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18139 apologist [[English]] [Etymology] apology +‎ -ist. From French apologiste. [Noun] apologist (plural apologists) 1.One who makes an apology. 2.One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. [References] - apologist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [Synonyms] - (one who makes an apology): apologizer, apologiser 0 0 2012/11/24 14:11
18140 enmity [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛnmɪtɪ/[Alternative forms] Variant spellings[1] [Antonyms] - amity [Etymology] From Old French enemistié, ennemistié, from Late Latin *inimīcitāt(em), from Latin inimīcus (“enemy”); cognates: French inimitié, Portuguese inimizade, Spanish enemistad.[1] [Noun] enmity (plural enmities) 1.The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. 2.2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242e. Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity. 3.A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity. 4.1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 1 I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways. [Synonyms] - hostility, antagonism, animosity, rancor, antipathy, animus 0 0 2012/01/03 18:35 2012/11/24 14:11
18141 toadies [[English]] [Anagrams] - iodates [Noun] toadies 1.Plural form of toady. [Verb] toadies 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toady. 0 0 2012/11/24 14:11
18142 toady [[English]] ipa :-əʊdi[Anagrams] - today, to-day [Noun] toady (plural toadies) 1.A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage. 2.1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 61 But how could she have helped herself? I asked, imagining the sneers and the laughter, the adulation of the toadies, the scepticism of the professional poet. 3.1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1 "Go on, Hiram, show 'em what you can do," urged Luke Fodick, who was a sort of toady to Hiram Shell, the school bully, if ever there was one. [Synonyms] - See also Wikisaurus:sycophant [Verb] toady (third-person singular simple present toadies, present participle toadying, simple past and past participle toadied) 1.(intransitive, construed with to) To behave like a toady (to someone). 0 0 2012/11/24 14:11
18143 commiserated [[English]] [Verb] commiserated 1.Simple past tense and past participle of commiserate. 0 0 2012/06/24 17:00 2012/11/24 14:11
18144 commiserate [[English]] ipa :/kəˈmɪzəɹət/[Etymology 1] From commiserātus, the perfect passive participle of commiseror. [Etymology 2] Modelled upon commiserāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin commiseror. [Related terms] - misery [[Italian]] [Anagrams] - ammoscirete - esercitammo [Verb] commiserate 1.second-person plural present indicative of commiserare 2.second-person plural imperative of commiserare 3.Feminine plural of commiserato 0 0 2012/06/24 17:00 2012/11/24 14:11
18145 一 [[Translingual]] [Alternative forms] - 1, 〡, ¹, ₁, ①, ⑴, ⒈, ⓵, ❶, ⼀, ㆒, ㈠, ㊀, 壱, 弌, 扠, 搋 [Etymology] 一 is the simplified form of 弌, potentially representing an outstretched finger. [Han character] See images of Radical 1 一一 (radical 1 一+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 一 (M), four-corner 10000) 1.one 2.alone 3.Radical 一 [References] - KangXi: page 75, character 1 - Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1 - Dae Jaweon: page 129, character 1 - Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 1, character 1 - Unihan data for U+4E00 - http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kanji-etymology-dictionary.cfm [See also] - (Chinese written numbers): 〇  一  二  三  四  五  六  七  八  九  十 - (Chinese financial form): 壹 - (Other powers of ten): 分 - Similar characters: 亠 [[Cantonese]] ipa :/jɐt˥/[Etymology] From Old Chinese *?yit. [Hanzi] 一 (jyutping jat1, Yale yat1) [Numeral] 一 (jyutping jat1, yale yat1) 1.(cardinal) one [[Japanese]] ipa :/i.tiꜜ/[Etymology 1] From Sinitic 一, from Old Chinese *?yit. [Etymology 2] From Old Japanese./hito2/: [pitə] > [ɸitə] > [ɸito] > [çito] [Etymology 3] From 始め (hajime, “beginning, first”), stem noun form of verb 始める (hajimeru, “to begin something”). The use of the kanji 一 for the reading hajime is an example of jukujikun. [Kanji] 一 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji) 1.one 2."one" radical (いち) [[Korean]] [Hanja] 一 Eumhun: - Sound (hangeul): 일 (revised: il, McCune-Reischauer: il, Yale: il) - Name (hangeul): 하나 (revised: hana, McCune-Reischauer: hana, Yale: hana) [[Mandarin]] [Etymology] From Old Chinese *?yit. [Hanzi] 一 (pinyin yī (yi1), Wade-Giles i1) [Numeral] 一 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yī) 1.(cardinal) oneNote Often pronounced yāo when giving a sequence of digits such as a telephone number. - Wubi Xing: ggll - Wubi Hua: 1 - Quwei: 5027 - - Last: 零 - Next: 二 [[Min Nan]] [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] 一 (nhất, nhắt, nhứt) [[Wu]] ipa :/iɔ/ 0 0 2012/09/29 14:10 2012/11/24 14:11
