14294
incendiaries
[[English]]
[Noun]
incendiaries
1.Plural form of incendiary.
0
0
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14296
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.
0
0
2009/10/13 08:35
2012/04/20 17:57
14300
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
0
0
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14302
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.
0
0
2012/04/20 17:57
14303
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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0
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14305
noncarcinogenic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
noncarcinogenic (comparative more noncarcinogenic, superlative most noncarcinogenic)
1.Not carcinogenic
0
0
2012/04/20 17:57
14306
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
0
0
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14307
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
0
0
2012/04/20 17:57
14308
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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0
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14311
hapless
[[English]]
[Adjective]
hapless (comparative more hapless, superlative most hapless)
1.Very unlucky; ill-fated.
2.1826, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Last Man, ch. 9:
We saw the ruins of this hapless city from the height of the tower of San Marco.
3.1914, John Galsworthy, The Mob, act 1:
My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?
4.2008, Harriet Barovick, "Detroit The Lost Season," Time, 31 Dec.:
The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.
5.1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, Frankenstein[1]:
Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.
[Anagrams]
- plashes
[Etymology]
hap + -less
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0
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14316
despised
[[English]]
[Adjective]
despised (comparative more despised, superlative most despised)
1.Hated; viewed with scorn.
The dictator's cruelty made him the most despised person in the region.
[Anagrams]
- depsides
[Verb]
despised
1.Simple past tense and past participle of despise.
The little boy loved peas but despised spinach.
0
0
2012/04/20 17:57
14317
despise
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪz[Antonyms]
- respect
- revere
[Etymology]
From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin despicere, present active infinitive of dēspiciō (“I look down upon, despise, scorn”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”).
[Synonyms]
- scorn
- See also Wikisaurus:despise
[Verb]
despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)
1.To regard with contempt or scorn.
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0
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14320
infinite
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/[Adjective]
infinite (comparative more infinite, superlative most infinite)
1.Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. [from 14th c.]
2.1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.40:
The number is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same.
3.Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. [from 15th c.]
4.(now rare) With plural noun: infinitely many. [from 15th c.]
5.(mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless. [from 17th c.]
6.(set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.
7.(grammar) Not limited by person or number. [from 19th c.]
[Antonyms]
- finite
- infinitesimal
- limited
[Etymology]
From Latin infinitus, from in- (“not”) + finis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -itus.
[Numeral]
infinite
1.Infinitely many.
[Synonyms]
- boundless
- countless
- endless
- immeasurable
- inestimable
- interminable
- limitless
- unbounded
- unlimited
- vast
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
infinite pl.
1.feminine form of infinito
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
īnfīnīte
1.vocative masculine singular of īnfīnītus
0
0
2012/04/20 18:24
14326
hermit
[[English]]
ipa :-ɜː(r)mɪt[Anagrams]
- mither
[Etymology]
From Old French eremite, from Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (eremites, "person of the desert") from ἐρημία (eremia, "desert, solitude", from ἔρημος or ἐρῆμος eremos "uninhabited") plus the -ίτης suffix.
[Noun]
hermit (plural hermits)
1.A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
2.A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
3.A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
[See also]
- monachos
- monk
[Synonyms]
- eremite
- See also Wikisaurus:recluse
0
0
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14329
工
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Pictogram (象形) – a carpenter’s rule.
[Han character]
工 (radical 48 工+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一中一 (MLM), four-corner 10100)
1.labour, work
2.worker, labourer
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
工 (jyutping gung1, Yale gung1)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
工 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
工
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 공 (revised: gong, McCune-Reischauer: kong)
- Name (hangeul): 장인, 로동, 노동()
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
工 (pinyin gōng (gong1), Wade-Giles kung1)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
工 (gung)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
工 (công, cong, côông, gồng, trong, cung)
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0
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14331
shrugged
[[English]]
[Verb]
shrugged
1.Simple past tense and past participle of shrug.
0
0
2012/04/21 08:06
14332
shrug
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌɡ[Etymology]
Unknown.
[Noun]
shrug (plural shrugs)
1.A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference.
He dismissed my comment with a shrug.
[Verb]
shrug (third-person singular simple present shrugs, present participle shrugging, simple past and past participle shrugged)
1.(intransitive) To raise the shoulders to express a lack of knowledge or certainty.
