14196
condescend
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/[Etymology]
From Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin com- (“together”) + descendere (“to come down”); see descend.
[Synonyms]
- (come down from superior position): acquiesce, deign, stoop, vouchsafe
- (talk down, treat as inferior): patronize
- (consent): yield
- (come down): descend
[Verb]
condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)
1.(intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
2.1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperor, act 1, sc. 2:
Spain's mighty monarch . . .
In gracious clemency, does condescend
On these conditions, to become your friend.
3.1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, ch. 5:
Fanny and little Harriet he seldom condescended to notice; but Mary Ann was something of a favourite.
4.(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
5.1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, ch. 29:
"You must know," said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, "that I have no heart."
6.1880, Charlotte M. Yonge, Clever Woman of the Family, ch. 7:
Ermine never let any one be condescending to her, and conducted the conversation with her usual graceful good breeding.
7.(intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.
8.1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 1134-36:
Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands?
9.1868, Horatio Alger, Struggling Upward, ch. 3:
"This is the pay I get for condescending to let you go with me."
10.(intransitive, obsolete) To come down.
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0
2012/04/08 11:20
14197
pacifist
[[English]]
[Noun]
pacifist (plural pacifists)
1.One who loves, supports, or favours peace; one who is pro-peace.
2.One who avoids violence.
3.One who opposes violence and is anti-war.
4.2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
No matter what pacifist "flubdubs and flapdoodle mollycoddles" might say, the President [Teddy Roosevelt] knew that if there were a general war then America could well be drawn into it.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Noun]
pacìfist m. (Cyrillic spelling пацѝфист)
1.pacifist
0
0
2012/03/03 20:09
2012/04/08 11:20
14198
compulsive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
compulsive (comparative more compulsive, superlative most compulsive)
1.uncontrolled or reactive and unconscious
2.1990, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990:
Under this Act, the term "disability" shall not include—...(2) compulsive gambling, kleptomania, or pyromania; or...
[Etymology]
From Latin compulsus, past participle of compellere (“to compel”), from com- (“together”) + pellere (“to drive”).
[External links]
- compulsive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- compulsive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- compulsive at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
compulsive (plural compulsives)
1.One who exhibits compulsive behaviours.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
compulsive f.
1.Feminine plural form of compulsivo
0
0
2009/04/13 12:42
2012/04/08 11:20
TaN
14199
lobster
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɒb.stə(r)/[Adjective]
lobster (comparative more lobster, superlative most lobster)
1.red-colored, especially from a sunburn.
[Anagrams]
- bolster, bolters, trobles
[Etymology]
From Middle English lopster (“lobster”), from Old English loppestre (“lobster, spider-like creature”), believed to be a corruption of Latin locusta (“lobster, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre; or from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster. More at lop.
[Noun]
lobster (countable and uncountable; plural lobsters)
1.A crustacean of the Nephrodidae family, normally red in colour, with claws, which is used as an expensive seafood.
2.(historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
3.(slang) An Australian twenty dollar note, due to its reddish-orange colour.
[Synonyms]
- (crustacean) cray
- (British soldier) lobsterback, redcoat
[Verb]
lobster (third-person singular simple present lobsters, present participle lobstering, simple past and past participle lobstered)
1.To fish for lobsters.
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0
2012/04/08 11:20
14202
heartburn
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- heart-burn
[Etymology]
From heart + burn, translating Ancient Greek καρδιαλγία.
[Noun]
heartburn (countable and uncountable; plural heartburns)
1.(pathology) A burning pain in the chest that is caused by stomach acid entering the gullet.
[Synonyms]
- acid reflux
- cardialgia
- gastroesophageal reflux
- pyrosis
0
0
2012/04/08 11:22
14203
peacenik
[[English]]
[Etymology]
peace + -nik
[Noun]
peacenik (plural peaceniks)
1.(sometimes derogatory) Someone who publicly opposes armed conflict in general, or a particular conflict; or who publicly opposes the proliferation of weapons.
[Synonyms]
- dove
- pacifist
0
0
2012/04/08 11:22
14204
pliers
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/[Anagrams]
- lisper, Lisper
- perils
- Perlis
- Persil
- pilers
- priles
[Etymology]
[Noun]
pliers (plural only)
1.A gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand
I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.
2.Plural form of plier.