18151 brimming [[English]] [Verb] brimming 1.Present participle of brim. 0 0 2012/11/24 14:15
18153 mercantile [[English]] [Adjective] mercantile (not comparable) 1.Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit [Alternative forms] - merchantile [[Italian]] [Adjective] mercantile m. and f. (m and f plural mercantili) 1.merchant (attribute), mercantile, commercial marina mercantile - merchant navy [Noun] mercantile m. (plural mercantili) 1.merchant ship [Synonyms] - commerciale 0 0 2012/11/24 14:18
18155 appendage [[English]] [Etymology] append +‎ -age [Noun] appendage (plural appendages) 1.an external body part that projects from the body 2.a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism 3.a part that is joined to something larger [Synonyms] - extremity, member - outgrowth, process 0 0 2012/11/24 14:28
18156 attestation [[English]] ipa :/ˈæ.tɛs.teɪ.ʃən/[Noun] Wikipedia has an article on:Attested languageWikipedia attestation (plural attestations) 1.Something which bears witness, confirms or authenticates 2.Such a confirmation or authentication 3.The process of providing an independent opinion on published financial and other business information of a business, public agency, or other organization performed by accountants or auditors. 4.(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (linguistics) (of a language or word) An appearance in records. The poem called ‘Beowulf,’ preserved on the Nowell Codex, is one attestation of Old English, which can thus be called an ‘attested language’; Proto-Indo-European, a reconstructed language, has no such attestations. [[French]] [Noun] attestation f. (plural attestations) 1.certificate 2.testimonial 3.attestation 4.statement 5.declaration 6.affidavit 0 0 2012/11/24 14:30
18157 antiballistic [[English]] [Adjective] antiballistic 1.(of a missile, or system) designed to detect, intercept, and destroy a ballistic missile in flight [Etymology] anti- +‎ ballistic 0 0 2012/11/24 17:25
18158 aorta [[English]] ipa :/eɪˈɔːtə/[Etymology] From Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortē, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aorteō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeirō, “I lift, raise”) [Noun] aorta (plural aortas or aortae) 1.(anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. 2.(figuratively) The liveliest part of something. Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan. [1] [[Catalan]] [Noun] aorta f. (plural aortes) 1.aorta [[Italian]] [Anagrams] - arato - orata [Noun] aorta f. (plural aorte) 1.(anatomy) aorta [[Polish]] [Noun] aorta f. 1.aorta[edit] Declension    declension of aorta [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/ǎoːrta/[Noun] àōrta f. (Cyrillic spelling а̀о̄рта) 1.aorta [[Spanish]] ipa :/a.ˈoɾ.ta/[Etymology] From Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortē, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aorteō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeirō, “I lift, raise”). [Noun] aorta f. (plural aortas) 1.aorta [[Swedish]] [Noun] aorta c. 1.aorta 0 0 2012/11/24 17:26
18160 betroth [[English]] ipa :/bəˈtroʊð/[Etymology] Middle English bitreuthien, from treuthe, "truth". See also troth [Verb] betroth (third-person singular simple present betroths, present participle betrothing, simple past and past participle betrothed) 1.To promise to give in marriage. He betrothed his daughter to a distant relative. 2.1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor. 3.To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? — Deuteronomy. 0 0 2012/11/24 17:46
18161 bemused [[English]] [Adjective] bemused (comparative more bemused, superlative most bemused) 1.deeply thoughtful; preoccupied 2.perplexed and bewildered [Verb] bemused 1.Simple past tense and past participle of bemuse. 0 0 2012/11/24 17:46
18162 bemuse [[English]] ipa :/bɪˈmjuːz/[Etymology] From be- +‎ muse. In meaning, influenced by bemaze. [Verb] bemuse (third-person singular simple present bemuses, present participle bemusing, simple past and past participle bemused) 1.(transitive) To confuse or bewilder. 2.1735 A parson much be-mus'd in beer. — Alexander Pope, Satires of Dr. Donne versified 3.1771 [With] fairy tales bemused the shepherd lies. — James Foot, Penseroso 4.1847 The bad metaphysics with which they bemuse themselves. — Hugh Miller, First Impressions of England and its people 5.(archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses. 6.1705 When those incorrigible things, Poets, are once irrecoverably Be-mus'd. — Alexander Pope, Letters 0 0 2010/06/07 14:39 2012/11/24 17:46
