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.
0
0
2010/06/23 10:24
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
0
0
2012/04/08 12:37
14213
engendered
[[English]]
[Verb]
engendered
1.Simple past tense and past participle of engender.
0
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.
0
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.
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
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
0
0
2012/03/31 21:00
2012/04/08 13:10
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.
0
0
2012/04/08 14:31
14229
bt
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
bt
1.(Internet, text messaging) but
[Anagrams]
- TB
0
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
0
0
2009/06/24 11:11
2012/04/09 00:19
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
0
0
2012/01/18 22:56
2012/04/12 00:50
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
0
0
2012/04/12 00:51
14251
ころがる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
ころがる (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji korogaru)
1.転がる: roll over
0
0
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
0
0
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)
0
0
2010/06/04 14:35
2012/04/12 15:38
14256
rapel
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
rapel m. (usually uncountable)
1.rappelling
0
0
2012/01/08 15:42
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
0
0
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
0
0
2012/04/16 01:11
TaN
14264
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
0
0
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
0
0
2010/06/02 00:14
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
0
0
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.
0
0
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)
0
0
2012/04/20 17:57
14282
crinkling
[[English]]
[Noun]
crinkling (plural crinklings)
1.The act or sound or something being crinkled.
[Verb]
crinkling
1.Present participle of crinkle.
0
0
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.
0
0
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
0
0
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;
0
0
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.
0
0
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.
0
0
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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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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incendiaries
[[English]]
[Noun]
incendiaries
1.Plural form of incendiary.
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demolish
[[English]]
ipa :/dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/[Etymology]
Attested since the 16th Century CE; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin demolior (“to tear down”).
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:destroy
[Verb]
demolish (third-person singular simple present demolishes, present participle demolishing, simple past and past participle demolished)
1.To destroy; to destruct
They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
2.(transitive) To utterly defeat
3.2011 October 2, Kevin Core, “Fulham 6 - 0 QPR”, BBC Sport:
Andrew Johnson scored a hat-trick as Fulham demolished London rivals Queens Park Rangers to win their Premier League fixture of the season.
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dependent
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈpɛndənt/[Adjective]
dependent (comparative more dependent, superlative most dependent)
1.Relying upon; depending upon
At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
2.(of certain Irish irregular verbs): standing only after a preverbal particle
3.(of Scottish Gaelic verb forms) Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
4.(in medicine:) affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine
[Etymology]
Originally dependant, from French dépendant, present participle of dépendre (“to hang down”) (in English assimilated to Latin dēpendēntem).
[Noun]
dependent (plural dependents)
1.(US) One who relies on another for support
With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.)
2.(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements modifiers and determiners.
3.(grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.
[Related terms]
- depend
- dependent clause
- dependent variable
- depending
- independent
- co-dependent
[Synonyms]
- dependant
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
dēpendent
1.third-person plural present active indicative of dēpendeō
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
dependent m., n.
1.dependent
[Antonyms]
- independent
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immured
[[English]]
[Adjective]
immured (comparative more immured, superlative most immured)
1.imprisoned or confined
[Verb]
immured
1.Simple past tense and past participle of immure.
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immure
[[English]]
ipa :-ʊə(r)[Etymology]
From Latin im, combining variant of in (“in”), + mūrus (“wall”).
[Synonyms]
- (imprison): cloister, confine, imprison, incarcerate
- (bury): inter
[Verb]
immure (third-person singular simple present immures, present participle immuring, simple past and past participle immured)
1.(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison: to lock up behind walls.
2.1799, Mary Meeke, Elleſmere: A Novel, Volume IV, William Lane (publisher), pages 219–220:
The gentlemen looked at each other for a ſolution of this ſtrange event, each preſuming an order had been obtained to again immure the unfortunate Clara.
3.1880, Rosina Bulwer Lytton, A Blighted Life, Preface,
In a happy moment for the Levy-Lawson-Levis, Lady Lytton was betrayed, seized, and immured. The Editor saw his chance, and made the Metropolis ring with the outrage. Levi was saved; so also was Lady Lytton.
4.1914, Emily Dickinson, Immured in Heaven!, in The Single Hound, republished 1924, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (introduction), The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson,
Immured in Heaven! / What a Cell! / Let every Bondage be, / Thou sweetest of the Universe, / Like that which ravished thee!
5.1933 December, Albert H. Cotton, “A Note on the Civil Remedies of Injured Consumers”, in David F. Cavers (editor), Duke University School of Law, Law and Contemporary Problems, Volume I Number I, Duke University Press (1934), page 71:
This rule is followed in all common-law jurisdictions, although it was not adopted by the House of Lords until 1932, and then only with vigorous dissent, in a case where a mouse was immured in a ginger-beer bottle.
6.(transitive) To put or bury within a wall.
John's body was immured Thursday in the mausoleum.
7.1906, Robert Chambers, The Book of Days, Volume 1, page 807,
The dreadful punishment of immuring persons, or burying them alive in the walls of convents, was undoubtedly sometimes resorted to by monastic communities.
8.(transitive, crystallography and geology, of a growing crystal) To trap or capture (an impurity); chiefly in the participial adjective immured and gerund or gerundial noun immuring.
9.1975, American Institute of Physics, American Crystallographic Association, Soviet Physics, Crystallography, Volume 19, Issues 1-3, page 296,
On increasing the supercooling, the step starts completely immuring the impurity and rises sharply.
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noncarcinogenic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
noncarcinogenic (comparative more noncarcinogenic, superlative most noncarcinogenic)
1.Not carcinogenic
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plentiful
[[English]]
[Adjective]
plentiful (comparative plentifuller or more plentiful, superlative plentifullest or most plentiful)
1.Existing in large number or ample amount.
She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
2.Yielding abundance.
Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
[Alternative forms]
- plentifull (archaic)
[Etymology]
From plenty + -ful.
[External links]
- plentiful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- plentiful in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- plentiful at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:plentiful
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communique
[[English]]
[Noun]
communique (plural communiques)
1.Common misspelling of communiqué.
[[French]]
[Verb]
communique
1.first-person singular present indicative of communiquer
2.third-person singular present indicative of communiquer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of communiquer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of communiquer
5.second-person singular imperative of communiquer
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incommunicado
[[English]]
[Adjective]
incommunicado (not comparable)
1.In a state or condition in which one is unable or unwilling to communicate.
2.2007, "Dreadful news awaits housemate", Times Online, London, 25 May (retrieved 29 June 2007),
The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told.
[Adverb]
incommunicado (not comparable)
1.In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness.
2.2004, Ben Westhoff, "Making Traks," Riverfront Times, St. Louis MO, 7 Apr,
The Starz seem most comfortable when they're in the studio, where they can work incommunicado.
[Etymology]
From Spanish incomunicado "incommunicado", with spelling influenced by that of such English words as communicate.
[References]
- incommunicado at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
[Synonyms]
- off the grid
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