0
0
2012/04/08 11:22
14205
plier
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- peril
- piler
- prile
[Noun]
plier (plural pliers)
1.Agent noun of ply; one who plies.
[See also]
- pliers (plurale tantum)
[[French]]
ipa :/pli.je/[Anagrams]
- péril
- piler
- repli
[Etymology]
From Latin plicāre, present active infinitive of plicō. This produced ploier, pleier in Old French, which was later changed analogically under the influence of other verbs such as prier and nier.
[Verb]
plier
1.(transitive) to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding)
2.to fold up
3.to bend
4.To mess up, do in, damage
5.(figuratively) To kill, kill off (a game)
0
0
2012/04/08 11:22
14208
hare
[[English]]
ipa :/hɛɚ/[Anagrams]
- hear
- Hera
- RHAe
- rhea, Rhea
[Etymology]
Old English hara, from Proto-Germanic *hasô (compare West Frisian hazze, Dutch haas, German Hase), from *haswaz 'grey' (compare Old English hasu, Middle High German heswe 'pale, dull'), from Proto-Indo-European *kas- (cf. Welsh cannu 'to whiten', ceinach 'hare', Latin cānus 'white', cascus 'old', Old Prussian sasins 'hare', Afghan soe 'id.', Sanskrit śaśas 'id.').
[Noun]
hare (plural hares)
1.Any of several plant-eating animals of the family Leporidae, especially of the genus Lepus, being usually somewhat larger than a rabbit and with longer ears.
[Synonyms]
- race
- speed
- tear
[Verb]
hare (third-person singular simple present hares, present participle haring, simple past and past participle hared)
1.(intransitive) To move swiftly
2.2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, BBC:
But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/haːrə/[Etymology]
From Old Norse heri (“hare”).
[Noun]
hare c. (singular definite haren, plural indefinite harer)
1.hare
[[Dutch]]
[Determiner]
hare
1.non-attributive form of haar (English: hers)
Normally used in conjunction with the definite article de or het depending on the gender of what is being referred to.
Die auto is de hare. — That car is her one. That car is hers.
Dat huis is het hare. — That house is her one. That house is hers.
Dat is de/het hare. — That is her one. That is hers.
2.(archaic) inflected form of haar
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
hare (hiragana はれ)
1.晴れ: clear skies, fine weather
2.脹れ, 腫れ: swelling
[[Rapa Nui]]
[Derivatives]
- hare moa
- hare paenga
- hare oka
[Noun]
hare
1.house
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
hare c.
1.hare
[[Tetum]]
[Noun]
hare
1.unpicked rice
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0
2012/04/08 12:26
14209
quadruped
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupes (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”)
[Noun]
quadruped (plural quadrupeds)
1.a four-footed or four-legged animal
2.a mammal ambulating on all fours
0
0
2012/04/08 12:27
14210
scampering
[[English]]
[Noun]
scampering (countable and uncountable; plural scamperings)
1.A quick, light running motion.
[Verb]
scampering
1.Present participle of scamper.
0
0
2012/04/08 12:30
14211
scamper
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskæmpə/[Anagrams]
- campers
[Etymology]
First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Flemish schampeeren, from Old French escamper, from Italian scampare "to run away"
[Noun]
scamper (plural scampers)
1.A quick, light run.
[Synonyms]
- scurry
- See also Wikisaurus:walk
[Verb]
scamper (third-person singular simple present scampers, present participle scampering, simple past and past participle scampered)
1.(intransitive) To run quickly and lightly, especially in a playful manner or in an undignified manner.
The dog scampered after the squirrel.
2.1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
The younger and lighter members of his tribe scampered to the higher branches of the great trees to escape his wrath; risking their lives upon branches that scarce supported their weight rather than face old Kerchak in one of his fits of uncontrolled anger.
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2012/04/08 12:30
14212
religion
[[English]]
ipa :/rɪˈlɪdʒən/[Etymology]
From religiōn-, the stem of the Latin religiō (“scrupulousness”, “pious misgivings”, “superstition”, “conscientiousness”, “sanctity”, “an object of veneration”, “cult-observance”, “reverence”), from religō (“I bind back or behind”), from re + ligō (“I tie, bind, or bandage”).
[External links]
- religion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- religion in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[Noun]
religion (plural religions)
1.A collection of practices, based on beliefs and teachings that are highly valued or sacred.