18163 薬 [[Translingual]] [Han character] 薬 (radical 140 艸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈人木 (TIOD), composition ⿱艹楽) 1.drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine [[Cantonese]] [Hanzi] 薬 (Yale yeuk3) [[Japanese]] [Etymology] Same origin as 奇し (kusushi, “mystical”). [Kanji] 薬 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 藥) [Noun] 薬 (hiragana くすり, romaji kusuri) 1.A medicine or drug. 2.(Abbreviation of uwagusuri) A ceramic glaze or enamel. [[Korean]] [Hanja] 薬 (hangeul 약, revised yak, McCune-Reischauer yak, Yale yak) [[Mandarin]] [Hanzi] 薬 (pinyin yào (yao4), Wade-Giles yao4) 0 0 2012/04/07 09:49 2012/11/24 23:19
18164 木 [[Translingual]] [Etymology] Pictogram (象形) – a tree: branches on top, roots on the bottom (more visible in earlier forms). [Han character] See images of Radical 75 木木 (radical 75 木+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 木 (D), four-corner 40900) 1.tree 2.wood, lumber 3.wooden [[Cantonese]] [Hanzi] 木 (jyutping muk6, Yale muk6) [[Japanese]] [Etymology 1] /ki2/: [kɨ] > [ki]. See bound apophonic form ko. [Etymology 2] /ko2/: [kə] > [ko]. See unbound apophonic form ki. [Kanji] 木 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)[edit] Readings - On: ぼく (boku), もく (moku) - Kun: き (ki), こ (ko) [[Korean]] [Hanja] 木 Eumhun: - Sound (hangeul): 목 (revised: mok, McCune-Reischauer: mok, Yale: mok) - Name (hangeul): 나무 (revised: namu, McCune-Reischauer: namu, Yale: namu) [[Mandarin]] [Hanzi] 木 (pinyin mù (mu4), shù (shu4), Wade-Giles mu4, shu4) [[Middle Chinese]] [Han character] 木 (*muk) [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] 木 (mộc, móc, mọc, mốc, mục) 0 0 2012/01/11 19:42 2012/11/24 23:19 jack_bob
18166 萬 [[Translingual]] [Etymology] This character has lost its original meaning of scorpion. [Han character] 萬 (radical 140 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中月 (TWLB), four-corner 44427) 1.ten thousand 2.innumerable 3.(archaic use) Scorpion [1] [[Cantonese]] [Hanzi] 萬 (simplified 万, Yale maan6) [[Japanese]] [Kanji] 萬 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names) 1.ten thousand [[Korean]] [Hanja] 萬 Eumhun: - Sound (hangeul): 만 (revised: man, McCune-Reischauer: man, Yale: man) - Name (hangeul): 만 (revised: man, McCune-Reischauer: man, Yale: man) [[Mandarin]] [Hanzi] 萬 (simplified 万, pinyin wàn (wan4), Wade-Giles wan4) [[Vietnamese]] [Han character] 萬 (vạn, vàn, mại, muôn) 0 0 2012/06/23 17:44 2012/11/25 09:23
18168 pensive [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɛn.sɪv/[Adjective] pensive (comparative more pensive, superlative most pensive) 1.Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking. 2.Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness. 3.1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 4. Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce [Anagrams] - vespine [Etymology] From French pensif (“thoughtful”), from the verb penser (“to think”) by adding suffix -if (English -ive), from Latin pēnsō. [[French]] [Adjective] pensive f. 1.Feminine singular of pensif [[Old French]] [Adjective] pensive f. 1.Nominative feminine singular of pensif 2.Oblique feminine singular of pensif 0 0 2010/02/06 13:26 2012/11/25 10:06 TaN
18172 sinewy [[English]] [Adjective] sinewy (comparative more sinewy, superlative most sinewy) 1.Tough; having strong sinews. 2.1885, John Ormsby, Don Quixote, volume 2, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, chapter XXIII: His right hand (which seemed to me somewhat hairy and sinewy, a sign of great strength in its owner) lay on the side of his heart […] . 3.(figuratively) Having or showing nervous strength. 4.(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. 5.1965 (original), Frank Herbert, Dune, Ace Edition; June 1987, Pennsylvania, page 32: Hawat put a sinewy finger beside his eye. [References] - WordNet® 3.0. Princeton University. 30 Aug. 2007. [1] 0 0 2012/11/25 15:45
18173 tended [[English]] [Anagrams] - dented [Verb] tended 1.Simple past tense and past participle of tend. [[Spanish]] [Verb] tended (infinitive tender) 1.(Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of tender. 0 0 2012/11/25 15:49
18175 defer [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/[Anagrams] - freed - refed [Etymology 1] - From Old French differer, from Latin differe. [Etymology 2] - From Middle French deferer, from Latin deferre [[Latin]] [Verb] dēfer 1.second-person singular present active imperative of dēferō 0 0 2009/04/06 14:11 2012/11/25 15:49 TaN
