
1.To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁikɔʃɛ/[Etymology]
Origin uncertain.
- The word first appears in the phrases chanson du/de riochet, fable du ricochet. This is apparently related to other story-titles such as the fable du rouge kokelet; other dialectal terms such as ripoton (“duckling”) and Norman recoquet (“chick”) has led to theories that the word originally indicated a "young cock". The sense-development is unclear.
[Noun]
ricochet m. (plural ricochets)
1.rebound; ricochet
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cinderblock
[[English]]
[Adjective]
cinderblock (not comparable)
1.Made of cinder blocks
They lived in an old cinderblock apartment building.
[Alternative forms]
- cinder-block
[Noun]
cinderblock (plural cinderblocks)
1.Alternative form of cinder block.
2.2007 April 4, Nate Schweber, “Man Queried in Killings of Prostitutes”, New York Times:
Investigators also searched a shed behind the house that sat next to two automobiles on cinderblocks.
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13517
Jimmie
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- Jimmy
[Proper noun]
Jimmie
1.A diminutive of the male given name James.
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13518
rock salt
[[English]]
[Noun]
rock salt (uncountable)
1.(mineralogy) The mineral halite
2.Coarsely ground common salt
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13519
distribution
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən/[Etymology]
From Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).
[Noun]
distribution (plural distributions)Mind map
1.An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
2.An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
3.(business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
4.The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
5.Anything distributed; portion; share
6.The result of distributing; arrangement.
7.(mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
8.(computing) A set of bundled software components; distro.
9.(economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.
10.(finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Classical Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).
[Noun]
distribution f. (plural distributions)
1.A distribution
2.A physical arrangement, spacing...
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
distribution c.
1.distribution, dissemination
2.(mathematics) a distribution, generalized function
3.(statistics) a distribution
[Synonyms]
- spridningstatistics
- fördelning
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toboggan
[[English]]
ipa :/təˈbɒɡ.ən/[Alternative forms]
- tobogin
[Derived terms]
- power toboggan
- toboggan cap (US)
- toboggan down
- tobogganer
- toboggan run
- toboggan slide (Canadian)
[Etymology]
The noun is attested since 1829, the verb since 1846. Both derive from French tabaganne, which derives from an Algonquian word, probably the Mi'kmaq tepaqan or the Abenaki dabôgan, influenced by similar words in other Eastern Canadian Indian languages. The US sense, "hat", is recorded in 1929, and toboggan cap in 1928.
[Noun]
toboggan (plural toboggans)
1.A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.
2.1877: John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Toboggan has not yet found its Way into the dictionaries, and there are other ways of spelling it.
3.1882: Louis Prosper Bender, Old and New Canada. 1753-1844: Historic Scenes and Social Pictures, Or, The Life of Joseph-Francois Perrault
Nothing could be more exciting and exhilarating than a slide, on sleigh or toboggan, from the lofty summit of the ice-mound or cone down to its base.
4.1884: Henry Chadwick, The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of the Play-ground, the Parlor, and the Field Adapted Especially for American Youth, p 201, G. Routledge and sons.
The “toboggan” is a light flat sleigh, used by the Canadian aborigines to bring home over the snow the spoils of the hunt.
5.1885: A. T. Tucker (Alfred Thomas Tucker) Wise, Alpine Winter in Its Medical Aspects: With Notes on Davos Platz, Wiesen, St. Moritz, and the Maloja
The toboggan may be described as a flat plank turned up at one end.
6.1887: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, David Kennedy, David Kennedy: The Scottish Singer : Reminiscences of His Life and Work
A toboggan consists of two pieces of bark joined side by side and curved up at the front.
7.1897: Charles A. Bramble, “Winter Fishing Through the Ice”, in The Sportsman's Magazine, p 430.
Every half hour or so one or the other would steal off with snowshoes and toboggan to make the round of the holes, often returning with half a dozen fish that together weighed perhaps twelve pounds, perhaps twenty-four pounds; . . .
8.2006: Rita Tregellas Pope, Landmark Visitors Guide Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly
Trenance Park has gardens, a toboggan run, miniature golf and the indoor delights of Water World with its tropical fun pool and flumes.
9.(North America) A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo.
10.1847: Abraham Gesner, New Brunswick; with Notes for Emigrants: Comprehending the Early History, an Account of the Indians, Settlement, Topography, Statistics, Commerce, Timber, Manufactures, Agriculture, Fisheries, Geology, Natural History, Social and Political State, Immigrants, and Contemplated Railways of that Province
The old toboggan has been laid aside, and sleighs or waggons dash along the streets.
