15114
arcology
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- cool gray
[Etymology]
Blend of architecture and ecology
[Noun]
arcology (countable and uncountable; plural arcologies)
1.(uncountable) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
2.(countable) An extremely large habitat or settlement, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
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0
2012/06/22 17:53
15115
hodgepodge
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ/[Alternative forms]
- hodge-podge
[Noun]
hodgepodge (countable and uncountable; plural hodgepodges)
1.A collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble.
His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together. In fact, all his recent pieces have been similar hodgepodges.
2.1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, / And sorrow, and short as a bubble; / 'Tis a hodge-podge of business, and money, and care, / And care, and money, and trouble.
[Synonyms]
- farrago, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
- See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge
0
0
2012/06/22 17:53
15117
ratting
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- tarting
[Verb]
ratting
1.Present participle of rat.
Don't go ratting to the police about what happened.
0
0
2012/06/22 17:55
15120
trailing
[[English]]
[Adjective]
trailing (not comparable)
1.(rail transport, of points and crossovers) to converge in the direction of travel
[Anagrams]
- ringtail
- trialing
[Antonyms]
- facing
[Verb]
trailing
1.Present participle of trail.
0
0
2012/06/22 17:57
15123
ducking
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌkɪŋ[Derived terms]
- ducking stool
[Noun]
ducking (countable and uncountable; plural duckings)
1.(uncountable) The action of the verb to duck.
2.(countable) An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc).
They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.
[Verb]
ducking
1.Present participle of duck.
0
0
2012/06/22 17:58
15124
duck
[[English]]
ipa :/dʌk/[Etymology 1]
Old English duce
[Etymology 2]
From Dutch doek, doeck (“linen cloth”)
[Etymology 3]
From Middle English douken, from Old English *dūcan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkanan. Akin to German tauchen, Dutch duiken.
[[German]]
ipa :-ʊk[Verb]
duck
1.Imperative singular of ducken.
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0
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2012/06/22 17:58
TaN
15125
Duck
[[English]]
[Etymology]
[Proper noun]
Duck
1.A surname.I LIKE TRAINS
0
0
2012/06/22 17:58
15126
weaseliest
[[English]]
[Adjective]
weaseliest
1.Superlative form of weasely.
0
0
2012/06/22 20:40
15128
weasely
[[English]]
[Adjective]
weasely (comparative weaselier, superlative weaseliest)
1.Devious; misleading.
2.2005, Lauren Mechling; Laura Moser, The Rise and Fall of a 10th-grade Social Climber, page 289:
"It's just, we decided even the slimiest and weaseliest of friends deserve second chances," said Lily.
[Alternative forms]
- weaselly
[Anagrams]
- leeways
[Etymology]
weasel + y
0
0
2012/06/22 20:40
15129
weaselly
[[English]]
[Adjective]
weaselly (comparative more weaselly, superlative most weaselly)
1.Devious; misleading; sneaky.
2.2009 February 11, Maureen Dowd, “Trillion Dollar Baby”, New York Times:
There’s a weaselly feel to the plan, a sense that tough decisions were postponed even as President Obama warns about our “perfect storm of financial problems.”
[Alternative forms]
- weasely
[Anagrams]
- eyewalls
- walleyes
[Etymology]
weasel + -ly
0
0
2012/06/22 20:40
15130
twig
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪɡ[Etymology 1]
Old English twigge, from Proto-Germanic *twīgan (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dwigha (compare Old Church Slavonic dvigŭ 'branch', Albanian degë 'id.'), from *dwó 'two'. More at two.
[Etymology 2]
From Irish and Scots Gaelic tuig, "to understand"
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2012/06/22 20:42
TaN
15131
invitation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Noun]
invitation (plural invitations)
1.The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
2.A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.
3.Allurement; enticement.
4.(fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃/[Noun]
invitation f.
1.invitation
[[Interlingua]]
ipa :/in.vi.taˈtsjon/[Noun]
invitation (plural invitationes)
1.invitation
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0
2012/06/22 20:50
15132
coronary
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒɹən(ə)ɹi/[Adjective]
coronary (comparative more coronary, superlative most coronary)
1.(obsolete) Pertaining to a crown.