18177 perversity [[English]] [Noun] perversity (plural perversities) 1.The quality of being perverse. 2.A perverse act 0 0 2012/11/25 15:54
18178 unconsciously [[English]] [Adverb] unconsciously (comparative more unconsciously, superlative most unconsciously) 1.In a subconscious manner; something done unknowingly. [Antonyms] - consciously [Etymology] unconscious +‎ -ly 0 0 2012/11/25 15:54
18179 vestibule [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɛst.ɪˌbjuːl/[Etymology] Its origin is early 17th century from French, from Latin vestibulum (“entrance court”). [Noun] vestibule (plural vestibules) 1.(architecture) A passage, hall or room, such as a lobby, between the outer door and the interior of a building. 2.1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Volume 3, Chapter 9, Lydia's voice was heard in the vestibule; the door was thrown open, and she ran into the room. 3.1913, Vestibule (Porch), article in Catholic Encyclopedia, The purpose of the vestibule, at least in western Europe, was not to provide a resting-place for penitents, but to deaden the noise outside. 4.1929 April, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dunwich Horror, Chapter VI, published in Weird Tales, Some instinct warned Armitage that what was taking place was not a thing for unfortified eyes to see, so he brushed back the crowd with authority as he unlocked the vestibule door. 5.(rail transport) An enclosed entrance at the end of a railway passenger car. 6.1912, Electric railway journal, Volume XL, Number 14, page 556, The exit side of the front vestibule contains a sliding door. 7.(medicine, anatomy, by extension) Any of a number of body cavities, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. 8.1838, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volumes 17-18, page 333, The membrane of the vestibule in this animal is thrown into three folds. The margins of these folds, looking towards the vestibule, are approximated, and, following the law which is now known to regulate the formation of hollow tubes, doubtless unite and coalesce in the next higher species of fish. 9.1920, Jacob Parsons Schaeffer, The Nose, paranasal sinuses, nasolacrimal passageways, and olfactory organ in man; a genetic, developmental, and anatomico-physiological consideration, page 73, The Vestibule (vestibulum nasi). — The paired vestibule may be considered an antechamber to the nasal fossa. 10.2001, René Malek, Cleft Lip and Palate: Lesions, Pathophysiology and Primary Treatment, page 79, The incision of the mucosa over the premaxilla is traced a millimetre or two from the furrow that marks the bottom of the barely-defined vestibule. [References] - Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967 0 0 2012/07/04 05:02 2012/11/25 15:56
18180 cavernous [[English]] [Adjective] cavernous (comparative more cavernous, superlative most cavernous) 1.resembling a cavern; vast 2.having many caverns [Synonyms] - (resembling a cavern): cavelike 0 0 2012/11/25 15:57
18181 destiny [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɛstɪni/[Anagrams] - density [Etymology] From Old French destinee. [Noun] destiny (plural destinies) 1.That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom. 2.The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. [References] - destiny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [See also] - destination [Synonyms] - fate - orlay 0 0 2012/11/25 17:13
18183 burrow [[English]] ipa :-ʌrəʊ[Etymology] Origin Unknown. Formally, it appears to be a variant of borough, but this sense is not known in Old English burh or in any Germanic cognate languages. [Noun] burrow (plural burrows) 1.A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature. 2.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in. [Verb] burrow (third-person singular simple present burrows, present participle burrowing, simple past and past participle burrowed) 1.To dig a tunnel or hole. 0 0 2009/08/11 18:55 2012/11/25 17:51
18184 fount [[English]] ipa :-aʊnt[Anagrams] - futon [Etymology 1] From Latin fons [Etymology 2] From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre: to melt. 0 0 2012/11/25 17:51
18186 armistice [[English]] [Etymology] From French armistice. [Noun] armistice (plural armistices) 1.A formal agreement to end fighting. 0 0 2012/11/25 18:06
