6756
porn
[[English]]
ipa :/pɔː(r)n/[Adjective]
porn (not comparable)
1.Relating to pornography, e.g., porn industry, porn star.
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: nopr
- pron
[Derived terms]
- infoporn
- porn shop
- porn star
- porno
[Etymology]
Shortening of pornography.
[Noun]
porn (countable and uncountable; plural porn)
1.(uncountable, informal) Pornography.
2.(countable, informal) A pornographic film.
[See also]
- pornocracy
[Synonyms]
- (pornography): erotica, filth, smut
- (pornographic film): adult movie, blue movie, dirty movie, X rated movie, skin flick , stag movie
0
0
2009/07/08 13:06
2009/11/27 19:00
TaN
6757
AAA
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
AAA
1.A standard size of dry cell battery smaller than AA.
[[English]]
[Initialism]
Wikipedia has an article on:AAAWikipediaAAA
1.(US) American Automobile Association
2.(military) anti-aircraft artillery
3.(British) Amateur Athletic Association
4.Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
5.Access All Areas, Sony music project
6.Access Approval Authority
7.Accumulated Adjustments Account, in US Federal Income Tax
8.Acquisition Approval Authority
9.Action Awareness Alert
10.Adaptive Array Antenna
11.Administration, Authorization, and Authentication, in software security
12.Advanced Acoustic Array
13.AEGIS Acquisition Agent
14.Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Aviation
15.Air Avenue of Approach
16.Airborne Array Aperture
17.Airborne Assault Area
18.Aircraft Alert Area
19.Airport Airspace Analysis
20.Allocations, Assessments, and Analysis
21.Alternate Assembly Area
22.Angle Angle Angle, a geometric proof
23.Area Agency on Aging
24.Arrival and Assembly Area
25.(US) Army Audit Agency
26.Aromatic Amino Acid
27.Assign Alternate Area
28.Astronaut-Actuated Abort
29.Attitude, Awareness and Accountability, a ski safety program
30.Authentication, Authorization and Accounting
31.Authorization Accounting Activity
32.Authorized Accounting Activity
33.Automated Airlift Analysis
34.Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, Puerto Rico)
35.Awaiting Aircraft Availability
36.(British, art, historical) Allied Artists' Association
37.American Abstract Artists
38.American Academy of Actuaries
39.American Accounting Association
40.American Ambulance Association
41.ANSI Artists of America
42.Australian Association of Accountants
43.Australian Automobile Association
[References]
- Notes:
1.^ Kyle Orland, Scott Steinberg, and David Thomas, The Videogame Style Guide And Reference Manual ed. Scott Jones and Shana Hertz (Power Play, 2007) 12.Wikipedia has articles on:AAAWikipedia
[Symbol]
AAA
1.(sports, North American) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.
2.A very narrow shoe size.
3.(finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.
4.(video games) A quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a higher budget than budget software.[1]
0
0
2009/06/05 10:48
2009/11/27 22:13
TaN
6762
equinox
[[English]]
ipa :/'ɛkwɪˌnoks/[Alternative forms]
- æquinox (chiefly archaic)
[Etymology]
From Latin aequus (“‘equal’”) + nox (“‘night’”).
[Noun]
equinox (plural equinoxes or equinoctes)
1.The intersection of the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun) with the celestial equator.
0
0
2009/10/24 10:38
2009/11/27 22:16
TaN
6768
Hardware
[[German]]
[Noun]
Hardware f. (genitive Hardware, no plural)
1.(computing) hardware
0
0
2009/11/30 01:01
6770
conciliation
[[English]]
[Noun]
conciliation (plural conciliations)
1.The action of bringing peace and harmony; the action of ending strife.
2.(law) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.
[See also]
- reconciliation
0
0
2009/11/30 10:00
TaN
6775
roots
[[English]]
ipa :-uːts
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/En-us-roots.ogg
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: oorst
- roost
- torso
[Noun]
roots plural
1.Plural form of root
The roots of a tree provide it with water.