2.(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.
[Etymology]
From Latin coronarius, from corona (“crown”).
[Noun]
coronary (plural coronaries)
1.A coronary thrombosis or heart attack.
Manny had a coronary last week, followed by a triple bypass.
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0
2012/06/22 20:59
15133
smarminess
[[English]]
[Etymology]
smarmy +-ness
[Noun]
smarminess (uncountable)
1.The property of being smarmy.
0
0
2012/06/22 21:00
15134
suspicious
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪʃəs[Adjective]
suspicious (comparative more suspicious, superlative most suspicious)
1.Arousing suspicion.
His suspicious behaviour brought him to the attention of the police.
2.distrustful or tending to suspect.
I have a suspicious attitude to get-rich-quick schemes.
3.Expressing suspicion
She gave me a suspicious look.
[Etymology]
[Synonyms]
The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. Use the template {{sense|"gloss"}}, substituting a short version of the definition for "gloss".
- questionable
- doubtful
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0
2012/06/22 21:00
15138
verisimilitude
[[English]]
ipa :/vɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/[Etymology]
From Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).
[Noun]
verisimilitude (plural verisimilitudes)
1.the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism
2.a statement which merely appears to be true
[[French]]
ipa :/vɛʀisimilityd/[Etymology]
From Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similis (“like, resembling, similar”).
[Noun]
verisimilitude f. (plural verisimilitudes)
1.verisimilitude
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0
2012/06/22 21:15
15139
pesky
[[English]]
[Adjective]
pesky (comparative peskier, superlative peskiest)
1.Annoying, troublesome, irritating.
[Anagrams]
- skype
[Etymology]
Possibly from pesty.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:annoying
0
0
2012/06/23 07:25
15140
tej
[[Albanian]]
[Adverb]
tej
1.beyond
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈtɛj/[Etymology]
From an Iranian language, compare Ossetian дæйын (dæjyn, “to suck”), Middle Persian dāyag ("nurse"), Persian دایه (dâye, “nurse”), Kurmanji da (“mother”). Cognates with Sanskrit धयति (dhayati, “to suck, drink”)
[Noun]
tej (plural tejek)
1.milk
[[Polish]]
ipa :[t̪ɛj][Pronoun]
tej
1.genitive singular of ta
2.dative singular of ta
3.locative singular of ta
0
0
2012/06/23 12:09
15142
vase
[[English]]
ipa :/vɑːz/[Anagrams]
- save
[Etymology]
From Middle French vase, from Latin vas
[Noun]
vase (plural vases)
1.A container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/vaːsə/[Etymology]
From French vase, from Latin vās (“vessel”).
[Noun]
vase c. (singular definite vasen, plural indefinite vaser)
1.vase
[[French]]
[Etymology 1]
From Middle French, from Middle Dutch wase (“mud, silt, wet ground, clod of dirt, grass”), from Old Dutch *waso, from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“moist, wet”). More at ouze.
[Etymology 2]
From Latin vas.
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
vāse
1.ablative singular of vāsis
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0
2012/06/23 12:15
15143
searing
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪərɪŋ[Adjective]
searing
1.very hot; blistering or boiling
2.(of a pain) having a sensation of intense sudden heat
[Anagrams]
- Angries, earings, erasing, gainers, inrages, regains, regians
[Noun]
searing (uncountable)
1.action of the verb to sear
2.cooking food quickly at high temperature
[Verb]
searing
1.Present participle of sear.
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0
2012/06/23 12:15
15144
polka
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɒl.kə/[Anagrams]
- pakol
[Etymology]
Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step".
[Noun]
polka (plural polkas)
1.A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
2.The music for this dance.
[Verb]
polka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)
1.(intransitive) To dance the polka.
[[French]]
ipa :/pɔl.ka/[Etymology]
From Czech
[Noun]
polka f. (plural polkas)
1.polka (dance and music)
[[Jèrriais]]
[Etymology]
[Noun]
polka f. (plural polkas)
1.polka (dance and music)
[[Occitan]]
[Noun]
polka f. (plural polkas)
1.polka (dance)
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈpɔlka/[Etymology]
From Czech polka
[Noun]
polka f.