18187 autonomy [[English]] [Antonyms] - (self-government): dependency, nonautonomy - (capacity to make independent decisions): heteronomy [Etymology] From Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomia), from αὐτόνομος (autonomos), from αὐτός (autos, “self”) + νόμος (nomos, “law”). See auto- (“self”) and -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”). [Noun] Wikipedia has an article on:AutonomyWikipedia autonomy (plural autonomies) 1.Self-government; freedom to act or function independently. 2.(philosophy) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. 3.(mechanics) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator. 4.(Christianity) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly. [Synonyms] - (self-government): nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence 0 0 2012/11/25 18:30
18189 covenant [[English]] ipa :/ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/[Alternative forms] - covenaunt (obsolete) [Etymology] From Middle English, from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniens (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient. [External links] - covenant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - covenant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911 - covenant at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] covenant (plural covenants) 1.(law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing. 2.(law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied. 3.A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties. 4.An incidental clause in an agreement. [Verb] covenant (third-person singular simple present covenants, present participle covenanting, simple past and past participle covenanted) 1.to enter into, or promise something by, a covenant 2.(law) To enter a formal agreement. 3.(law) To bind oneself in contract. 4.(law) To make a stipulation. [[Anglo-Norman]] [Etymology] Latin conveniens (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). [Noun] covenant m. (oblique plural covenanz, nominative singular covenanz, nominative plural covenant) 1.covenant [[Old French]] [Etymology] Latin conveniens (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). [Verb] covenant 1.Present participle of covenir. 0 0 2009/10/11 12:40 2012/11/25 18:37 TaN
18190 excommunicated [[English]] [Verb] excommunicated 1.Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate. 0 0 2012/11/25 18:41
18191 excommunicate [[English]] ipa :/ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnɪkət/[Adjective] excommunicate (not comparable) 1.Excommunicated. 2.1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John IX: the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge. [Etymology] Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). [Noun] excommunicate (plural excommunicates) 1.A person so excluded. [Verb] excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated) 1.(transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community. 2.(transitive) To exclude from any other group; to banish. 0 0 2012/11/25 18:41
18193 outrun [[English]] ipa :-ʌn[Anagrams] - run out, runout [Noun] outrun (plural outruns) 1.(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them. [References] - outrun in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911 - outrun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [Verb] outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun) 1.To run faster than the others. 2.To exceed or overextend. 3.1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164 They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money. 0 0 2012/11/25 18:59
18194 conning [[English]] [Verb] conning 1.Present participle of con. 2.Present participle of conn. [[Manx]] [Noun] conning f. (genitive conning, plural conneeyn) 1.rabbit, cony 0 0 2012/11/25 19:25
18195 conn [[English]] [Noun] conn (plural conns) 1.The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the." The officer of the deck has the conn of the vessel; the captain took the conn when he reached the bridge. [Verb] conn (third-person singular simple present conns, present participle conning, simple past and past participle conned) 1.To direct a ship. The pilot conned the ship safely into the harbor. 0 0 2012/11/25 19:25
18200 strake [[English]] [Anagrams] - sakret - skater - streak - takers - tasker - trakes [Noun] strake (plural strakes) 1.(obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel. 2.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 544: The separate pieces of iron, forming together the fitting of the wheel, are called strakes, and the great nails by which they are fastened to the woodwork, and which had thick projecting heads, are called strake-nails and occasionally, it seems, cart-nails, great nails, or frets. 3.(aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow. 4.(nautical, archaic) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501). 5.(engineering) a shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell [Verb] strake (third-person singular simple present strakes, present participle straking, simple past and past participle straked) 1.(obsolete) To stretch [akin to Old English: streccan]. 0 0 2012/11/25 19:28