Rather than being diligent and mindful of the way he practiced religion, he chose to stir up quarrels by ridiculing the manner in which others do.
2.Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion.
3.Any ongoing spiritual practice one engages in, in order to shape their character or improve traits of their personality.
4.An ideological and traditional heritage.
If you examine various churches throughout the world, you will find religion expressed in diverse ways.
[See also]
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: ourselves · pale · happiness · #914: religion · dress · degree · spoken
[Synonyms]
- denomination
- faith
[[Anglo-Norman]]
[Alternative forms]
- religioun
- religiun
[Noun]
religion f. (oblique plural religions, nominative singular religion, nominative plural religions)
1.religion
[[Esperanto]]
[Noun]
religion
1.accusative singular of religio
[[French]]
ipa :/rəliʒjɔ̃/[Noun]
religion f. (plural religions)
1.religion
[See also]
- religieux
- religieuse
- religiosité
[Synonyms]
- foi
- culte
- dévotion
[[Norwegian]]
[Noun]
religion m.
1.religion
[Synonyms]
- tro
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
religion f. (oblique plural religions, nominative singular religion, nominative plural religions)
1.religion
[[Papiamentu]]
[Noun]
religion
1.religion
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
religion c.
1.a religion
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14213
engendered
[[English]]
[Verb]
engendered
1.Simple past tense and past participle of engender.
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0
2012/04/08 12:38
14214
engender
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈdʒɛn.də/[Alternative forms]
- engendre (obsolete), ingender [15th-17th c.]
[Etymology 1]
From Middle French engendrer, from Latin ingenerāre, from in- + generāre (“to generate”).
[Etymology 2]
From en- + gender.
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0
2012/04/08 12:38
14215
absorbed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)
1.fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
2.(of light) taken in by a body without reflection
3.(of a fluid) taken by through the pores of a surface
[See also]
- adsorbed
[Verb]
absorbed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of absorb.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
absorbed (infinitive absorber)
1.(Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of absorber.
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0
2012/04/08 12:52
14217
meditative
[[English]]
[Adjective]
meditative (comparative more meditative, superlative most meditative)
1.Of or pertaining to meditation.
After hearing the news he became meditative.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
meditative f.
1.Feminine plural form of meditativo
0
0
2012/04/08 12:52
14219
instruction
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌkʃən[Etymology]
Latin instructio: confer French instruction.
[Noun]
instruction (countable and uncountable; plural instructions)
1.(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
Students receive instruction in the arts and sciences.
Instruction will be provided on how to handle difficult customers.
2.(countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
3.Shakespeare
If my instructions may be your guide.
4.(countable) An order or command.
5.(computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:instruction
[[French]]
[Noun]
instruction f. (plural instructions)
1.instruction
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0
2012/04/08 13:04
14220
apropos
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌæp.ɹəˈpəʊ/[Adjective]
apropos (comparative more apropos, superlative most apropos)
1.Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
2.1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI,
Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.
3.By the way; incidental.
4.1877, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine."
[Adverb]
apropos
1.By the way.
2.Timely; at a good time.
[Alternative forms]
- à propos
- àpropos
[Anagrams]
- Sapporo
[Antonyms]
- malapropos
[Etymology]
French à propos (“on that subject”)
[Preposition]
apropos
1.Regarding or concerning.
2.2011, Jeremy Harding, "Diary", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
Few have the same root and branch obsession with the recent past or the avenger’s recall (‘the necessity for long memory and sarcasm in argument’, as he wrote apropos the old left intelligentsia in New York).
[[Danish]]
ipa :/apropo/[Adverb]
apropos
1.apropos
[Alternative forms]
- (nonstandard) à propos
[Etymology]
From French à propos.
[Noun]
apropos n. (singular definite aproposet or apropos'et, plural indefinite aproposer or apropos'er)
1.aside
[Preposition]
apropos
1.apropos (regarding or concerning)
[[German]]
[Adverb]
apropos
1.apropos
[Etymology]
From French à propos
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0
2012/04/08 13:05
14224
altar
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːltə(r)[Etymology]
From Latin altare (“altar”), probably related to adolere (“burn”); thus burning place, influenced by a false connection with altus (“high”).
[Noun]
altar (plural altars)
1.A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
[[Galician]]
[Noun]
altar m. (plural altares)
1.altar
[Synonyms]
- ara
[[Latin]]
[Etymology]
Found mainly in post-Classical Latin. In Classical Latin, used mostly in plural form altaria. Ultimately from adolere and influenced by altus. See also other forms altāre and altārium.