1.polka
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0
2012/06/23 12:15
15145
foam
[[English]]
ipa :/fəʊm/[Etymology]
From Middle English fom, from Old English fām (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *faimaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *poyǝmn-, *spoyǝmn- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).
[Noun]
foam (countable and uncountable; plural foams)
1.A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains.
He doesn't like so much foam in his beer.
A foam mat can soften a hard seat.
2.(by extension) sea foam; (figuratively) the sea.
He is in Europe, across the foam.
[Verb]
foam (third-person singular simple present foams, present participle foaming, simple past and past participle foamed)
1.To form or emit foam.
0
0
2012/06/23 12:18
15147
explanatory
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈsplanət(ə)ri/[Adjective]
explanatory (comparative more explanatory, superlative most explanatory)
1.Intended to serve as an explanation.
Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
2.(of a person) Disposed to explain.
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0
2010/12/08 10:41
2012/06/23 12:20
15149
dawdle
[[English]]
ipa :-ɔːdəl[Anagrams]
- waddle
[Etymology]
This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology. First attested around 1656; variant of daddle ("to walk unsteadily"), perhaps influenced by daw, since the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until around 1775.
[Noun]
dawdle (plural dawdles)
1.A dawdler.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Colman & Carrick to this entry?)
[Verb]
dawdle (third-person singular simple present dawdles, present participle dawdling, simple past and past participle dawdled)
1.(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully, to waste time.
2.(transitive) To spend (time) without haste or purpose.
3.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC Sport:
However all Hennessey's good work went to waste on 52 minutes when he dawdled on the ball.
4.(intransitive) To move or walk lackadaisically.
If you dawdle on your daily walk, you won't get as much exercise.
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0
2012/06/23 12:44
15150
followed
[[English]]
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: beautiful · possible · mark · #425: followed · fear · evening · ground
[Verb]
followed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of follow.
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0
2012/06/23 12:44
15152
roundabout
[[English]]
[Adjective]
roundabout (not comparable)
1.Indirect, circuitous or circumlocutionary; that does not do something in a direct way.
2.1953, Ludwig Von Mises, The Theory of Money and Credit, ISBN 978-1-933550-55-8, page 361:
It is true that longer roundabout processes of production may yield an absolutely greater return than shorter processes.
[Noun]
roundabout (plural roundabouts)
1.(chiefly UK, New Zealand and Australian) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
2.(chiefly UK) A children's play apparatus, often found in parks, which rotates around a central axis when pushed.
3.A fairground carousel.
4.A detour
5.A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
[See also]
- swings and roundabouts
[Synonyms]
- (road junction): traffic circle
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0
2012/06/23 12:44
15153
foyer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɔɪ.eɪ/[Etymology]
From French foyer (“hearth, lobby”), in turn from Vulgar Latin *focārium, from Late Latin focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”)
[Noun]
foyer (plural foyers)
1.A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.
We had a drink in the foyer waiting for the the play to start.
2.The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
[[Czech]]
[Etymology]
From French foyer.
[Noun]
foyer m.
1.theater lobby, foyer.
[[French]]
ipa :/fwa.je/[Etymology]
From Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”)
[Noun]
foyer m. (plural foyers)
1.hearth
2.lobby, foyer
3.home, domicile
4.household
5.source, centre, seat
0
0
2012/06/23 12:45
15154
Foyer
[[German]]
[Etymology]
From French foyer
[Noun]
Foyer n. (genitive Foyers, plural Foyers)
1.foyer
[Synonyms]
- Eingangshalle, Empfangshalle, Vorraum, Wandelgang, Wandelhalle
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0
2012/06/23 12:45
15155
dumb
[[English]]
ipa :/dʌm/[Etymology 1]
From Middle English dumb, from Old English dumb (“silent, silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”), from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz (“dull, dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeubʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Scots dumb (“dumb, silent”), North Frisian dom, domme (“dumb, stupid”), West Frisian dom (“dumb, stupid”), Dutch dom (“dumb, stupid”), German dumm (“dumb, stupid”), Swedish dum (“stupid”), Icelandic dumbur (“dumb, mute”).In ordinary spoken English, a phrase like "He is dumb" is interpreted as "He is stupid" rather than "He lacks the power of speech". The latter example, however, is the original sense of the word. The senses of stupid, unintellectual, and pointless developed under the influence of the German word dumm (which itself derives from Old High German tumb).