18201 throat [[English]] ipa :/ˈθɹəʊt/[Etymology] From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Droß (“throat”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”). [Noun] throat (plural throats) 1.The front part of the neck. The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat. 2.The gullet or windpipe. As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat. 3.A narrow opening in a vessel. The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle. 4.station throat [Synonyms] - (gullet): esophagus (US), gullet, oesophagus (British) - (windpipe): trachea, windpipe - (narrow opening in a vessel): neck, bottleneck (of a bottle) [Verb] throat (third-person singular simple present throats, present participle throating, simple past and past participle throated) 1.(obsolete) To utter in the throat; to mutter. to throat threats (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?) 2.(UK, dialect, obsolete) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending. 0 0 2012/11/25 19:29
18202 leeward [[English]] ipa :/'liːwɜ(ɹ)d/[Adjective] leeward (comparative more leeward, superlative most leeward) 1.Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing. Downwind. [Adverb] leeward (comparative more leeward, superlative most leeward) 1.Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing. Downwind. [Antonyms] - windward - windward [Etymology] lee (“side away from the wind”) +‎ -ward (“direction”) 0 0 2012/11/25 19:38
18205 crammed [[English]] [Verb] crammed 1.Simple past tense and past participle of cram. 0 0 2012/11/25 20:07
18207 filthy [[English]] [Adjective] filthy (comparative filthier, superlative filthiest) 1.Covered with filth; very dirty. 2.Obscene or offensive. 3.Very unpleasant or disagreeable. [Antonyms] - (covered with filth): pristine - (obscene): holy, venerable [Etymology] filth +‎ -y [Synonyms] - (covered with filth): sleazy, slimy, grimy - (obscene): gruesome 0 0 2009/04/24 13:33 2012/11/25 20:10 TaN
18209 preposterous [[English]] [Adjective] preposterous (comparative more preposterous, superlative most preposterous) 1.Absurd, or contrary to common sense. [Alternative forms] - præposterous (archaic) [Etymology] From Latin praeposterus (“with the hinder part before, reversed, inverted, perverted”), from prae (“before”) + posterus (“coming after”). [Synonyms] - absurd - foolish - irrational - nonsensical - See also Wikisaurus:absurd 0 0 2012/03/03 20:07 2012/11/25 20:11
18210 improvisation [[English]] ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology] From French improvisation. [Noun] improvisation (plural improvisations) 1.The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ. 2.That which is improvised; an impromptu. 3.Musical technique, characteristic of blues music. 4.The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead 5.2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, the Guardian: The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice. [[French]] [Etymology] improviser +‎ -ation [Noun] improvisation f. (plural improvisations) 1.improvisation (all meanings) 0 0 2012/11/25 20:11
18211 recoil [[English]] ipa :-ɔɪəl[Anagrams] - coiler [Etymology] From Old French reculer. [Noun] recoil (plural recoils) 1.(firearms) The amount of energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle. [Verb] recoil (third-person singular simple present recoils, present participle recoiling, simple past and past participle recoiled) 1.To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. He recoiled in disgust when he saw the mess. 2.(obsolete, intransitive) To retire, withdraw. 3.1590, Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene, I.x: Ye both forwearied be: therefore a whyle / Iread you rest, and to your bowres recoyle. 0 0 2009/04/23 08:54 2012/11/25 20:29 TaN
18212 fiddly [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɪdli/[Adjective] fiddly (comparative fiddlier, superlative fiddliest) 1.Requiring dexterity to operate. The buttons on the tiny mobile phone were too fiddly. [Etymology] Derived from fiddle (verb). 0 0 2012/11/25 20:30
18215 aggrandizement [[English]] [Alternative forms] - aggrandisement (UK) [Etymology] From French agrandissement, from agrandir. [Noun] aggrandizement (plural aggrandizements) 1.The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement. The emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. [Synonyms] - aggrandization 0 0 2012/11/25 21:25