I asked him for an answer and he just shrugged.
2.(intransitive) To raise the shoulders to express a lack of concern or worry.
When he saw the problem, he just shrugged and started fixing it.
0
0
2012/04/21 08:06
14333
clucked
[[English]]
[Verb]
clucked
1.Simple past tense and past participle of cluck.
0
0
2012/04/21 08:06
14334
cluck
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌk[Etymology]
Onomatopoeic.
[Noun]
cluck (plural clucks)
1.The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
2.Any sound similar to this.
3.A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
[See also]
- cackle
[Verb]
cluck (third-person singular simple present clucks, present participle clucking, simple past and past participle clucked)
1.To make such a sound.
2.(UK, drug slang) to suffer withdrawal from heroin.
0
0
2012/04/21 08:06
14335
had
[[English]]
ipa :/hæd/[Anagrams]
- ADH
- AHD
- dah
- DHA
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: it · for · as · #16: had · you · not · be
[Verb]
had
1.Simple past tense and past participle of have.
2.1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:
About thirty years ago, Miss Maria Ward of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton [...].
3.(auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (+ past participle).
4.2011, Ben Cooper, The Guardian, 15 Apr 2011:
Cooper seems an odd choice, but imagine if they had taken MTV's advice and chosen Robert Pattinson?
5.(auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: ‘would have’.
6.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.4:
Julius Cæsar had escaped death, if going to the Senate-house, that day wherein he was murthered by the Conspirators, he had read a memorial which was presented unto him.
7.1849, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 24:
If all was good and fair we met, / This earth had been the Paradise / It never look’d to human eyes / Since our first Sun arose and set.
[[Breton]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Celtic *sato-, from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.
[Noun]
had
1.(botany) seed
[[Czech]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *gadъ.
[Noun]
had m.
1.snake
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
From Old Norse hatr, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“hate”).
[Noun]
had n. (singular definite hadet, not used in plural form)
1.hate, hatred
[Verb]
had
1.imperative of hade
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɑt[Verb]
had
1.singular past indicative of hebben.
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈhɒd/[Etymology]
From the same Finno-Ugric root *kunta as Finnish kunta.
[Noun]
had (plural hadak)
1.(military) army
[[Old English]]
[Etymology]
Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition, rank, person”). Akin to Old Norse heiðr "dignity, honor", Gothic 𐌷̰̹̳̿̓ (haidus, “manner”).
[Noun]
hād m.
1.person, individual; character
2.individuality
3.rank, order; degree
4.honor, dignity
5.office (esp religious)
6.state, condition; nature, manner
7.sex, gender
8.race; kindred, family; tribe, group
9.choir
[[Slovak]]
[Noun]
had m., hady pl.
had stem
hada gen sg
(declension pattern): dub
1.snake, serpent
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
From Arabic حَدّ.
[Noun]
had
1.limit
2.boundary
[[Upper Sorbian]]
[Noun]
had m.
1.snake, serpent
[[Welsh]]
ipa :[hɑːd][Etymology]
From Proto-Celtic *sato-, from *sh₁-tó-, past participle of Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow”). Cognate with English seed.
[Noun]
had m. (collective, singulative hedyn, plural hadau)
1.(botany) seed, seeds (collectively)
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TaN
14337
dojo
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/[Alternative forms]
- dōjō
[Etymology]
From Japanese 道場 (dōjō, “place of the way”)
[Noun]
dojo (plural dojos or dojo)
1.(martial arts) A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese 道場 (dōjō, “place of the way”)
[Noun]
dojo m. (plural dojos)
1.(martial arts) dojo
[[Polish]]
[Etymology]
From Japanese 道場 (dōjō, “place of the way”)
[Noun]
dojo n. (indeclinable)
1.dojo (a place where martial arts are practiced)
0
0
2012/04/21 08:08
14338
stiletto
[[English]]
[Adjective]
stiletto
1.Sharp and narrow like a stiletto.
Her stiletto heels would cause damage if she ever stepped on someone's foot with them.
[Noun]
stiletto (plural stilettos or stilettoes)
1.A short sharp knife or dagger-like weapon intended for stabbing.
2.A rapier.
3.An awl.
