5809
triplet
[[English]]
[Noun]
triplet (plural triplets)
1.A group of three or one of a group of three.
2.One of a group of three siblings born at the same time to the same mother.
3.(music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet
[[French]]
[Noun]
triplet m. (plural triplets)
1.triplet (2)
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0
2009/10/01 09:47
TaN
5810
rational
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈræʃ(ə)nəl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/En-us-rational.ogg
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aailnort
- notarial
[Etymology 1]
From Old French rationel, rational < Latin rationalis (“‘of or belonging to reason, rational, reasonable’”) < ratio (“‘reason’”)
[Etymology 2]
From Old French rational < Mediaeval Latin rationale (“‘a pontifical stole, a pallium, an ornament worn over the chasuble’”), neut. of Latin rationalis (“‘rational’”), for which see the first etymology.
[References]
- rational in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rational in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
0
0
2009/10/01 10:53
TaN
5811
headquarters
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtəz/[Noun]
headquarters (plural headquarters)
1.The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff
2.The center of a organization's operations or administration
3.A place of concentrated activity or influence
[Synonyms]
- HQ, h.q.
0
0
2009/10/01 10:58
5812
headquarter
[[English]]
[Verb]
to headquarter (third-person singular simple present headquarters, present participle headquartering, simple past and past participle headquartered)
1.(US, transitive) To provide an organization with headquarters.
2.(US, intransitive) To establish headquarters.
0
0
2009/10/01 10:59
5824
waver
[[English]]
ipa :/weɪ.və(ɹ)/[Etymology]
From Old Norse vafra ‘to flicker’
[Noun]
waver (plural wavers)
1.An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
2.Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers.
Johnny is such a little waver; everyone who passes by receives his preferred greeting.
3.Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
4.A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
[See also]
- waiver
[Verb]
to waver (third-person singular simple present wavers, present participle wavering, simple past and past participle wavered)
1.(intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
Flowers wavered in the breeze.
2.(intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
3.(intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
4.(intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
5.(intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
6.1903, Bill Arp, From the Uncivil War to Date
...and that when a man was in the wrong his courage wavered, and his nerves became unsteady, and so he couldn't fight to advantage and was easily overcome.
7.(intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
0
0
2009/05/11 11:22
2009/10/01 11:08
TaN
5827
failover
[[English]]
[Etymology]
fail + over
[Noun]
failover (plural failovers)
1.A means for ensuring high availability of some critical resource (such as a computer system), involving a parallel, backup system which is kept running at all times so that, upon detected failure of the primary system, processing can be automatically shifted over to the backup.
The system experienced numerous failovers during the hurricane.
[See also]
- fail over
0
0
2008/11/10 15:05
2009/10/01 11:08
TaN
5831
Atlantic
[[English]]
ipa :/ətˈlæn.tɪk/[Adjective]
Atlantic (not comparable)
1.Pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
2.Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles or the Eastern seaboard of the USA.
3.Pertaining to the legendary island of Atlantis.
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aacilntt
- tantalic
[Etymology]
From Latin Atlanticus.
[Proper noun]
Atlantic
1.The Atlantic Ocean.
0
0
2009/10/01 11:09
TaN
5833
McMansion
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: acimmnnos
- scammonin
[Etymology]
By analogy with McJob
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:McMansionWikipediaMcMansion (plural McMansions)
1.(informal) A large, imposing and ostentatious house that lacks architectural integrity
0
0
2009/04/22 14:18
2009/10/01 11:09
TaN
5834
Me
[[French]]
[Abbreviation]
Me
1.shortened form of Maître, a title given to judges
0
0
2009/10/01 11:09
TaN
5835
PR
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
PR
1.(geography) Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States of America.
2.Paraná, a state of Brazil.
[Initialism]
PR
1.public relations
2.proportional representation
3.Police Report
4.Personal Representative
5.Personal Recognizance (bond)
6.Port Republic, (New Jersey)
7.Personal Record (running)
[[Portuguese]]
[Abbreviation]
PR
1.Paraná (Brazilian state)
0
0
2009/10/01 11:09
TaN
5840
legal
[[English]]
ipa :/liː.ɡəl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/En-us-legal.ogg
[Adjective]
legal (comparative more legal, superlative most legal)
1.Relating to the law or to lawyers, as in legal profession.