18216 wronged [[English]] [Verb] wronged 1.Simple past tense and past participle of wrong. 0 0 2012/11/25 21:25
18217 wrong [[English]] ipa :/ɹɒŋ/[Adjective] wrong (comparative more wrong or wronger, superlative most wrong or wrongest) 1.Incorrect or untrue. Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong. 2.1592: William Shakespeare, Richard III; Act II, Scene I, line 54. — Among this princely heap, if any here By false intelligence or wrong surmise Hold me a foe... 3.Asserting something incorrect or untrue. You're wrong: he's not Superman at all. 4.Immoral, not good, bad. It is wrong to lie. 5.Improper; unfit; unsuitable. A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day. 6.Not working; out of order. Something is wrong with my cellphone. 7.Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth [Adverb] wrong (comparative more wrong, superlative most wrong) 1.(informal) In a way that isn't right; done incorrectly; wrongly. I spelled several names wrong in my address book. [Anagrams] - grown [Antonyms] - right [Derived terms] Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, noun, or verb wrong [Etymology] From Middle English wrong, from Old English wrang (“wrong, twisted, uneven”), from Old Norse rangr, *wrangr (“crooked, wrong”), from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz (“crooked, twisted, turned awry”), from Proto-Indo-European *werḱ-, *werǵ-, *wrengʰ- (“to twist, weave, tie together”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots wrang (“wrong”), Danish vrang (“wrong, crooked”), Swedish vrång (“perverse, distorted”), Icelandic rangur (“wrong”), Dutch wrang (“bitter, sour”) and the name of the mythic Old Frisian city of Rungholt (“crooked wood”). More at wring. [Noun] Wikipedia has an article on:WrongWikipedia wrong (plural wrongs) 1.Something that is immoral or not good. Injustice is a heinous wrong. 2.An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer). Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? --John Dowland 3.The incorrect or unjust position or opinion. 4.1592: William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act IV, Scene I, line 101. — I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong. 5.The opposite of right; the concept of badness. 6.1607: William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III, line 28. — Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant. [See also] - wrong'd - wrung [Statistics] - Most common English words before 1923: trouble · die · arm · #645: wrong · afraid · merely · struck [Synonyms] - injurious - unjust - faulty - detrimental - unfit - unsuitable - Wikisaurus:false - wrength [Verb] wrong (third-person singular simple present wrongs, present participle wronging, simple past and past participle wronged) 1.To treat unjustly; to injure or harm. 2.The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car. 3.1591: William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 109. — Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill. 4.To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice. 5.1597: William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, Scene I, line 121. — ... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong. 6.To slander; to impute evil to unjustly. 7.1598: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II, line 121. — O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men. [[Dutch]] ipa :/vrɔŋ/[Noun] wrong m. (??? please provide the plural!, diminutive wrongetje) 1.(heraldry) wreath, a ring made of two strips of cloth intertwined used on top of helmets to soften any blow [Verb] wrong 1.singular past indicative of wringen. 0 0 2010/01/29 13:01 2012/11/25 21:25 TaN
18220 trepidation [[English]] ipa :/ˌtrɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/[Anagrams] - departition - partitioned [Etymology] From Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”) [Noun] trepidation (uncountable) 1.A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern. I decided, with considerable trepidation, to let him drive my car without me. 2.1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace? 3.2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, BBC Sport: The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men. 4.An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering. 5.(astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars. [Synonyms] - (fearful state): agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry 0 0 2012/11/06 09:18 2012/11/25 21:30

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