[Noun]
altar (genitive altaris); n, third declension
1.altar (for burnt offerings)
[[Manx]]
[Noun]
altar m. (plural altaryn)
1.(religion) altar
[[Old High German]]
[Etymology]
Proto-Germanic *aldran, whence also Old English ealdor, Old Norse aldr
[Noun]
altar n.
1.age
[[Romanian]]
[Alternative forms]
- altariu (dated, rare)
[Etymology]
From Latin altārium or altār. Cf. also oltar, a rare and dated variant from a Slavic intermediary.
[Noun]
altar n. (plural altare)
1.altar
2.communion table
3.chancel
4.shrine, sanctuary
[Synonyms]
- (altar): pristol
- (sanctuary): sanctuar
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
From Latin altāre.
[Noun]
altar m. (plural altares)
1.altar
2.Stone that separates the firebox from the hearth in reverberatory furnaces
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0
2012/04/08 13:08
14225
intriguer
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈtɹiːɡə/[Noun]
intriguer (plural intriguers)
1.One who intrigues; one who forms plots, or pursues an object by secret means.
[References]
- intriguer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- intriguer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃tʁiɡe/[Anagrams]
- irriguent
[Etymology]
From Italian intrigare.
[Verb]
intriguer
1.to puzzle
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0
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14226
belying
[[English]]
[Verb]
belying
1.Present participle of belie.
0
0
2012/04/08 13:28
14228
vampire
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvæm.paɪ.ə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
- (archaic) vampyre
[Anagrams]
- vampier
[Etymology]
From French vampire or German Vampir, from Hungarian vámpír, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, from Macedonian.[1] Cf. Russian упырь (upýr’), Polish upiór, etc.
[Noun]
vampire (plural vampires)
1.A mythological undead creature said to feed on human blood. [from earlier 18th c.]
2.(colloquial) A person with the medical condition Systemic lupus erythematosus, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity, brownish-red stained teeth, and increased night vision.
3.A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) [from later 18th c.]
[References]
1.^ Leposava Spirovska, Tanas Vražinovski. Les vampires dans les croyances et legendes Macedoniennes (Skopje, 1988), p. 8
[See also]
- werewolf
- bloodsucker
- Vampire (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Vampire (disambiguation)
- Common vampire bat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Common vampire bat
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Desmodus rotundus
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Desmodus rotundus
- Desmodus rotundus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Desmodus rotundus
[Synonyms]
- (mythological creature): nosferatu
- (bat): vampire bat
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
vampire
1.vampirically
[[French]]
[Noun]
vampire m. (plural vampires)
1.vampire
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[vamˈpi.re][Noun]
vampire f. pl.
1.Plural form of vampiră.
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0
2012/04/08 14:31
14229
bt
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
bt
1.(Internet, text messaging) but
[Anagrams]
- TB
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0
2012/04/08 22:19
TaN
14230
BT
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
BT
1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Bhutan.
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
BT
1.Banten, a province of Indonesia.
[Anagrams]
- TB
[Initialism]
BT
1.British Telecom
2.blood test
3.bench trial
4.BitTorrent
0
0
2012/04/08 22:19
TaN
14231
cultivate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/[Etymology]
From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pelō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).
[Verb]
cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)
1.To grow plants, notably crops
Farmers should cultivate their crops to get a good harvest.
2.To nurture; to foster; to tend.
They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students.
3.To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.
[[Interlingua]]
[Participle]
cultivate
1.past participle of cultivar
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TaN
14232
cultivator
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From cultivate + -or
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:CultivatorWikipedia cultivator (plural cultivators)
1.Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage
2.A person who cultivates
0
0
2012/04/09 00:27
TaN
14240
あな
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
あな (romaji ana)
1.穴: hole
0
0
2012/04/12 00:39
14244
おと
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
おと (romaji oto)
1.音: sound
0
0
2012/04/12 00:42
14245
御
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 彳 + semantic 卸
[Han character]
御 (radical 60 彳+8 in Chinese, 彳+9 in Japanese, in Chinese 11 strokes, in Japanese 12 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人一中 (HOOML), four-corner 27220, composition ⿰彳卸)
1.drive, ride
2.chariot
3.manage
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
御 (traditional 禦, Yale yu6)
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
From Old Japanese. Cognate with 霊 / 神 (mi, “spirit, god”), as this prefix was originally used to refer to gods and other spiritually important things.