2.Something which has a basis in the law, such as legal precedent.
3.Something which is allowed or prescribed by law, such as a legal motion.
[Antonyms]
- (allowed): illegal
[Etymology]
From Latin lēgālis (“‘legal’”), from lēx (“‘law’”).
[[German]]
ipa :[leˈɡaːl][Adjective]
legal
1.legal
[Antonyms]
- illegal
[Etymology]
From Latin lēgālis (“‘legal’”), from lēx (“‘law’”).
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/leˈgaw/[Adjective]
legal m. and f. (plural legais)
1.legal
2.(familiar) cool, nice (person)
3.(familiar) good (thing)
[Antonyms]
- (legal): ilegal
- (cool): chato
[Etymology]
From Latin lēgālis (“‘legal’”), from lēx (“‘law’”).
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/leˈgal/[Adjective]
legal 4 nom/acc forms
1.legal, lawful
[Antonyms]
- ilegal
- ilicit
[Etymology]
From French légal.
[Synonyms]
- licit
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/le'gal/[Adjective]
legal m. and f. (plural legales)
1.legal
[Antonyms]
- ilegal
[Etymology]
From Latin legalis, from lex (“‘law’”).
0
0
2009/04/03 13:28
2009/10/01 11:10
TaN
5858
Aegis
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːdʒɪs/[Alternative spellings]
- ægis, egis
[Etymology]
From Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς (aigis), “‘goatskin”, “shield of Athena’”), from αἴξ (aix), “‘goat’”).
[Noun]
aegis (plural aegises or aegides)
1.A mythological shield associated with Zeus and Athena shown as a short cloak consisting of a goatskin. The aegis of Athena is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. The aegis is more an emblem of protection and power than an actual military shield.
2.Protection, guidance. Usually used as ‘under the aegis’ because of its origin as protection of the shield of Athena.
3.Endorsement.
4.Sponsorship.
[Synonyms]
The synonyms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the word above. Each synonym should appear in each sense for which it is appropriate. Use the template {{sense|"gloss"}}, substituting a short version of the definition.
- auspices
- patronage
- protection
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0
2009/04/08 00:42
2009/10/02 09:32
TaN
5859
decorum
[[English]]
ipa :/dɛˈkɔː(ɹ).ʌm/[Noun]
decorum (countable and uncountable; plural decorums)
1.(uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
2.(countable) A convention of social behavior
0
0
2009/10/02 09:32
TaN
5860
lassitude
[[English]]
[Noun]
lassitude (plural lassitudes)
1.Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.
2.Listlessness or languor.
0
0
2009/10/02 09:32
TaN
5867
peasant
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛzənt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/En-us-peasant.ogg
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aaenpst
- anapest
[Etymology]
From Middle English paissaunt from Middle French paisant, from Old French païs (“‘country’”), from Late Latin pagensis (“‘inhabitant of a district’”), from Latin pāgus (“‘district’”).
[Noun]
peasant (plural peasants)
1.A member of the lowly social class which toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.
2.A country person.
3.An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.
4.(strategy games) a worker unit
[Synonyms]
- (lowly social class) peon, serf
- churl
- (country person) rustic, villager
- (cruse person) boor
0
0
2009/10/02 09:37
TaN
5869
dilate
[[English]]
ipa :/daɪˈleɪt/[Etymology]
From Old (and modern) French dilater, from Latin dilatare ‘spread out’, from di- + latus ‘wide’.
[See also]
- dilute
[Verb]
to dilate (third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated)
1.(transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
The eye doctor put drops in my eye to dilate the pupil so he could see the nerve better.
2.(intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
[[French]]
[Verb]
dilate
1.first-person singular present indicative of dilater.
2.third-person singular present indicative of dilater.
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of dilater.
4.first-person singular present subjunctive of dilater.
5.second-person singular imperative of dilater.
0
0
2009/10/02 09:38
TaN
5870
belie
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪˈlaɪ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-us-belie.ogg
[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
0
0
2009/10/02 09:38
TaN
5871
constrict
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪkt[Etymology]
- From Latin prefix con-, "with", + strictus, past participle of stringere.