[Etymology 2]
From Middle English dumbien, from Old English dumbian (more commonly in compound ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb; keep silence; hold one’s peace”)), from Proto-Germanic *dumbēnan, *dumbōnan (“to be silent, become dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeubʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with German dummen (“to become dumb”).
0
0
2012/06/23 12:46
15156
pity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɪti/[Alternative forms]
- pitty (obsolete)
[Derived terms]
- piteous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- self-pity
- what a pity
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman pité, pittee etc., from Old French pitet, pitié, from Latin pietās.
[Interjection]
pity!
1.Short form of what a pity.
[Noun]
pity (countable and uncountable but not used in the plural)
1.(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
2.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 5:
The most usuall way to appease those minds we have offended [...] is, by submission to move them to commiseration and pitty.
3.(countable but not used in the plural) Something regrettable.
It's a pity you're feeling unwell because there's a party on tonight.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore — title of novel by John Ford
[Synonyms]
- (mercy): ruth
- (something regrettable): shame
- shame, what a pity, what a shame
[Verb]
pity (third-person singular simple present pities, present participle pitying, simple past and past participle pitied)
1.(transitive) To feel pity for (someone or something).
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0
2012/06/23 12:46
15158
alliance
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌˈlaɪ.əns/[Alternative forms]
- alliaunce
[Anagrams]
- ancillae
- canaille
[Etymology]
From Old French aliance (French: alliance).
[External links]
- alliance at OneLook Dictionary Search
- alliance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Noun]
alliance (countable and uncountable; plural alliances)
1.(uncountable) The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
2.(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. --C. J. Smith.
The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. --Mansel.
3.The persons or parties allied. --Udall.
4.(countable) A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage
[Synonyms]
The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. Use the template {{sense|"gloss"}}, substituting a short version of the definition for "gloss".
- connection
- affinity
- union
- confederacy
- confederation
- league
- coalition
[[French]]
ipa :/aljɑ̃s/[Anagrams]
- canaille
[Etymology]
Old French aliance, from alier (modern: allier) "to ally" (compare with Late Latin alligantia).
[Noun]
alliance f. (plural alliances)
1.alliance, union
2.(wedding) ring
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2012/06/23 12:47
15160
aide-de-camp
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
commonly abbreviated to ADC, an initialisation
[Etymology]
French, itself from aide 'aide' + de 'of' camp '(military) camp'
[Noun]
aide-de-camp (plural aides-de-camp)
1.A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.
Unlike the orderly or batman, a humble low-ranking servant, an aide-de-camp is often a general, who before the institution of the chief of staff could hold a similar position to his chief.
[See also]
- equerry
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0
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15161
Camp
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
Camp
1.A diminutive of the male given name Campbell.
0
0
2012/06/23 15:53
15163
CAMP
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- CAPM
- CPAM
[Initialism]
CAMP
1.Central Atlantic magmatic province
0
0
2012/06/23 15:53
15164
cAMP
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- CAPM
- CPAM
[Initialism]
cAMP
1.cyclic AMP
0
0
2012/06/23 15:53
15165
capper
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- precap
[Etymology]
cap + -er
[Noun]
capper (plural cappers)
1.One that caps.
2.A device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
3.A person that makes or sells caps.
4.A finale.
5.2009 February 1, Joe Queenan, “Super Bowl Suits”:
The real capper is when St. John starts fawning over Hugh Hefner , host of the finest Super Bowl party known to man, musing: “The question isn’t whether Hef is the hippest octogenarian on the planet.
6.(US, slang, dated) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers.
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0
2012/06/23 15:53
15166
congregated
[[English]]
[Verb]
congregated
1.Simple past tense and past participle of congregate.
0
0
2012/06/23 15:55
15167
congregate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒŋ.ɡɹə.ɡeɪt/[Adjective]
congregate (comparative more congregate, superlative most congregate)
1.(rare) Collected; compact; close.
[Etymology]
Latin congregatus, past participle of congregare (“to congregate”); from con- (“with, together”) + gregare (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious.