[Kanji]
御 (common “Jōyō” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
御 (hangeul 어, 아, revised eo, a, McCune-Reischauer ŏ, a, Yale e, a)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
御 (traditional 禦, pinyin yà (ya4), yù (yu4), Wade-Giles ya4, yü4)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
御 (ngự, ngợ, ngừ, ngừa)
0
0
2012/04/12 00:44
14247
じぶん
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
じぶん (romaji jibun)
1.自分: oneself
2.時文: modern literature
3.時分: time, hour, season, time of the year
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14248
時分
[[Mandarin]]
[Noun]
時分 (traditional, Pinyin shífèn, simplified 时分)
1.(literary) time
[References]
- "時分" (in Mandarin). Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-10-11.
- 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:
[Synonyms]
- 時候
- 時間
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ころがる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
ころがる (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji korogaru)
1.転がる: roll over
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2012/04/12 00:56
14252
ぼろぼろ
[[Japanese]]
[Adverb]
ぼろぼろ (katakana ボロボロ, romaji boroboro)
1.(onomatopoeia) being dilapidated, beat-up, old, crumbling, worn-out, ragged
2.food falling out of one's mouth while eating
3.tears falling
4.tired, exhausted
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2012/04/12 00:58
14255
redundancy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈriˌdʌndən̩si/[Antonyms]
- non-redundancy
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:RedundancyWikipedia redundancy (plural redundancies)
1.The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
2.Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
3.Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
4.(chiefly UK, Australian, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
[Synonyms]
- redundance (rare)
- pro-chrono continuum (rare)
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2012/04/12 15:38
14256
rapel
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
rapel m. (usually uncountable)
1.rappelling
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2012/04/12 19:09
14257
ひらく
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
ひらく (godan conjugation, romaji hiraku)
1.開く: to open
2.拓く: to reclaim
3.啓く: to enlighten
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2012/04/13 01:32
14263
きゅうり
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
きゅうり (romaji kyūri)
1.胡瓜: cucumber
2.窮理: principles; pursuit for principles
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2012/04/16 01:11
TaN
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oxalic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
oxalic (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
2.(medicine) (rare) Of or pertaining to oxaluria.
[Etymology]
From Oxalis, the sorrel plant
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2012/04/17 01:17
14267
concatenate
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈkætəneɪt/[Etymology]
From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).
[Verb]
concatenate (third-person singular simple present concatenates, present participle concatenating, simple past and past participle concatenated)
1.To join or link together, as though in a chain.
2.2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, (Penguin 2004), page 182)
Locke, by contrast, contended that [madness] was essentially a question of intellectual delusion, the capture of the mind by false ideas concatenated into a logical system of unreality.
3.Computer instruction to join two strings together.
Concatenating "Man" with " is mortal" gives "Man is mortal"
The Unix program cat is used to concatenate and display files. Its name comes from the word catenate.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
concatenate
1.second-person plural present indicative of concatenare
2.second-person plural imperative of concatenare
3.Feminine plural of concatenato
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2012/04/19 15:22
14269
disorder
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔː(r)də(r)[Alternative forms]
- disordre (obsolete)
[Etymology]
dis- + order
[Noun]
disorder (plural disorders)
1.Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
After playing the children left the room in disorder.
2.A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
3.(medicine) A physical or psychical malfunction.
Bulimia is an eating disorder.
[Synonyms]
- (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Wikisaurus:disorder
- (disturbance of civic peace): See also Wikisaurus:riot
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2012/04/19 17:41
jack_bob
14275
European
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌjʊəɹ.əˈpiː.ən/[Adjective]
European (comparative more European, superlative most European)
1.Related to Europe or the European Union.
[Alternative forms]
- Europæan (archaic)
[Etymology]
From French Européen, viâ Latin europaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ευρωπαίος (Europaios, “European”).
[Noun]
European (plural Europeans)
1.Person living or originating from Europe.
2.Person who resides within the European Union.
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2012/04/20 11:08
jack_bob
14281
警
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 敬 + semantic 言.
