8460
trojan
[[English]]
[Etymology]
from the phrase "trojan horse".
[Noun]
trojan
1.(computing) Software that appears to perform or actually performs a desired task for a user while performing a harmful task without the user's knowledge or consent.
[See also]
- virus
- worm
- wabbit
- backdoor
- spyware
- exploit
- rootkit
- key logger
- dialer
- URL injection
0
0
2010/02/28 12:06
TaN
8461
だから
[[Japanese]]
[Conjunction]
だから (romaji dakara)
1.therefore, so, consequently
だから何だ
Dakara nan da
So what?!
[Etymology]
だ + から
0
0
2010/02/28 12:57
TaN
8462
損失
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
損失 (hiragana そんしつ, romaji sonshitsu)
1.loss
0
0
2010/02/28 17:54
TaN
8465
exhibition
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/En-us-exhibition.ogg
[Noun]
exhibition (plural exhibitions)
1.An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.
2.A large scale public showing of objects or products.
3.(British) A financial award or prize given to a student (who becomes an exhibitioner) by a school or university, usually on the basis of academic merit.
0
0
2010/03/01 00:10
TaN
8466
valse
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
valse c.
1.Plural indefinite of vals.
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
valse
1.Inflected form of vals.
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- laves, lavés
- levas
- salve
- slave, Slave
[Noun]
valse f. (plural valses)
1.waltz
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
valse
1.third person singular past historic of valere
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
valse m. (plural valses)
1.waltz
[Verb]
valse (infinitive valsar)
1.first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of valsar.
2.third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of valsar.
3.formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of valsar.
0
0
2010/03/01 00:29
TaN
8467
POR
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- pro, Pro., PRO
- RPO
[Initialism]
POR
1.(business) price on request.
0
0
2009/07/08 13:06
2010/03/01 02:33
TaN
8468
rete
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- reet
- tree
[Noun]
rete (plural retia)
1.(anatomy) a network of blood vessels or nerves
2.an anatomical part resembling or including a network
[[Chamicuro]]
[Etymology]
From Spanish red.
[Noun]
rete
1.net
[[Guaraní]]
[Noun]
rete
1.body
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Verb]
rete
1.stay
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈrete/[Anagrams]
- erte
[Etymology]
From Latin rēte (“‘net’”)
[Noun]
rete f. (plural reti)
1.net
2.network
3.(soccer) goal
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
rēte (genitive rētis); n, third declension
1.net
2.(fig.) a trap
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
rete (infinitive retar)
1.formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of retar.
2.first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of retar.
3.formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of retar.
4.third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of retar.
0
0
2010/03/01 02:34
TaN
8471
duplicity
[[English]]
[Noun]
duplicity (countable and uncountable; plural duplicities)
1.intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing
[See also]
- double cross
0
0
2010/03/02 13:19
TaN
8472
offended
[[English]]
[Verb]
offended
1.Simple past tense and past participle of offend.
0
0
2010/03/02 13:20
TaN
8475
nodding
[[English]]
ipa :-ɒdɪŋ[Verb]
nodding
1.Present participle of nod.
0
0
2010/03/02 13:21
2010/03/02 13:22
TaN
8478
nod off
[[English]]
[Verb]
nod off (third-person singular simple present nods off, present participle nodding off, simple past and past participle nodded off)
1.(idiomatic) To fall asleep, especially while in a seated position or in inappropriate circumstances.
2.1857, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians, ch. 53,
The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration, only waking up when George paused, saying it was most interesting.
3.1914, Robert Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man," lines 41-44,
I dragged him to the house,
And gave him tea and tried to make him smoke.
I tried to make him talk about his travels.
Nothing would do: he just kept nodding off.
4.2008, Ingfei Chen, "A Leap Forward, but Hurdles Remain in Narcolepsy," New York Times, 15 Feb. (retrieved 16 July 2008),
All patients struggle against daytime drowsiness and nod off at inopportune moments.
0
0
2010/03/02 13:23
TaN
8481
bedding
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛdɪŋ[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:BeddingWikipediabedding (uncountable)
1.Bedlinen; the textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
2.Bedclothes.
3.Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
[Verb]
bedding
1.Present participle of bed.
[[Dutch]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Nl-bedding.ogg
[Noun]
bedding (plural beddingen, diminutive beddinkje, diminutive plural beddinkjes)
1.The ground in a river.
0
0
2010/03/02 13:32
TaN
8490
wadding
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:WaddingWikipediawadding (uncountable)
1.wads collectively
2.soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material
0
0
2010/03/02 13:39
TaN
8492
ridding
[[English]]
[Verb]
ridding
1.Present participle of rid.