2.Ancestors
I have both Irish and German roots
3.Beginnings
Jazz has its roots in blues
[See also]
- root
- rootsy
0
0
2009/11/30 11:45
6776
exhaustive
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛgˈzɔː.stɪv/[Adjective]
exhaustive (not comparable)
1.Which includes every possible element.
We made an exhaustive list.
0
0
2009/11/30 11:48
TaN
6777
Ford
[[English]]
[Noun]
Ford (plural Fords)
1.A make of car, named for Henry Ford.
2.Willa Cather, My Antonia (2006) p. 187:
They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.
3.Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency (2006) p. 59:
I remembered too late that Honey should probably drive a cute little Mini or a Ford Fiesta or some such. Damn.
4.William Braxton Irvine, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want (2005) p. 26:
He is disturbed not by the crass materialism of his life but by the fact that he is still driving a Ford when he could and should be driving a Porsche.
5.Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life (2004) p. 154:
When she spotted her stepfather coming towards her she had pulled over and Wodehouse crossed over to greet her, noticing too late that she was being followed by a Ford, which swerved to avoid the Buick.
6.Keith Bradsher, High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the Suv (2004) p. 304:
A Ford dealer in Saudi Arabia repeatedly warned the automaker the same year that Firestone tires were failing on Explorers.
...
A Ford memo in March 1999 said that Firestone's legal staff did not want to to replace tires in Saudi Arabia for fear that doing so would require Firestone to notify NHTSA, and added that a Ford lawyer had worries "similar to the Firestone concerns."
7.Lois Lowry, The Silent Boy (2003) p. 140:
But if he had a Ford automobile, he could simply telephone the garage, and--
...
We didn't need a Ford motorcar.
8.Elmore Leonard, Killshot (2003):
Elmore Leonard is as dependable as a Ford used to be and as knowing as a New York fashion designer.
9.Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pay It Forward (2000) p. 24:
Unless, of course, he limped away, not sauntered off, maybe dragged himself to a hospital, maybe got out okay, maybe died, far from anything to tie him to a Ford extra cab, far from any ties to hometown news.
10.John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (1998) p. 141:
It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of a Ford or an Olds.
11.Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm (1995) p. 90:
Why don't you go round the country with a Ford van, preaching on market days?
12.Bernard Goldberg, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes how the Media Distort the News (2001) p. 174:
And they can also live in a bigger house and drive something a little fancier than a Chevy or a Ford.
13.Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work (1922) p. 146:
There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.
[Proper noun]
FordWikipedia has an article on:Ford (automaker)Wikipedia
1.A topographic surname for someone who lived near a ford.
0
0
2009/11/30 11:50
6778
visco
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
visco m. (plural vischi)
1.(obsolete) bond, impediment
0
0
2009/11/30 12:00
6779
viscosity
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- fluidity
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ViscosityWikipediaviscosity (countable and uncountable; plural viscosities)
1.(uncountable) The state of being viscous.
2.(countable) (physics) A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
0
0
2009/11/30 12:00
6781
reagent
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹi.'eɪ.dʒɛnt/[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aeegnrt
- grantee
- greaten
[Noun]
reagent (plural reagents)
1.(chemistry) A usually available or readily made compound or known mixture of compounds used to treat materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
0
0
2009/11/30 12:07
6785
FARC
[[English]]
[Acronym]
FARC
1.Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia; a Marxist revolutionary group operating in Colombia. - (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)
0
0
2009/11/30 12:35
TaN
6787
Basic
[[English]]
[Alternative spellings]
- BASIC
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: abcis
- SABIC
[Etymology]
Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
[Proper noun]
Basic
1.(programming languages): A family of third-generation computer programming languages (c.1964 on).
Many programs were written for the Sinclair Spectrum computer in BASIC.