4.A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (stiletto heel).
[Verb]
stiletto (third-person singular simple present stilettos, present participle stilettoing, simple past and past participle stilettoed)
1.To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
stiletto m. (plural stiletti)
1.stiletto, dagger
[Verb]
stiletto
1.first-person singular present indicative of stilettare
0
0
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14339
いさましい
[[Japanese]]
[Adjective]
いさましい (い-i declension, romaji isamashii)
1.勇ましい: courageous
0
0
2012/04/21 11:53
14343
niece
[[English]]
ipa :/niːs/[Antonyms]
- (with regard to gender) nephew
- (with regard to ancestry) aunt, uncle
[Etymology]
Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce "niece") from Vulgar Latin *neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *nepot- (“grandchild, sister's son”). Akin to Old High German nift (“niece, granddaughter”) (German Nichte (“niece”)). Displaced native Middle English nifte (“niece, granddaughter”) (from Old English nift (“niece, granddaughter”)).
[Noun]
niece (plural nieces)
1.A daughter of someone’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
[See also]
- dad / mom
- brother / sister
- grandfather / grandmother
- cousin
- step-
[[Danish]]
ipa :/niɛːsə/[Antonyms]
- brorsøn ("fraternal nephew")
- nevø ("nephew")
- søstersøn("sororal nephew")
[Etymology]
From French nièce (“niece”).
[External links]
- Niece on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
[Noun]
niece c. (singular definite niecen, plural indefinite niecer)
1.niece
[Synonyms]
- (fraternal niece): brordatter
- (sororal niece): søsterdatter
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
Late Latin *neptia
[Noun]
niece f. (oblique plural nieces, nominative singular niece, nominative plural nieces)
1.niece
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
niece c.
1.niece
0
0
2012/04/21 17:02
14345
excrement
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛkskɹəmənt/[Etymology 1]
From Latin excrēmentum, from excernere (“to excrete”).
[Etymology 2]
From Latin excrēmentum, from excrēscere (“to grow out”).
0
0
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14348
temperament
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:TemperamentWikipedia temperament (plural temperaments)
1.(obsolete) A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
2.(obsolete) Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
3.a person's normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting
4.a tendency to become irritable or angry
5.(music) the altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key
[[Dutch]]
[Noun]
temperament n. (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
1.(psychology) temperament: the usual mood of a person, or typical manner of thinking, behaving, and acting
Oorspronkelijk waren in de Griekse oudheid de temperamenten de naam voor vier persoonlijkheidstypen: het sanguïnische, flegmatische, cholerische en melancholische temperament.[1]
Originally, in Greek antiquity, the temperaments were the names of the four personality types: the sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric and melancholy temperaments.
2.temperament: a tendency to become irritable or angry
3.(music) temperament: a specific system of note pitches of a musical instrument
0
0
2012/04/21 18:03
14349
underclassman
[[English]]
[Noun]
underclassman (plural underclassmen)
1.(US)The opposite of an upperclassman; a freshman or sophomore.
0
0
2012/04/21 18:03
14350
maturation
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- natatorium
[Etymology]
maturate + -ion
[Noun]
maturation (countable and uncountable; plural maturations)
1.The process of becoming mature
2.(biology) The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism
[[French]]
[Noun]
maturation f. (plural maturations)
1.maturation
0
0
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14352
wholesomeness
[[English]]
[Noun]
wholesomeness (uncountable)
1.The state of being wholesome.
0
0
2012/04/21 18:06
14353
fate
[[English]]
ipa :/feɪt/[Anagrams]
- EFTA
- feat, feat.
- feta
- TAFE
[Antonyms]
- choice
- free will
- freedom
[Etymology]
From Latin fata 'prediction' (neutral plural of fatum), fatus 'spoken', fari 'to speak'.
[Noun]
fate (countable and uncountable; plural fates)
1.The cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
2.The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
3.Destiny (perhaps connotes death, ruin, misfortune, etc.).
Accept your fate.
4.The three goddesses (The Fates) of classic European mythology who are said to control the fate of human beings.
[Synonyms]
- destiny
- doom
- fortune
- lot
- necessity
- orlay
- predestination
[Verb]
fate (third-person singular simple present fates, present participle fating, simple past and past participle fated)
1.(transitive) To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.