0
0
2010/03/02 13:40
TaN
8494
standardization
[[English]]
[Alternative spellings]
Wikipedia has an article on:StandardizationWikipedia
- standardisation UK
[Noun]
standardization (plural standardizations)
1.The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.
2.The process of establishing a standard.
0
0
2010/03/02 23:22
8495
modelling
[[English]]
[Verb]
modelling
1.Present participle of model.
2.Alternative spelling of modeling.
0
0
2010/03/03 10:44
TaN
8496
Modell
[[German]]
[Noun]
Modell n. (genitive Modells or Modelles, plural Modelle)
1.model
0
0
2010/03/03 10:44
TaN
8497
modeling
[[English]]
[Alternative spellings]
- modelling
[Anagrams]
- gold mine
[Noun]
modeling (plural modelings)
1.The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
2.The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
3.The profession of someone who models clothes.
4.(mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
5.The learning of a new skill by copying other people.
[Verb]
modeling
1.Present participle of model.
0
0
2010/03/03 10:45
TaN
8502
bub
[[English]]
[Noun]
bub (plural bubs)
1.A term of familiar address.
2.(Australian, slang) Baby.
[[Meriam]]
[Noun]
bub
0
0
2010/03/03 11:15
TaN
8510
variance
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Old French variance.
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:VarianceWikipediavariance (plural variances)
1.The act of varying or the state of being variable
2.A difference between what is expected and what happens
3.The state of differing or being in conflict
4.A discrepancy, especially between two legal documents
5.(statistics) The second central moment in probability
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From Latin variantia.
[Noun]
variance m. (plural variances)
1.variance
0
0
2010/03/05 10:43
TaN
8511
jaeger
[[English]]
ipa :/'jeɪːgə/[Etymology]
From German Jäger (“‘hunter’”)
[Noun]
jaeger (plural jaegers)
1.Any of three seabirds in the family Stercorariidae.
[Synonyms]
- skua
0
0
2010/03/05 11:40
TaN
8515
initialization
[[English]]
[Alternative spellings]
- initialisation (UK spelling)
[Etymology]
initialize + -ation
[Noun]
initialization (countable and uncountable; plural initializations) (US spelling)
1.(uncountable) The process of preparing something to begin.
2.(countable) An act of preparing something to begin.
0
0
2010/03/07 01:04
8518
encourages
[[English]]
[Verb]
encourages
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
[[French]]
[Verb form]
encourages
1.second person singular present indicative form of encourager; encourage
2.second person singular present subjunctive form of encourager; encourage
0
0
2010/03/07 01:05
8521
開発
[[Japanese]]
[Derived terms]
- 開発する (かいはつする, kaihatsusuru): (verb) to develop
[Noun]
開発 (kyūjitai 開發, hiragana かいはつ, romaji kaihatsu)
1.a development
0
0
2010/03/07 01:08
8526
MD
[[Translingual]]
[Abbreviation]
MD
1.(Roman numerals) 1500
2.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Moldova.
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
MD
1.Maryland, a state of the United States of America.
[Anagrams]
- DM, , D.M.
[Initialism]
MD
1.(US) Symbol indicating a medical degree; medical physician or doctor.
2.(British) Symbol indicating a higher research doctorate in medicine; Doctor of Medicine
3.Managing director.
4.Mini Disc.
0
0
2010/03/09 16:11
8532
workaround
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɜː(ɹ)k.əɹaʊnd/[Etymology]
A compound of work + around
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:WorkaroundWikipediaworkaround (plural workarounds)
1.A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of laws, regulations, or constraints.
2.(computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows the user to continue working until a better solution can be provided; a kluge.
3.(project management) An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.
0
0
2010/01/28 19:52
2010/03/10 16:14
TaN
8533
gradually
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/En-us-gradually.ogg
[Adverb]
gradually (not comparable)
1.In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.
0
0
2010/03/10 16:14
8534
globe-trot
[[English]]
[Noun]
globe-trot (plural globe-trots)
1.A trip around the world.
(A date for this quote is being sought): Luminous French actress Eva Green melts the screen as the Eve-figure in Bond mythology, who rides shotgun for 007’s first globe-trot, beginning in the toy soldier kingdom of Montenegro and going all the way to an oceanside Bahamas vista, and further.
[Verb]
to globe-trot (third-person singular simple present globe-trots, present participle globe-trotting, simple past and past participle globe-trotted)
1.To travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing.