[See also]
- C
- C++
- COBOL, Cobol
- FORTRAN, FortranWikipedia has an article on:BasicWikipedia
0
0
2009/11/30 12:45
6788
hydroxyl
[[English]]
[Noun]
hydroxyl (plural hydroxyls)
1.(chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group, (-OH), in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds
0
0
2009/11/30 14:35
6790
dalton
[[English]]
[Noun]
dalton (plural daltons)
1.(physics) the atomic mass unit
[See also]
- Dalton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
0
0
2009/11/30 15:10
6791
delocalization
[[English]]
[Noun]
delocalization (plural delocalizations)
1.the process of delocalizing or the fact of being delocalized
2.(chemistry) the phenomenon in which bonding electrons of some molecules serve to bind several atoms instead of just two; it is observed in metals and in aromatic and conjugated organic compounds
[See also]
- resonance
0
0
2009/11/30 16:24
6794
Radiation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌreɪdiˈeɪʃən/[Etymology]
From Latin radiatio.
[Noun]
radiation (plural radiations)
1.The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat.
2.The process of radiating waves or particles.
3.The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction)
4.Radioactive energy
0
0
2009/11/30 16:47
6797
Dissertation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/[Etymology]
Latin dissertationem < dissertare.
[Noun]
dissertation (plural dissertations)
1.A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; a thesis.
2.A lengthy lecture on a subject.
0
0
2009/11/30 17:24
6798
mantissa
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aaimnsst
- satanism, Satanism
[Etymology]
From Classical Latin mantissa, of unknown origin (said by Festus to be a loanword from Etruscan).
[Noun]
mantissa (plural mantissae)
1.(obsolete) A minor addition to a text.
2.(mathematics) The part of a common logarithm after the decimal point.
3.(mathematics and computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.
0
0
2009/11/30 18:47
TaN
6800
convoke
[[English]]
[Verb]
to convoke (third-person singular simple present convokes, present participle convoking, simple past and past participle convoked)
1.(transitive) To convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
0
0
2009/12/01 09:37
TaN
6804
ammonia
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌˈmon.jʌ/[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aaimmno
- Amaimon
[Etymology]
From sal ammoniac, which was first obtained near the temple of Jupiter in Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See ammoniac.
[Noun]
ammonia (uncountable)
1.(inorganic chemistry) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.
[References]
- Ammonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ammonia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- spirits of hartshorn (obsolete)
- volatile alkali (obsolete)
0
0
2009/12/01 10:13
6805
symposia
[[English]]
[Noun]
symposia
1.Plural form of symposium.
0
0
2009/12/01 10:16
6806
symposium
[[English]]
[Noun]
symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)
1.A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
2.(in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.
[See also]
- Symposium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Symposium in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
[[French]]
ipa :/sɛ̃.pɔ.zjɔm/[Noun]
symposium m. (plural: symposiums)
1.symposium
[Synonyms]
- colloque
0
0
2009/12/01 10:16
6807
isu
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: isu
- SIU
[Etymology]
Japanese
[Noun]
isu
1.(sumo) an individual seat in the loft-like balcony of a sumo arena
[Synonyms]
- isu-seki
[[Alcozauca Mixtec]]
[Noun]
isu
1.Deer.
[References]
- Stark C., Sharon (Sara), Audrey (Andrea) Johnson P. and Benita González de Guzmán (compilers) [1999] (2005). Diccionario básico del mixteco de Xochapa, Guerrero, 2nd ed., SIL.
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
isu
1.Alternative spelling of 椅子.
[[Yosondúa Mixtec]]
[Noun]
isu
1.Deer.
[References]
- Farris, Kathryn (compiler) [2002] (2005). Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca, 2nd ed., SIL.
0
0
2009/12/01 10:19
6818
vibrational
[[English]]
[Adjective]
vibrational (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to vibration
0
0
2009/12/01 14:46
6819
dissociate
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- associate
[Verb]
to dissociate (third-person singular simple present dissociates, present participle dissociating, simple past and past participle dissociated)
1.(transitive) To make unrelated, to sever a connection, separate.