The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father, not all his striving could change what would occur.
[[Italian]]
ipa :[ˈfaː.t̪e][Anagrams]
- afte
[Noun]
fate f.
1.Plural form of fata.
[Verb]
fate
1.second-person plural indicative present of fare
2.second-person plural imperative of fare
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
fate
1.vocative masculine singular of fatus
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
fate
1.dative singular form of fat
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14354
Fate
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- EFTA
- feat, feat.
- feta
- TAFE
[Proper noun]
Fate
1.Any one of the Fates.
2.A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).
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14355
loquacious
[[English]]
ipa :/ləʊˈkweɪʃəs/[Adjective]
loquacious (comparative more loquacious, superlative most loquacious)
1.Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.
2.1841, James Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer, ch. 8:
On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious, or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.
[Antonyms]
- quiet, reserved, taciturn
[Etymology]
From Latin loquacis, ‘talkative’, from loqui, ‘to speak’.
[Synonyms]
- chatty, talkative, garrulous
- See also Wikisaurus:talkative
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diarrhea
[[English]]
ipa :ˈdaɪˌɔː(ɹ).iː.ə/[Alternative forms]
- diarrhoea (British)
- diarrhœa
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek διάρροια (“through-flowing”), from διά (dia, “through”) + ῥέω (rheō, “flow”).
[Noun]
diarrhea (countable and uncountable; plural diarrheas)
1.(chiefly North America) A condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.
2.The watery excrement that comes from said bowel movements.
[Synonyms]
- (medical condition): the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish) (all slang)
- See also Wikisaurus:diarrhea
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blabbed
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- babbled
[Verb]
blabbed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of blab.
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blab
[[English]]
ipa :/blæb/[Etymology]
Middle English blabben (“to talk foolishly”), back-formation from blaberen.
[Noun]
blab (plural blabs)
1.One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.
[Related terms]
- blabber
- blabbermouth
- blabby
- blubber
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:chatter
[Verb]
blab (third-person singular simple present blabs, present participle blabbing, simple past and past participle blabbed)
1.To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.
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unsolicited
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unsolicited (comparative more unsolicited, superlative most unsolicited)
1.not requested, welcome or invited
People have become very frustrated with unsolicited sales calls.
[Antonyms]
- solicited
[Etymology]
un- + solicited
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foursome
[[English]]
[Etymology]
four + -some
[Noun]
foursome (plural foursomes)
1.A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
2.A fourgie, sex between four people
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wallowing
[[English]]
[Verb]
wallowing
1.Present participle of wallow.
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wallow
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɒləʊ/[Etymology 1]
Old English wealwian, from Proto-Germanic *walwōnan.
[Etymology 2]
(From inflected forms of) Old English wealġ, from Proto-Germanic *walwo-. Cognate with dialectal Norwegian valg (“tasteless”). Compare waugh.
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obfuscatory
[[English]]
[Adjective]
obfuscatory (comparative more obfuscatory, superlative most obfuscatory)
1.Tending to obfuscate; intended to conceal the truth by confusion.
I can't vote for a resolution with such obfuscatory language.
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broadly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
broadly (comparative more broadly, superlative most broadly)
1.In a wide manner, liberally, in a loose sense.
[Etymology]
broad + -ly
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acceptable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
acceptable (comparative more acceptable, superlative most acceptable)
1.Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
2.Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
[Antonyms]
- unacceptable
- inacceptable
[Etymology]
From Old French acceptable, from Latin acceptabilis (“worthy of acceptance”).
[External links]
- acceptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- acceptable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- acceptable at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Catalan]]
ipa :-aβɫə[Adjective]
acceptable m. and f. (plural acceptables)
1.acceptable
[[Danish]]
[Adjective]
acceptable
1.definite of acceptabel
2.plural of acceptabel
[[French]]
[Adjective]
acceptable (epicene, plural acceptables)
1.acceptable
[Antonyms]
- inacceptable
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
acceptable
1.absolute definite natural masculine form of acceptabel.
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責任
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
責任 (hiragana せきにん, romaji sekinin)
1.responsibility
2.duty
[[Mandarin]]
[Noun]
責任 (traditional, Pinyin zérèn, simplified 责任)
1.responsibility
2.fault; blame
3.duty
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qol
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Noun]
qol
1.hand.