0
0
2010/03/10 16:15
8535
draining
[[English]]
[Adjective]
draining (comparative more draining, superlative most draining)
1.That drains
[Noun]
draining (uncountable)
1.the practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers
[Verb]
draining
1.Present participle of drain.
0
0
2010/03/10 16:16
8539
conjunction
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌŋkʃən
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/En-us-conjunction.ogg
[Etymology]
Via Old French from Latin coniūnctiō (“‘joining’”) < coniungere (“‘to join’”).
[Noun]
conjunction (plural conjunctions)
1.The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
2.(obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
3.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 29:
Certaine Nations (and amongst others, the Mahometane) abhorre Conjunction with women great with childe.
4.(grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
5.(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
6.(astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
7.(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ () operator.
[See also]
- disjunction
0
0
2010/03/10 16:18
8544
numerator
[[English]]
[Noun]
numerator (plural numerators)
1.(arithmetic) The number or expression written above the line in a fraction (thus 1 in ½).
2.An enumerator; someone who counts things.
[[Latin]]
[Etymology]
From numerō (“‘count, reckon’”), from numerus (“‘number’”).
[Noun]
numerātor (genitive numerātōris); m, third declension
1.counter, numerator
0
0
2010/03/12 10:01
TaN
8545
cringed
[[English]]
[Verb]
cringed
1.Simple past tense and past participle of cringe.
0
0
2010/03/12 13:32
TaN
8546
cringe
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- genric
[Etymology]
Via Middle English from Old English cringan.
[Noun]
cringe (plural cringes)
1.A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.
He glanced with a cringe at the mess on his desk.
2.(dialectal) A crick.
[See also]
- crouch
- wince
[Verb]
to cringe (third-person singular simple present cringes, present participle cringing, simple past and past participle cringed) (intransitive)
1.To shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment.
He cringed as the bird collided with the window.
0
0
2010/03/12 13:32
TaN
8551
alley
[[English]]
ipa :-æli[Anagrams]
- yella
[Noun]
alley (plural alleys)
1.A narrow street, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
The parking lot to my friend's apartment building is in the alley.
2.(baseball) The area between the outfielders, the gap.
He hit one deep into the alley.
3.(bowling) An establishment where bowling is played; bowling alley.
4.(tennis) The area between the tramlines on a tennis court.
5.A glass marble or taw
[See also]
- alleyway
- bunnyrun
- gennel, ginnel, gunnel, jennel
- jitty
- lane
- passage
- snicket
- wynd
0
0
2009/12/21 09:52
2010/03/12 16:03
TaN
8554
Wash
[[English]]
ipa :/wɒʃ/[Anagrams]
- haws
- shaw, Shaw
[Etymology]
From Old English wæscan (cognate with Dutch wassen and German waschen)
[Noun]
wash (plural washes)
1.The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
2.A liquid used for washing.
3.The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
4.The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
5.The wake of a moving ship.
6.The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
7.A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
8.Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
9.A shallow body of water.
10.In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadi
11.1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
12.1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
13.2005, Le Hayes, Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert
Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sand
14.A lack of progress or regress; no change
His first week at the new job was a wash, since he spent so much time learning the system instead of using it.
[Verb]
to wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past and past participle washed)
1.To clean with water.
2.To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses).
3.(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
4.(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
5.(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
0
0
2010/03/15 12:50
TaN
8559
dirty linen
[[English]]
[Noun]
dirty laundry (uncountable)
1.(idiomatic) Unflattering facts or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which some other may use to blackmail with.
If you don't tell me why you did it, I'll air all your dirty laundry to your boss.
2.Laundry that is unclean or soiled
If you bring your dirty laundry round on Saturday, I'll wash it for you.
3.(slang) A clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry in.
Place your dirty clothes in the dirty laundry.
0
0
2010/03/15 12:50
2010/03/15 12:50
TaN
8563
wear one's heart on one's sleeve
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
- (to be emotionally transparent): to be an open book
[Verb]
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
1.(idiomatic) To be very transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotions.
2.1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, act 1, sc. 1, line 64:
Iago: For when my outward action doth demonstrate
The native act and figure of my heart
In compliment extern, 'tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.
3.1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, lecture 6:
Such a man must have reticences in him. If he walk wearing his heart upon his sleeve for daws to peck at, his journey will not extend far!
4.1915, Gilbert Parker, The Money Master, ch. 18:
There was something very direct and childlike in Virginie Poucette. She could not pretend; she wore her heart on her sleeve.