[Verb]
to constrict (third-person singular simple present constricts, present participle constricting, simple past and past participle constricted)
1.To narrow, especially by applying pressure.
0
0
2009/10/02 09:38
TaN
5872
diet
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪət
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/En-us-diet.ogg
[Anagrams]
- edit
- tide
- tied
[Etymology]
- From Old French diete, from Mediaeval Latin dieta from Ancient Greek δίαιτα.
[Noun]
diet (plural diets)
1.The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.
2.(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
3.By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.
He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
4.(countable) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
[Verb]
to diet (third-person singular simple present diets, present participle dieting, simple past and past participle dieted)
1.(intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
0
0
2009/10/02 09:39
TaN
5873
hard up
[[English]]
[Adverb]
hard up (comparative more hard up, superlative most hard up)
1.(colloquial) Lacking money, impecunious, in financial difficulties.
0
0
2009/10/02 09:41
TaN
5881
epidemic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
epidemic (comparative more epidemic, superlative most epidemic)
1.Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread
Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.
2.2003, James C. Howell, Preventing & Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework, SAGE Publications, ISBN 978-0-7619-2509-5, page 19:
This proportion increased about 5% from 1988 to 1992—hardly a change of epidemic proportions.
[Antonyms]
- endemic
- endemic
[Etymology]
From French épidémique < épidémie, from Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidēmios) < ἐπί (epi), “‘upon’”) + δῆμος (dēmos), “‘people’”).
[Noun]
epidemic (plural epidemics)
1.A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
2.(Epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
[Related terms]
- pandemic
[See also]
- epizootic
- enzootic
0
0
2009/10/02 09:46
TaN
5883
slice
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪs
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/En-us-slice.ogg
[Etymology]
From Old French esclice (a piece split off), from esclicier (to splinter). Used in English since 14th Century.
[Noun]
slice (plural slices)
1.That which is thin and broad.
2.A thin, broad piece cut off.
a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread
3.A piece of pizza.
I'll have a slice, please.
4.(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.
5.A broad, thin piece of plaster.
6.A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
7.A salver, platter, or tray.
8.A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
9.One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
10.A removable sliding bottom to galley.
11.(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw
12.(Australian) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
13.(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
[Verb]
to slice (third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced)
1.To cut into slices.
Slice the cheese thinly.
2.(golf) To hit a shot that slices (travels from left to right for a right-handed player).
0
0
2009/10/02 11:13
TaN
5885
peri
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɪəri/[Anagrams]
- ripe
- pier
[Etymology]
Persian پری (parī or perī), from Avestan parikā ‘witch’.
[Noun]
peri (plural peris)
1.a sprite or supernatural being in Persian mythology.
[[Finnish]]
[Verb]
peri
1.Third-person singular indicative past form of periä.
2.Indicative present connegative form of periä.
3.Second-person singular imperative present form of periä.
4.Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of periä.
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
peri (f plural)
1.plural of pero
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
perī
1.second-person singular active imperative of pereō.
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
peri
1.peri
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
peri m. pl.
1.Plural form of păr.
[[Sranan Tongo]]
[Noun]
peri
1.pearl
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
peri (definite accusative periyi, plural periler)
1.fairy, pixie
0
0
2009/10/02 12:10
5888
translatio
[[Latin]]
ipa :/traːnsˈlaː.ti.oː/[Alternative spellings]
- trālātiō
[Etymology]
From trānsferō (“‘transfer, carry over’”) (past participle stem translāt- or trālāt-). + abstract noun suffix -io “-ion.”
[Noun]
trānslātiō (genitive trānslātiōnis); f, third declension
1.Translation, in the broadest sense: the process of transferring or carrying something over from one thing to another; in particular:
1.Translation of text from one language to another
2.A transfer from a literal to a figurative meaning; a metaphor (compare the Ancient Greek μεταφορά with the same senses)
0
0
2009/10/03 10:39
5889
translation
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/En-us-translation.ogg
[Etymology]
Latin translatio, transfer, from trans-, across, + latio, carrying, from latus, perfect passive participle of irregular verb ferre (compare transfer), + noun of action suffix -io
[Noun]
translation (countable and uncountable; plural translations)
1.(uncountable) The act of converting or translating (text from one language to another).