11.1889: John G. Donkin, Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-west: Recollections of Life in the North-west Mounted Police
These animals are harnessed by a padded collar to a light flat sleigh, of skins stretched across a frame of thin wood, called a toboggan.
12.(Southern US) a winter hat or ski mask
13.1915: William Rush Dunton, Occupation therapy
Suppose we wish to make a pointed cap, such as used to be known as a toboggan cap, from yarn or worsted.
14.1992: Wallace Neal Briggs, Riverside Remembered
Sissy bounded back in dressed in a heavy sweater and toboggan.
15.2005: Dave Smith, Life's Too Short to Be an Underdog...And Other Spiritual Life Lessons I Learned from My Dog
If you must adorn your dog with a hat, go with a toboggan-style hat. If It was good enough for Snoopy, It Is definitely good enough for your dog.
16.2006: Cornelius Osgood, Winter
The steer dog next to the sleigh prevents this by immediately leading off at a sixty-degree angle from the direction the others are going, thereby compensating for the sidewise stress and keeping the toboggan in the clear until the bend has been passed.
17.2006 Frances Stegall, Grass Roots: 80 Years in Bailey Co.
We used an old toboggan stuffed with cotton for the ball, and it served the purpose very well.
18.Something which, once it starts(figuratively) going downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.
19.1907: Joe Vila, The Sporting News, read in Gordon H. Fleming, The Unforgettable Season (2006)
McGinnity began to hit the toboggan in 1906, after he had pitched his arm off the previous year. Last season his efforts at times were painful.
20.1948: U.S. House of Representatives, Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency, on S.J. Res. 157, joint resolution to aid in protecting the Nation's economy against inflationary pressures. 80th Congress, 2nd Session July 29-August 4, 1948
If we were to hit the toboggan of a depression, wages would drop.
21.1989: C.W. Peterson, Wake Up, Canada!: Reflections on Vital National Issues
Farming was on “the toboggan.” New settlers who had purchased land could not meet their deferred payments.
22.2003: Jim Harrison, Off to the Side
The fact that I agreed showed that there was no hope of getting off the toboggan more than momentarily.
23.2005: Richard Allan (EDT) Davison, The Art of the American Musical: Conversations with the Creators
We all have found out that once a show goes into rehearsal, it's a toboggan slide and there's not enough time. So we had six months of preproduction meetings.
[References]
- “toboggan” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- “toboggan” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
[Synonyms]
- (sled without runners): sled, sledge
- (sled pulled by dogs): sledge, cariole, carriole
[Verb]
Tobogganing, on a very long toboggantoboggan (third-person singular simple present toboggans, present participle tobogganing, simple past and past participle tobogganed)
1.to slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object
2.1887: E. Katherine (Emily Katherine) Bates, A Year in the Great Republic
Mr. Macaulay, the landlord, insisted upon trying to "toboggan" us down the mountain on the saddle cloth of one of the horses, an attempt that ended of course in disaster, for the surface was much too small for the three of us, and the snow too soft for the purpose.
3.1888: Alfred Thomas Tucker Wise, Alpine winter in its medical aspects
The aspect of this patient was greatly changed for the better; she was able to skate, toboggan, and mount 500 feet of Maloja Pass without fatigue.
4.1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries
I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.
5.2006: Nita Hughes, The Cathar Legacy
The hillside, lined with a coating of wet leaves ready to toboggan her down the slope, made her grateful for a few saplings that provided handholds.
6.to (figuratively) go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom.
7.1945: US House of Representatives, 1945 extension of the Reciprocal trade agreements act. Hearings before the Committee on finance, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, on H.R. 3240, an act to extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes.
A depression in one nation can become the slide on which our civilization would toboggan into economic collapse.
8.2006: Keith Dixon, Altered Life
I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family.
[[French]]
ipa :/tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃/[Noun]
toboggan m. (plural toboggans)
1.(Europe) slide (in a playground)
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13523
distinguishable
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈtɪŋ.ɡwɪ.ʃə.bl̩/[Adjective]
distinguishable (comparative more distinguishable, superlative most distinguishable)
1.Able, or easily able to be distinguished.