[Verb]
congregate (third-person singular simple present congregates, present participle congregating, simple past and past participle congregated)
1.(transitive): To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.
2.Hooker,
Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church.
3.Coleridge,
Cold congregates all bodies.
4.Milton,
The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas.
5.(intransitive): To come together; to assemble; to meet.
6.William Shakespeare,
Even there where merchants most do congregate.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- conteggerà
[Verb]
congregate
1.second-person plural present indicative of congregare
2.second-person plural imperative of congregare
3.Feminine plural of congregato
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
congregāte
1.first-person plural present active imperative of congregō
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15168
はらう
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
はらう (transitive, godan conjugation, romaji harau)
1.払う: to pay
2.祓う: to exorcise
0
0
2012/06/23 16:24
15173
wriggled
[[English]]
[Verb]
wriggled
1.Simple past tense and past participle of wriggle.
0
0
2012/06/23 19:18
15174
wriggle
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪɡəl[Anagrams]
- wiggler
[Noun]
wriggle (plural wriggles)
1.A wriggling movement.
[Verb]
wriggle (third-person singular simple present wriggles, present participle wriggling, simple past and past participle wriggled)
1.(intransitive) To slightly twist one's body and quickly move one's limbs.
Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
2.1972, Carlos Castañeda, The teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui way of knowledge[1], page 78:
I tried to ease my grip, but my hands were sweating so profusely that the lizards began to wriggle out of them.
3.(transitive) To cause to or make something wriggle.
He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
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0
2012/06/23 19:18
15175
impatient
[[English]]
[Adjective]
impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)
1.restless and intolerant of delays
2.anxious and eager, especially to begin something
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃/[Adjective]
impatient m. (f. impatiente, m. plural impatients, f. plural impatientes)
1.impatient
[Noun]
impatient m. (plural impatients)
1.impatient person
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2011/02/06 16:58
2012/06/23 19:19
TaN
15177
pixie
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪksi[Alternative forms]
- pixy
[Noun]
pixie (plural pixies)
1.A playful sprite, elflike or fairy-like creature.
2.(slang) a cute, petite woman with short hair
3.(astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a short-lasting pinpoint of light on the surface of convective domes that produces a gnome.
[Synonyms]
- brownie
- fairy
- gnome
- imp
- sprite
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Python
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Typhon
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek Πύθων (Puthōn), from Πυθώ (Pūthō), the early name of Delphi, from πυθώ (puthō, “to rot, to decay”).
[Proper noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:PythonWikipediaPython
1.(Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
2.1995, Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology, page 11,
Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python, and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the Python, suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.
3.2000, Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis, page 70,
It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python coiled round the omphalos. […] Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.413 Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.
4.2005, M. A. Dwight, Taylor Lewis, Grecian and Roman Mythology, page 183,
Python, says Bailey, is derived from Putho to putrify, and the serpent Python being slain by Apollo, is thus interpreted: by Python is understood the ruin of the waters ; Apollo slew this serpent with his arrows ; that is, the beams of the sun dispersed the noxious vapours, which destroyed man like a devouring serpent.
5.A programming language invented by Guido van Rossum, named after Monty Python.
6.(informal) The British comedy troupe Monty Python.
7.A member of Monty Python: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin; referred to collectively as The Pythons.
John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons.
[See also]
- python
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- typhon
[Proper noun]
Python m.
1.Python programming language
[[German]]
[Noun]
Python m. (genitive Pythons, plural Pythons)
1.python (snake) Python n. (genitive Python, no plural)
1.Python
[[Italian]]
[Proper noun]
Python m.
1.Python programming language
[[Portuguese]]
[Proper noun]
Python m.
1.Python programming language
[[Spanish]]
[Proper noun]
Python m.
1.Python programming language
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bendy
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛndi[Adjective]
bendy (comparative bendier, superlative bendiest)
1.Having the ability to be bent easily.
Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
2.(informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
Gymnasts are very bendy people.