2.(countable) The end result of translating text.
3.(physics) Translation of forces in a gearbox.
4.(countable) (mathematics, physics) Motion of a body on a linear path, without deformation or rotation, i.e. such that every part of the body moves at the same speed and in the same direction.
5.(genetics) A process occurring in the ribosome, in which a strand of messenger RNA (mRNA) guides assembly of a sequence of amino acids to make a protein.
[See also]
- interpretation
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Latin translatio.
[Noun]
translation f. (plural translations)
1.translation (in mathematics and physics)
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
translation c.
1.translation (in mathematics and physics)
0
0
2009/10/03 10:39
5891
announcing
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us-announcing.ogg
[Verb]
announcing
1.Present participle of announce.
0
0
2009/10/03 11:03
5893
hexagon
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:HexagonWikipediaA regular hexagonhexagon (plural hexagons)
1.(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
0
0
2009/10/03 11:03
5898
announcement
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌˈnaʊs.mɛnt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/En-us-announcement.ogg
[Etymology]
announce + -ment
[Noun]
announcement (plural announcements)
1.An act of announcing, or giving notice.
He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
2.That which conveys what is announced.
This announcement was made during the first training session.
3.The content which is announced.
The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.
[References]
- announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
[Synonyms]
- proclamation
- publication
0
0
2009/10/03 11:06
5899
competent
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/En-us-competent.ogg
[Adjective]
competent (comparative more competent, superlative most competent)
1.Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
2.(law) Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
judicial authority having competent jurisdiction
0
0
2009/10/03 11:09
5900
QC
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
QC
1.Quebec, a province of Canada.
2.Quebec City, capital of the province of Quebec, Canada
[Initialism]
QC
1.Queen's Counsel
2.quality control
[[French]]
[Abbreviation]
QC
1.Québec, a province of Canada.
0
0
2009/10/03 11:10
5901
dyno
[[English]]
[Noun]
dyno
1.A dynamic climbing move or jump to reach a hold that cannot otherwise be reached.
0
0
2009/10/03 13:39
TaN
5902
dyn
[[Dacian]]
[Noun]
dyn
1.The edible nettle plant.
[[Welsh]]
[Noun]
dyn m. (plural: dynion)
1.folk pl.
2.man
3.person (male or female)
0
0
2009/10/03 13:39
TaN
5903
plagiarise
[[English]]
[Verb]
to plagiarise (third-person singular simple present plagiarises, present participle plagiarising, simple past and past participle plagiarised)
1.Alternative spelling of plagiarize.
0
0
2009/10/05 00:32
5905
plag
[[Danish]]
ipa :/plaːɡ/[Verb]
plag
1.Imperative of plage.
0
0
2009/10/05 00:33
5910
carnivore
[[English]]
ipa :/kɑːnɪvɔː/[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:CarnivoreWikipediacarnivore (plural carnivores)
1.Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
[See also]
- folivore
- frugivore
- herbivore
- insectivore
- omnivore
- obligate carnivore
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
carnivore f.
1.Feminine plural form of carnivoro
[Noun]
carnivore f.
1.Plural form of carnivora.
0
0
2009/10/05 18:50
TaN
5911
incontrovertible
[[English]]
[Adjective]
incontrovertible (comparative more incontrovertible, superlative most incontrovertible)
1.Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.
Her statement that Hitler was evil is incontrovertible.
[Antonyms]
- controvertible
[Synonyms]
- indisputable, undeniable, unquestionable
0
0
2009/10/05 18:51
TaN
5912
lumpy
[[English]]
[Adjective]
lumpy (comparative lumpier, superlative lumpiest)
1.Full of lumps, not smooth.
I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.
0
0
2009/04/16 19:25
2009/10/05 19:02
TaN
5916
paroxysms
[[English]]
[Noun]
paroxysms
1.Plural form of paroxysm.
0
0
2009/10/06 19:17
TaN
5917
lining
[[English]]
[Noun]
lining (plural linings)
1.A covering for the inside surface of something.