A number of group members wish to dissociate themselves from the majority.
2.(transitive, chemistry) To separate compounds into simpler component parts, usually by applying heat or through electrolysis.
We dissociated the lead iodide into its elements by heating
3.(intransitive) To part, to stop associating.
4.(intransitive, chemistry) To undergo dissociation.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
dissociate f.
1.Feminine plural form of dissociato
[Noun]
dissociate f.
1.Plural form of dissociata.
[Verb]
dissociate
1.Second-person plural present tense of dissociare.
2.Second-person plural imperative of dissociare.
3.Feminine plural of dissociato.
0
0
2009/12/01 14:48
6820
debye
[[English]]
ipa :/dəˈbaɪ/[Etymology]
from Peter Debye, physicist
[Noun]
debye (plural debyes)
1.(physics): A CGS unit of electrical dipole moment equivalent to 3.33564 x 10-30 coulomb meter, used for measurements at the molecular scale.
[See also]
- The debye unit of measurement
0
0
2009/12/01 15:03
6834
ORNL
[[English]]
[Acronym]
ORNL
1.Oak Ridge National Laboratory
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: lnor
- lorn
0
0
2009/11/30 17:15
2009/12/03 11:34
6837
tempora
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
tempōra
1.nominative plural of tempus
2.accusative plural of tempus
3.vocative plural of tempus
0
0
2009/12/03 12:35
TaN
6839
temporarily
[[English]]
[Adverb]
temporarily (not comparable)
1.for a relatively brief period of time
2.not permanently
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: aeilmoprrty
- polarimetry
0
0
2009/12/03 12:35
TaN
6842
rif
[[Dutch]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Nl-rif.ogg
[Noun]
rif n. (plural riffen)
1.reef: a chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the waterrif n. (plural reven)
1.(nautical) reef: an arrangement to reduce the area of a sail in a high wind
[[Icelandic]]
[Etymology]
From Old Norse rif.
[Noun]
rif n.
1.rib
2.reef
[Synonyms]
- (rib): rifbein
0
0
2009/10/16 12:29
2009/12/03 12:54
TaN
6843
RIF
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: fir , firſt
- Fri
- IFR
- RFI
[Initialism]
RIF
1.Reading is Fundamental
2.Reduction in Force
[[French]]
[Initialism]
RIF
1.Rock identitaire français, a patriotic stream in French rock.
[[German]]
[Initialism]
RIF
1.Ruhe in Frieden (requiescat in pace)
0
0
2009/12/03 12:54
TaN
6844
languishing
[[English]]
[Adjective]
languishing
1.lacking of vigor or spirit.
[Verb]
languishing
1.Present participle of languish.
0
0
2009/12/03 12:56
TaN
6854
raker
[[English]]
[Noun]
raker (plural rakers)
1.A person who uses a rake.
2.A machine for raking grain or hay.
3.A gun so placed as to rake an enemy's ship.
[References]
- raker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
0
0
2009/12/04 01:07
6858
poos
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: oops , OOPS
[Noun]
poos
1.Plural form of poo.
[Verb]
poos
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poo.
0
0
2009/12/04 10:19
TaN
6861
take the bull by the horns
[[English]]
[Verb]
to take the bull by the horns
1.(idiomatic) to confront a difficulty, rather than avoiding it
He took the bull by the horns and reprogrammed the entire mess.
0
0
2009/12/04 10:21
TaN
6868
switchboard
[[English]]
[Noun]
switchboard (plural switchboards)
1.(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient
2.(electronics) A device that directs electricity from one source to another.
0
0
2009/12/04 17:02
TaN
6869
spammy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspæm.i/[Adjective]
spammy (comparative spammier, superlative spammiest)
1.Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling spam (junk e-mail).
[Etymology]
spam + -y
0
0
2009/12/04 17:03
TaN
6870
nonidentifiable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
nonidentifiable (not comparable)
1.Not identifiable.