[References]
- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
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vel
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
From Latin velum.
[Noun]
vel m.
1.A veil
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
vel m. (plural vels)
1.A veil
[[Czech]]
[Verb]
vel
1.imperative of velet
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛl[Etymology]
From Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch *fel, from Proto-Germanic *fellan, from Proto-Indo-European *pello-, *pelno-, whence Latin pellis, Greek πέλλα; cognate with German Fell.
[Noun]
vel n. (plural vellen, diminutive velletje)
1.A skin, hide
2.A fur, pelt
3.A sheet (e.g. of paper; incorrectly used for a page)
Het glas van een gloeilamp is niet veel dikker dan een vel papier
The glass of a lightbulb is not much thicker than a sheet of paper.
4.A membrane, e.g. forming on boiling milk
5.A rag, shred
Zijn onderbroek hing in vellen na de stokslagen
His briefs were shredded after the caning
[References]
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
- Etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal, by Johannes Franck, M. Nijhoff 1892
[Synonyms]
- (skin): huid
- (fur): pels
- (sheet): blad n.
[Verb]
vel
1.first-person singular present indicative of vellen.
2.imperative of vellen.
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/vɛːl/[Adverb]
vel (comparative betur, superlative best) (háttaratviksorð (“adverb of manner”))
1.well
[Verb]
vel
1.first-person singular present indicative of velja
2.imperative singular of velja
[[Latin]]
ipa :/wel/[Conjunction]
vel
1.either, or; and/or
2.2005, D.J. Krus, Elements of Propositional Calculus
In theatro comediae vel tragediae aguntur.
In theater, comedies or tragedies are played.
[Etymology]
Originally the second-person singular present active imperative form of volō (“I wish”, “I want”).
[See also]
- aut
[[Lojban]]
[Rafsi]
vel
1.Rafsi of ve.
[[Low German]]
[Adjective]
vel
1.Alternative spelling of veel.
[Adverb]
vel
1.Alternative spelling of veel.
[[Manx]]
[Usage notes]
- Use with cha primarily confined to higher registers.
[Verb]
vel
1.present dependent form of bee
2.Abbyr dy vel eh çheet. Let us assume that he is coming.
3.As ta'n chooid share jeh nagh vel ee ny ben Vanninagh. The beauty of it is that she is not Manx.
4.Cha vel breagerey dy ve credjit ga dy vel eh ginsh yn irriney. A liar is not to be believed even if he tells the truth.
5.Vel oo ayns shoh rish foddey? Have you been here long?
[[Old High German]]
[Etymology]
Proto-Germanic *fellan, whence also Old English fell
[Noun]
vel n.
1.A fur
[[Volapük]]
[Numeral]
vel
1.(cardinal) seven
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なぐる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
なぐる (transitive, godan conjugation, romaji naguru)
1.殴る: hit
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へいき
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
へいき (romaji heiki)
1.平気: calmness
2.兵器: weapon, arms
3.併記: writing side-by-side, writing corresponding things together
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平気
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
平気 (hiragana へいき, romaji heiki)
1.calmness; lack of concern
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でも
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
で (de) + も (mo)
[Particle]
でも (demo)
1.even
2.宇宙からでも万里の長城が見える。
うちゅうからでもばんりのちょうじょうがみえる。
Uchū kara demo Banri no Chōjō ga mieru.
Even from space you can see the Great Wall of China.
3.or
4.お茶でも、コーヒーでも、どうですか?
おちゃでも、コーヒーでも、どうですか?
Ocha demo, kōhī demo, dō desu ka?
How about some tea or coffee?
5.also in
6.日本でも英語を勉強する。
にほんでもえいごをべんきょうする。
Nihon demo eigo o benkyō suru.
In Japan also, we study English.
7.but, however
8.でも、私はそう思もわない。
でも、わたしはそうおもわない。
Demo, watashi wa sō omowanai.
However, I don't think so.
9.or something
10.酒でも飲もうよ。
Saké demo nomou yo.
Let's have a drink or something.
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もどる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
もどる (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji modoru)
1.戻る: to go back, return, recover
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あいて
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
あいて (romaji aite)
1.相手: opponent, partner
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