2.The material used for such a covering.
3.The act of attaching such a covering.
[Verb]
lining
1.Present participle of line.
0
0
2009/10/06 19:17
TaN
5920
lampoon
[[English]]
ipa :/læmˈpuːn/[Noun]
lampoon (plural lampoons)
1.A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
2.A light, good-humored satire.
[Synonyms]
- Wikisaurus:defame
[Verb]
to lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)
1.To satirize or poke fun at.
0
0
2009/10/06 19:20
TaN
5924
preponderance
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- præponderance (rare, archaic)
[Noun]
preponderance (uncountable)
1.The quality or state of being preponderant; superiority or excess of weight, influence, or power, etc.; an outweighing.
2.The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.
[References]
- preponderance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- preponderance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
0
0
2009/10/06 19:24
TaN
5925
chamber
[[English]]
ipa :/tʃeɪmbə(ɹ)/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/En-us-chamber.ogg
[Etymology]
From French chambre from Latin camera from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara), “‘vaulted chamber’”).
[Noun]
chamber (plural chambers)
1.A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
2.1845, Edgar Allen Poe, The Raven,
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
3.An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
4.In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.
Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
5.One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.
[Verb]
to chamber (third-person singular simple present chambers, present participle chambering, simple past and past participle chambered)
1.To enclose in a room.
She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
2.To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
3.To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
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godsend
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Middle English goddes sand - God’s message
[Noun]
godsend (plural godsends)
1.An unexpected good fortune or benefit; a windfall.
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2009/10/06 19:29
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5930
penance
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/En-us-penance.ogg
[Noun]
penance (plural penances)
1.A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
2.A sacrament in some Christian churches.
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2009/10/07 11:42
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5932
kneel down
[[English]]
[Verb]
to kneel down (third-person singular simple present kneels down, present participle kneeling down, simple past and past participle knelt down)
1.To kneel, especially as an act of reverence or prayer.
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5936
look a gift horse in the mouth
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- never look a gift horse in the mouth
[Proverb]
don't look a gift horse in the mouth
1.A phrase referring to unappreciatively questioning of a gift or handout too closely. Horses gum's recede as they age making the teeth appear to grow long. Therefore, inspecting the teeth of a horse given as a gift would mean that recipient is trying to see if the horse is old (undesirable) or young (more desirable).
[References]
- Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 69.
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2009/10/08 13:58
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5938
inaugurated
[[English]]
[Verb]
inaugurated
1.Past participle of inaugurate.
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5939
inaugurate
[[English]]
[Etymology]
French inaugurer (“‘to invest’”) ← Latin inaugurō (“‘approve on the basis of omens’”).
[Verb]
to inaugurate (third-person singular simple present inaugurates, present participle inaugurating, simple past and past participle inaugurated)
1.(transitive) To induct into office with a formal ceremony.
2.(transitive) To dedicate ceremoniously; to initiate something in a formal manner.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
inaugurate
1.second-person plural present tense of inaugurare
2.second-person plural imperative of inaugurare
3.feminine plural of inaugurato, past participle of inaugurare
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
inaugurāte
1.vocative masculine singular of inaugurātus
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5940
demobilized
[[English]]
[Verb]
demobilized
1.Simple past tense and past participle of demobilize.
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2009/10/08 14:00
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5941
demobilize
[[English]]
[Alternative spellings]
- (UK) demobilise
[Verb]
to demobilize (third-person singular simple present demobilizes, present participle demobilizing, simple past and past participle demobilized)
1.To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
2.To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.
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2009/10/08 14:00
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5942
Gareth
[[English]]
ipa :/garɛð/[Noun]
Gareth
1.cunt -Cockney rhyming slang based on the name of actor Gareth Hunt.[1][2][3][4]
[Proper noun]
Gareth
1.A male given name of Welsh origin; name of a knight in the Arthurian romance.
[References]
- Notes:
1.^ Urban Dictionary: Gareth Hunt
2.^ A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.
3.^ Gareth Hunt is Cockney Rhyming Slang for …
4.^ Anonymous Dirty Cockney Rhyming Slang Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84317-035-3
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2009/10/08 17:48
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