[Etymology]
non- + identifiable
0
0
2009/12/04 17:05
TaN
6877
ugly
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌɡli/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/En-us-ugly.ogg
[Adjective]
ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)
1.Displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing.
2.Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
3.Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
He played an ugly trick on us.
[Antonyms]
- (displeasing to the eye): attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly
- (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): attractive, pleasing
- (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): moral
[Etymology]
From Old Norse uggligr.
[Synonyms]
- (displeasing to the eye): hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly
- (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): displeasing, repulsive, unattractive
- (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): corrupt, immoral, vile
- See also Wikisaurus:ugly
0
0
2009/07/16 10:52
2009/12/04 20:14
TaN
6881
こんにちは
[[Japanese]]
[Interjection]
こんにちは (kanji 今日は, romaji konnichiwa)
1.A formal greeting used in the daytime: hello, good day, good afternoon
0
0
2009/12/05 19:23
6882
hello
[[English]]
ipa :/həˈləʊ̯/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/En-uk-hello-1.ogg
[Antonyms]
- (greeting): bye, goodbye
[Etymology]
Hello (first attested in 1846) from hallo (attested 1840), from holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades.Possibly from the Old High German & Old Saxon verb halôn, holôn (“‘to bring something, to gather’”), akin to English hale or hail.
[Interjection]
hello
1.A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
Hello, everyone.
2.A greeting used when answering the telephone.
Hello? How may I help you?
3.A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.
Hello? Is anyone there?
4.(colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed or referred to has done something the speaker or writer considers to be foolish.
You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello?
5.An expression of puzzlement or discovery.
Hello? What’s going on here?
[Noun]
hello (plural hellos)
1."Hello!" or an equivalent greeting.
2.2007 April 29, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, New York Times:
In many new buildings, though, neighbors are venturing beyond tight-lipped hellos at the mailbox.
[See also]
- greeting
- Category:Greetings
[Synonyms]
- (greeting):
- (AU, informal) g'day, hey, hi, howdy
- (UK, informal) hallo, hey, hi, hiya, ey up
- (US, informal) hallo, hey, hi, howdy
- (SA, informal) howzit
- (slang) wassup, what's up, yo, supSee also Wikisaurus:hello
0
0
2009/12/05 19:23
6889
ﾃ
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
From Latin E from Ancient Greek Ε (E), “‘Epsilon’”).
[Letter]
E upper case (lower case e)
1.The fifth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
[See also]
Other representations of E:
[Symbol]
E
1.Representing × 10x in floating-point notation.
2E5 = 2 × 105
2.(computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 14.
3.(physics) Energy.
4.(biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for glutamic acid
5.(mathematics) expectation function
[[English]]
ipa :/E/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-e.ogg
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English and Old English upper case letter E and split of Æ, EA, EO, and Œ, from five 7th century replacements of Anglo-Saxon Futhorcs by Latin letters:
- Old English letter E, from replacement by Latin letter E of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛖ (e).
- Old English letter Æ from replacement by Latin ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ).
- Old English digraph EA, from replacement by Latin digraph EA of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛠ (ea).
- Old English digraph EO from replacement by Latin digraph EO of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc ᛇ (ēo).
- Old English letter Œ from replacement by Latin ligature Œ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛟ (œ).
[Etymology 2]
- (ESRB rating, everyone): Abbreviation of everyone
- (East): Abbreviation of east
- (slang, ecstasy): Abbreviation of ecstacy
- (grade): From the position of the letter E in the English alphabet
[[American Sign Language]]
[Letter]
(Stokoe E)
1.The letter E
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/eː/[Letter]
E (capital, lowercase e)
1.The fifth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
[See also]
- Previous letter: D
- Next letter: F
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/e/[Letter]
E (upper case, lower case e)
1.The sixth letter of the Esperanto alphabet.