3.Containing many bends and twists.
a bendy road
4.Of a vehicle, articulated.
a bendy bus
5.(heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour
[Noun]
bendy (plural bendies)
1.(heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
[References]
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
[Synonyms]
- (having the ability to be bent easily): flexible, pliable, supple
- (of a person): flexible, limber, lissom or lissome, lithe, supple
- (having many bends and twists): sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy
- (articulated): articulated, jointed
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augmente
[[French]]
[Verb]
augmente
1.first-person singular present indicative of augmenter
2.third-person singular present indicative of augmenter
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of augmenter
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of augmenter
5.second-person singular imperative of augmenter
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reflexes
[[English]]
[Noun]
reflexes
1.Plural form of reflex.
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
reflexes
1.second-person singular present subjunctive of reflexar
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reflex
[[English]]
[Adjective]
reflex (comparative more reflex, superlative most reflex)
1.Bent, turned back or reflected.
2.Produced automatically by a stimulus.
3.(geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
4.1878, James Maurice Wilson, Elementary Geometry, MacMillan, page 10:
A polygon is said to be convex when no one of its angles is reflex.
5.1895, David Eugen Smith and Wooster Woodruff Bernan, New Plane and Solid Geometry, page 7:
An angle less than a right angle is said to be acute; one greater than a right angle but less than a straight angle is said to be obtuse; one greater than a straight angle but less than a perigon is said to be reflex or convex.
6.1958, Howard Fehr, “On Teaching Dihedral Angle and Steradian” in The Mathematics Teacher, v 51, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, page 275:
If the reflex region is the interior of the angle, the dihedral angle is reflex.
7.1991, B. Falcidieno et al, “Configurable Representations in Feature-based Modelling” in Eurographics '91: Proceedings, North-Holland, page 145:
A reflex edge of a polyhedron is an edge where the inner dihedral angle subtended by two incident faces is greater than 180°.
8.2001, Esther M. Arkin et al, “On the Reflexivity of Point Sets”, in Algorithms and data structures: 7th International Workshop, WADS 2001: Proceedings, Springer, page 195:
We say that an angle is convex if it is not reflex.
9.2004, Ana Paula Tomás and António Leslie Bajuelos, “Quadratic-Time Linear-Space Algorithms Generating Orthogonal Polygons with a Given Number of Vertices”, in Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2004 Proceedings, part 3, Springer, page 117:
P denotes a polygon and r the number of reflex vertices.
[Etymology]
From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”).
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ReflexWikipedia reflex (plural reflexes)
1.An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
2.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.
3.(linguistics) A corresponding phoneme in a daughter language.
[Synonyms]
- (of an angle): re-entrant
[Verb]
reflex (third-person singular simple present reflexes, present participle reflexing, simple past and past participle reflexed)
1.to bend, turn back or reflect
2.to respond to a stimulus
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
reflex c.
1.a reflex, a (quick and spontaneous) reaction
2.a reflector (tag, strip or band; carried by pedestrians and bicyclists to be visible from automobiles)
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retrospect
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈrɛtroˌspɛkt/[Antonyms]
- prospect
[Etymology]
Latin retrōspectum, from retrōspicio (“to look back at”).
[Noun]
retrospect (plural retrospects)
1.consideration of past times
2.1853, Charlotte Bronte, "Villette":
My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...
3.1976, Terry Kay, The Year the Lights Came On, 1989 University of Georgia Press edition, ISBN 0820311286, page 298:
Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.
[Verb]
retrospect
1.To look or refer back to; to reflect on
2.1804: Alexander Hamilton, Letter to John Adams (Bartlett) - To give a correct idea of the circumstances.., it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.
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internecine
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn/[Adjective]
internecine (not comparable)
1.Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
Internecine strife in Gaza claimed its most senior victim yesterday when militants assassinated one of the most hated security chiefs there.
2.Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship.
The Mongol people were plagued by internecine conflict until Genghis Khan unified them and focused their aggression outwards on other peoples.
3.circa 1900, Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, published 2010:
During the year of my engagement — 1869 — while I was out on the lecture platform, the daily letter that came for me generally brought me news from the front — by which expression I refer to the internecine war that was always going on in a friendly way between these two orthographists about the spelling of words.
[Etymology]
From Latin internecīvus, deadly, alternatively, Latin inter (between) and necare (to slay).
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thrombosis
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊsɪs[Noun]
thrombosis (plural thromboses)
1.(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.
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