Black is very distinguishable against a white background
[Antonyms]
- indistinguishable
[Etymology]
distinguish + -able
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13524
thwack
[[English]]
ipa :/θwæk/[Etymology]
From a variant (influenced by whack) of Middle English thakken (“to stroke”), from Old English þaccian (“to touch gently, stroke, tap”), from Proto-Germanic *þakwōnan (“to touch lightly”), from Proto-Indo-European *tag-, *taǵ- (“to touch”). Cognate with Old Dutch þakolōn (“to stroke”), Old Norse þykkr (“a thwack, thump, blow”), Icelandic þjökka, þjaka (“to thwack, thump, beat”), Norwegian tjåka (“to strike, beat”), Latin tangō (“touch”). More at tangent.
[Noun]
thwack (plural thwacks)
1.The act of thwacking; a strike or blow, especially with a flat implement.
2.To strike with a wet, slapping sound.
[Verb]
thwack (third-person singular simple present thwacks, present participle thwacking, simple past and past participle thwacked)
1.To whack or hit with flat implement.
2.To beat.
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13525
coagulated
[[English]]
[Adjective]
coagulated (comparative more coagulated, superlative most coagulated)
1.Subject to coagulation.
[Anagrams]
- catalogued
[Verb]
coagulated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of coagulate.
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13526
coagulate
[[English]]
ipa :/kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/[Anagrams]
- catalogue
[Etymology 1]
From Latin coāgulō (“I curdle”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”).
[Etymology 2]
[References]
- coagulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- coagulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- coagulate at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
coagulate
1.second-person plural present indicative of coagulare
2.second-person plural imperative of coagulare
3.Feminine plural of coagulato
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
coāgulāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of coāgulō
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13527
contrariwise
[[English]]
[Adverb]
contrariwise (not comparable)
1.in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction
2.1955, Philip Larkin, “Absences”, in The Less Deceived:
Rain patters on a sea that tilts and sighs. / Fast-running floors, collapsing into hollows, / Tower suddenly, spray-haired. Contrariwise, / A wave drops like a wall: another follows, / Wilting and scrambling
3.on the other hand
[Etymology]
contrary + -wise
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13529
rumination
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Latin rūminātio "chewing the cud"; see ruminate.
[Noun]
rumination (plural ruminations)
1.The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.
2.(figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
3.(psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
4.(pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁy.mi.na.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
From Latin rūminātio "chewing the cud"; see ruminer.
[Noun]
rumination f. (plural ruminations)
1.rumination (act of ruminating)
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13531
jumble
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌmbəl[Noun]
jumble (uncountable)
1.A mixture of unrelated things.
2.(UK) Items for a rummage sale.
3.(archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
[See also]
- jumble sale
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge
[Verb]
jumble (third-person singular simple present jumbles, present participle jumbling, simple past and past participle jumbled)
1.To mix or confuse.
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13532
subconsciously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
subconsciously
1.In a manner that lacks conscious awareness.
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13533
indiscernible
[[English]]
[Adjective]
indiscernible (comparative more indiscernible, superlative most indiscernible)
1.Not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.
2.1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope, ch. 28:
The details of the room were indiscernible, lost in yellowish shadow.
3.Not capable of being distinguished from something else.
[Noun]
indiscernible (plural indiscernibles)
1.(chiefly philosophy) Something which is incapable of being discerned.
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13535
piffle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɪf.əl/[Etymology]
Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle and trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).[1]
[Noun]
piffle (uncountable)
1.Nonsense, foolish talk.
[References]
1.^ “piffle” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:nonsense
- (act or speak in a futile manner): trifle, twaddle
[Verb]
piffle (third-person singular simple present piffles, present participle piffling, simple past and past participle piffled)
1.To act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner.
2.To waste, to fritter away.
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13539
pollute
[[English]]
[Adjective]
pollute
1.(rare) Polluted.
[Etymology]
From Middle English polluten, from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).
[References]
- pollute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
pollute (third-person singular simple present pollutes, present participle polluting, simple past and past participle polluted)
1.(transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.
2.(transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.
3.(dated) To corrupt or profane
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
pollūte
1.vocative masculine singular of pollūtus
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unhinged
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unhinged (comparative more unhinged, superlative most unhinged)
1.(philately) (of a stamp) not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.
2.(usually humorous) Mentally ill.
[See also]
- MUH
- MNH
[Verb]
unhinged
1.Simple past tense and past participle of unhinge.
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13542
unhinge
[[English]]
[Verb]
unhinge (third-person singular simple present unhinges, present participle unhinging, simple past and past participle unhinged)
1.To mentally disturb.