[See also]
- Previous letter: D
- Next letter: F
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
E
1.eximia cum laude approbatur
[[Galician]]
[Abbreviation]
E
1.leste (east)
[Synonyms]
- (east): L
[[Italian]]
ipa :/e/[Noun]
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:EWikipedia itE m. and f. inv.
1.The fifth letter of the Italian, and of the Latin alphabets
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/e/[Letter]
E (upper case, lower case e)
1.The seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet.
[[Slovene]]
[Letter]
E (capital, lowercase e)
1.The 6th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by D and followed by F.
[[Spanish]]
[Letter]
E (upper case, lower case e)
1.The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.
0
0
2009/12/06 00:29
TaN
6893
cognition
[[English]]
ipa :/kɒgˈnɪʃən/[Anagrams]
- incognito
[Etymology]
< Middle English cognicion < Latin cognitio (“‘knowledge, perception, a judicial examination, trial’”) < cognitus, pp. of cognoscere (“‘to know’”) < co- (“‘together’”) + *gnoscere, older form of noscere (“‘to know’”); see know, and compare cognize, cognizance, cognizor, cognosce, connoisseur.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:CognitionWikipediacognition (countable and uncountable; plural cognitions)
1.The process of knowing.
2.(countable) A result of a cognitive process.
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decrepitude
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈkɹɛpɪtjuːd/[Etymology]
decrepit + -tude
[Noun]
decrepitude (countable and uncountable; plural decrepitudes)
1.the state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use
2.1781, Samuel Johnson, Lives of the Poets
There prevailed in his time an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature.
3.1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby
This was the probable destination of his sister Kate. His uncle had deceived him, and might he not consign her to some miserable place where her youth and beauty would prove a far greater curse than ugliness and decrepitude?
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gesticulate
[[English]]
ipa :/dʒɛsˈtɪkjʊleɪt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-us-gesticulate.ogg
[Etymology]
From Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari (to gesticulate) from gesticulus (a mimic gesture), diminutive of gestus (gesture), from gerere, gestum (to bear, carry, perform).
[Verb]
to gesticulate (third-person singular simple present gesticulates, present participle gesticulating, simple past and past participle gesticulated)
1.(intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
2.(transitive) To say or express through gestures.
3."...the TV programme Friends is influencing not only the way Irish people speak but also how they gesticulate. Now almost every utterance is accompanied by arms outstretched and palms turned upwards." Irish Times, December 6, 2004
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TaN
6901
campaign
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪn
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/En-us-campaign.ogg
[Etymology]
From French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campania (“‘open country, battlefield’”), from Latin campus (“‘field’”).
[Noun]
campaign (plural campaigns)
1.A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal; as, an election campaign, a military campaign, an advertising campaign.
The company is targeting children in their latest advertising campaign.
[Verb]
to campaign (third-person singular simple present campaigns, present participle campaigning, simple past and past participle campaigned)
1.(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
She campaigned for better social security.
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Bea
deleted.
6904
divisible
[[English]]
[Adjective]
divisible (not comparable)
1.(arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, leaves no remainder.
12 is divisible by 3
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recross
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: ceorrss
- crosser
- scorers
[Etymology]
re- + cross
[Noun]
recross (plural recrosses)
1.(law) An examination of a witness, following redirect, by the opposing party.
[Synonyms]
- recross examination
[Verb]
to recross (third-person singular simple present recrosses, present participle recrossing, simple past and past participle recrossed)
1.To cross again.
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rec
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- Alphagram: CER
- Erc, ERC
[Noun]
rec (uncountable)
1.(informal) Abbreviation of recreation
At 11:00, school’s out, and it’s time for rec
2.(informal) A recommendation or suggestion.
[Verb]
to rec (third-person singular simple present recs, present participle rec'ing, simple past reced or rec'ed, past participle reced or rec'ed)
1.(informal) To recommend something such as a book, movie, product etc.
[[Old English]]
[Etymology]
Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old High German rouh, Old Norse reykr
[Noun]
rēc m.
1.smoke
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