[Han character]
警 (radical 149 言+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿大卜一口 (TKYMR), four-corner 48601, composition ⿱敬言)
1.guard, watch
2.alert, alarm
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
警 (Yale ging2)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
警 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
警 (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
警 (pinyin jǐng (jing3), Wade-Giles ching3)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
警 (cảnh, khểnh)
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14282
crinkling
[[English]]
[Noun]
crinkling (plural crinklings)
1.The act or sound or something being crinkled.
[Verb]
crinkling
1.Present participle of crinkle.
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2012/04/20 17:57
14283
crinkle
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪŋkəl[Anagrams]
- clinker
[Etymology]
Middle English, from Old English crincan
[Noun]
crinkle (plural crinkles)
1.A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.
[Verb]
crinkle (third-person singular simple present crinkles, present participle crinkling, simple past and past participle crinkled)
1.To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
He crinkled the wrapper and threw it out.
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2012/04/20 17:57
14285
yucky
[[English]]
[Adjective]
yucky (comparative yuckier, superlative yuckiest)
1.(colloquial, often childish) Of something highly offensive; causing aversion or disgust.
[Alternative forms]
- yukky
[Antonyms]
- yummy
[Quotations]
"Don't rule out desalination because it is expensive, or recycling because it sounds yucky, or building a dam," Mr Turnbull told Australian media." — BBC Online
[Synonyms]
- disgusting
- distasteful
- foul
- loathsome
- nasty
- offensive
- repugnant
- revolting
- unpleasant
- wicked
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2012/04/20 17:57
14286
clomp
[[English]]
ipa :/klɑmp/[Etymology]
onomatopoeia
[Noun]
clomp (plural clomps)
1.the sound of feet hitting the ground loudly
[Verb]
clomp (third-person singular simple present clomps, present participle clomping, simple past and past participle clomped)
1.(intransitive) to move, making loud noises with one's feet
2.1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey
...so having smoothed my hair as well as I could, and repeatedly twitched my obdurate collar, I proceeded to clomp down the two flights of stairs, philosophizing as I went;
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2012/04/20 17:57
14287
firecracker
[[English]]
[Noun]
firecracker (plural firecrackers)
1.A firework consisting of a string of bangers linked by a fuse designed to emit a series of loud bangs when lit. Traditionally used in Chinese celebrations (e.g. Chinese New Year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck.
2.A peanut butter cracker baked with marijuana, similar in concept to a Alice B. Toklas brownie.
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2012/04/20 17:57
14289
peed
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- deep
[Verb]
peed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of pee.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
peed (infinitive peer)
1.(Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of peer.
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2012/04/20 17:57
14290
pee
[[English]]
ipa :-iː[Anagrams]
- eep
[Etymology 1]
Spelling of the initial letter of piss. Compare eff.
[Etymology 2]
[Etymology 3]
Spelling of the initial letter of pence.
[[Finnish]]
[Etymology 1]
Probably from the Swedish letter name.
[Etymology 2]
From the first letter of paska (“shit”).
[Etymology 3]
From the first letter of perse (“arse”).
[[Old Portuguese]]
[Alternative forms]
- pe
[Etymology]
From Latin pedem, accusative of pēs (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
[Noun]
pee m. (plural pees)
1.foot
2.13th century, Afonso X the wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 127:
Eſta e como ſanta maria nȯ q̇s q̇ entraſſe na ſa eigreia do poe un mancebo q̇ dera aſſa madre un couce ⁊ el pois uiu q̇ nȯ podia enẗr cortoo pee ⁊ de pois ſãou ſanta maria.
This one is (about) how Holy Mary didn't want that a young man, who had kicked his mother, entered her church in Puy. And he, seeing that he couldn't enter, cut his foot and later Holy Mary healed it.
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
pee (infinitive peer)
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of peer.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of peer.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of peer.
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2012/04/20 17:57
14292
PE
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
PE
1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Peru.
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
PE
1.Pernambuco, a state of Brazil
[Anagrams]
- ep , EP
[Initialism]
PE
1.Prince Edward Island (Canadian province)
2.physical education
3.Preliminary Examination
4.(pathology) pulmonary embolism
5.Preinstallation Environment (a type of operating systems)
6.Portable Edition (usually used for a version of a software)
7.(organic chemistry) polyethylene
8.Professional Engineer
[[Italian]]
[Abbreviation]
PE
1.Pescara (A city in Abruzzo)
[[Portuguese]]
[Abbreviation]
PE
1.Pernambuco (Brazilian state)
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