2.To remove the hinges from.
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13543
instigation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Noun]
instigation (plural instigations)
1.The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
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13544
persuading
[[English]]
[Verb]
persuading
1.Present participle of persuade.
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13549
undreamt
[[English]]
[Adjective]
undreamt (comparative more undreamt, superlative most undreamt)
1.Not dreamed; not dreamt.
In the end, he regretted only the words left unspoken and the dreams left undreamt.
[Etymology]
un- + dreamt
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13550
undreamt-of
[[English]]
[Adjective]
undreamt-of (comparative more undreamt-of, superlative most undreamt-of)
1.undreamed-of
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13552
aether
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːθə/[Anagrams]
- hearte
- heater
- hereat
- reheat
[Noun]
aether (countable and uncountable; plural aethers)
1.Alternative spelling of ether.
[[Latin]]
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithēr, “air; ether”).
[Noun]
aethēr (genitive aetheris); m, third declension
1.The upper, pure, bright air; ether; the heavens.
2.The air or sky; light of day.
3.The upper world, the earth (as opposed to the lower world).
4.The brightness or ethereal matter surrounding a deity.
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tremendous
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛndəs[Adjective]
tremendous (comparative more tremendous, superlative most tremendous)
1.awe-inspiring; terrific.
2.Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
Van Beethoven's ninth symphony is a tremendous piece of music.
3.Extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great
There was a tremendous outpouring of support.
[Etymology]
From Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”), gerund form of tremere (“to tremble”), from Ancient Greek τρέμω (tremo)
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:gigantic
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archeological
[[English]]
[Adjective]
archeological (comparative more archeological, superlative most archeological)
1.(North America) Alternative spelling of archaeological.
[Etymology]
archeo- + -logical
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abomination
[[English]]
ipa :/əbɒmɪˈneɪʃn/[Etymology]
Middle English abominacioun, -cion, from Old French abominacion, from Latin abominatio.
[Noun]
abomination (plural abominations)
1.The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
2.That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones.
3.Antony, most large in his abominations. Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III-vi
[References]
- abomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- detestation
- loathing
- abhorrence
- disgust
- aversion
- loathsomeness
- odiousness
[[French]]
[Noun]
abomination f. (plural abominations)
1.Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
2.(chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.
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faucet
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɔːsɪt/[Alternative forms]
Variant spellings[1]A faucet.
[Etymology]
From Middle English faucet, fawcett.
[Noun]
faucet (plural faucets)
1.(North America) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.
[Synonyms]
- tap, spigot
[[Middle English]]
[Alternative forms]
- fawcett
[Etymology]
From Old French fausset, perhaps from Latin faux (“throat”).
[Noun]
faucet
1.faucet
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delusional
[[English]]
[Adjective]
delusional (comparative more delusional, superlative most delusional)
1.Suffering from or characterized by delusions
[Anagrams]
- andouilles
[Etymology]
delusion + -al
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sloshing
[[English]]
[Noun]
sloshing (plural sloshings)
1.A motion or action that sloshes.
[Verb]
sloshing
1.Present participle of slosh.
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slosh
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
(onomatopoeia); compare splash, splosh.
[Etymology 2]
By analogy with slash.
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forbid
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪd[Etymology]
From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), equivalent to for- + bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Swedish förbjuda (“to forbid”).
[References]
- forbid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- forbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- prohibit
- disallow
- ban
- See also Wikisaurus:prohibit
[Verb]
forbid (third-person singular simple present forbids, present participle forbidding, simple past forbade or forbad, past participle forbidden)
1.To disallow
2.To proscribe
3.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
...the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever.
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abhor
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈhɔːr/[Etymology]
First attested in 1449. From Latin abhorreō (“abhor”), from ab (“from, away from”) + horreō (“stand aghast”). Cognate with French abhorrer.
[Shorthand]
- Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified,Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - [dot] o - r
[Synonyms]
- hate
- detest
- loathe
- abominate
- See also Wikisaurus:hate
[Verb]
abhor (third-person singular simple present abhors, present participle abhorring, simple past and past participle abhorred)
1.(transitive) To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
2.Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. - Romans 12:9
3.(transitive, obsolete) To fill with horror or disgust.
4.It does abhor me now I speak the word. - Shakespeare, Othello, IV-i
5.(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
6.I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. - Shakespeare, Henry VIII, II-iv
7.(intransitive, obsolete) To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from.
8.To abhor from those vices. - Udall
9.Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. - Milton
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pansy
[[English]]
[Adjective]
pansy (not comparable)
1.Wimpy; spineless; feeble.
2.Of a deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
[Etymology]
From the French pensée (“thought”), as the plant resembles someone that is in deep thought, with a lowered head.
[Noun]
pansy (plural pansies)
1.Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids.
2.A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.
3.(derogatory, colloquial, dated) A male homosexual, especially one who is effeminate.
4.(derogatory, colloquial) A timid, weak man or boy; a wuss.
[Synonyms]
- A timid man or boy: mama's boy, nancy boy, sissy
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exonerated
[[English]]
[Adjective]
exonerated
1.Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
[Verb]
exonerated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of exonerate.
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exonerate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈsɒnəɹeɪt/[Etymology]
From the participle stem of Latin exonerāre.
[Synonyms]
- (to free from accusation) acquit
[Verb]
exonerate (third-person singular simple present exonerates, present participle exonerating, simple past and past participle exonerated)
1.(transitive, now rare) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
2.(obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water, to discharge (oneself), empty oneself.
3.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:
I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?
4.(transitive) To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
5.(transitive) To free from accusation or blame.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
exonerāte
1.first-person plural present active imperative of exonerō
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default on
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːlt[Anagrams]
- faulted
[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Old French defaute (“fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack”), ultimately from Latin de- (“away”) + fallo (“deceive, cheat, escape notice of”)
[Noun]
default (plural defaults)
1.The condition of failing to meet an obligation.
He failed to make payments on time and is now in default.
You may cure this default by paying the full amount within a week.
2.(electronics, computers) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
3.A loss incurred by failing to compete.
The team's three losses include one default.
4.A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
The man became the leader of the group as a default.
5.2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, Guardian:
One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.
6.(often attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.
7.(law) The failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
[Verb]
default (third-person singular simple present defaults, present participle defaulting, simple past and past participle defaulted)
1.(intransitive) To fail to meet an obligation.
If you do not make your payments, you will default on your loan.
2.(intransitive) To lose a competition by failing to compete.
If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.
3.(intransitive, computing) To assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
If you don't specify a number of items, it defaults to 1.
4.(intransitive, law) To fail to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
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kiku
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
kiku (hiragana きく)
1.菊: chrysanthemum
[Verb]
kiku (godan conjugation, hiragana きく)
1.聞く: to hear
2.訊く: to ask
3.聴く: to listen
4.効く: to have effective results
5.利く: to be functional
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hanasu
[[Japanese]]
[Synonyms]
- (speak, talk): 喋る (しゃべる, shaberu)
[Verb]
hanasu (godan conjugation, hiragana はなす)
1.話す: to speak, to talk
アイスランドではアイスランド語を話します。
あいすらんどではあいすらんどごをはなします。
Aisurando de wa aisurando-go o hanashimasu.
They speak Icelandic in Iceland.
2.放す to let go, to separate, to set free, to turn loose
その犬を放してはいけない。
そのいぬをはなしてはいけない。
Sono inu o hanashite wa ikenai.
Don't set the dogs loose.
ロープを放すな。
ろーぷをはなすな。
Rōpu o hanasu na.
Don't let go of the rope.
腕を放してくれ。
うでをはなしてくれ。
Ude o hanashite kure.
Let go of my arm!
3.離す: to part, to separate, to divide, to release
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mamo
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪməʊ/[Etymology]
From Hawaiian mamo.
[Noun]
mamo (plural mamos)
1.Either of two extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreepers of the genus Drepanis.
2.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 421:
In 1907, when a well-known collector named Alanson Bryan realised that he had shot the last three specimens of black mamos, a species of forest bird that had only been discovered the previous decade, he noted that the news filled him with ‘joy’.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/ˈmamo/[Noun]
mamo (plural mamoj, accusative singular mamon, accusative plural mamojn)
1.(anatomy) breast (female)
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
mamo
1.first-person singular present indicative of mamar
[[Ido]]
[Noun]
mamo (plural mami)
1.breast
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
mamo
1.First-person singular (eu) present indicative of verb mamar.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
mamo (infinitive mamar)
1.First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of mamar.
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защищать
[[Russian]]
[Synonyms]
- оборонять
[Verb]
защищать (zaščiščát') impf. — защитить (zaščitít') pf.
1.defend, guard, protect
2.speak in support (of), stand up for, support, vindicate, advocate
3.in a court of law defend, plead for
4.thesis, diploma uphold, defend
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