0
0
2010/03/15 12:52
TaN
8566
teleconnection
[[English]]
[Noun]
teleconnection (plural teleconnections)
1.(meteorology) A causal link between two or more distant weather systems
0
0
2010/03/16 09:36
TaN
8567
tele
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
tele (plural teles)
1.(British, slang, rare) television
[Anagrams]
- leet
[[Croatian]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *telę.
[Noun]
tèle n.
1.calf
[[Czech]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *telę.
[Noun]
tele n.
1.calf (young cow or bull)
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :/ˈtɛlɛ/[Adjective]
tele (not comparable)
1.(valamivel) full
Egy tele pohár vizet kaptak - They got a full glass of water.
vízzel tele pohár - glass full of water
[Adverb]
tele (not comparable)
1.(valamivel) full
Tele van a ház pókokkal. - The house is full of spiders.
[Antonyms]
- üresen
- üres
[Etymology]
From the same Finno-Ugric root *täwde as Finnish täysi
[See also]
- tele van a hócipője
[Synonyms]
- teli (comparable)
- teli (comparable)
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
tele f. pl.
1.plural of tela tele f.
1.(informal) telly (UK), TV
[[Norwegian]]
[Noun]
tele m.
1.Frozen layer of earthDet er tele i jorda. - The earth is frozen. (litt. It is 'tele' in the earth)
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/těle/[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *telę.
[Noun]
tèle n. (Cyrillic spelling тѐле)
1.calf
[[Slovene]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Slavic *telę.
[Noun]
tele n.
1.calf
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
short for televisión
[Noun]
tele f. (plural teles)
1.television
0
0
2010/03/16 09:37
TaN
8568
teleological
[[English]]
ipa :/tɛlɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/[Adjective]
teleological (comparative more teleological, superlative most teleological)
1.Of or pertaining to teleology; showing evidence of design or purpose.
[Etymology]
From teleology.
0
0
2010/03/16 09:51
TaN
8569
weather
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɛðɚ/[Anagrams]
- weareth
- whate'er
- whereat
- wreathe
[Etymology]
Old English weder, from Proto-Germanic *weđrom, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom. Cognate with Dutch weer, German Wetter, Old Norse veðr (Danish vejr, Swedish väder) and with Russian вёдро (“‘fair weather’”).
[Noun]
weather (countable and uncountable; plural weathers)
1.The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2.Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and its effects.
Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
3.(nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
4.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 3:
One complained of a bad cold in his head, upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island.
5.(countable, figuratively) A situation.
[Synonyms]
- (windward side): weatherboard
[Verb]
to weather (third-person singular simple present weathers, present participle weathering, simple past and past participle weathered)
1.To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
2.(nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
3.(nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
0
0
2010/03/16 09:52
TaN
8571
morale
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:MoraleWikipediamorale (uncountable)
1.The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
After the layoffs morale was at an all time low, they were so dispirited nothing was getting done.
Morale is an important quality in soldiers. With good morale they'll charge into a hail of bullets; without it they won't even cross a street.
[Synonyms]
- esprit de corps
[[French]]
[Adjective]
morale f.
1.Feminine form of morale.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
morale m and f (m and f plural morali)
1.moral
[Anagrams]
- malore
- molare
- molerà
[Noun]
morale f. (plural morali)
1.morals
2.moral philosophymorale m. (plural morali)
1.morale
0
0
2010/03/16 12:37
TaN
8574
Cree
[[English]]
ipa :-iː[Anagrams]
- cere
[External links]
- ISO 639-1 code cr, ISO 639-3 code cre (SIL)
[Proper noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:CreeWikipediaCree
1.An aboriginal nation of North America.
2.Any of a group of Algonquian languages spoken by this people.
0
0
2010/03/16 12:37
TaN
8581
plain
[[English]]
ipa :/pl̩eɪn/[Anagrams]
- lapin
- Lipan
[Etymology 1]
From Anglo-Norman pleyn, playn, Middle French plain, plein, from Latin plānus (“‘flat, even, level, plain’”).
[Etymology 2]
From Anglo-Norman plainer, pleiner, variant of Anglo-Norman and Old French pleindre, plaindre, from Latin plangere.
[Etymology 3]
From Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“‘level ground, a plain’”), neuter substantive from plānus (“‘level, even, flat’”).
[[French]]
ipa :/plɛ̃/[Adjective]
plain m. (f. plaine, m. plural plains, f. plural plaines)
1.(obsolete) plane
[Anagrams]
- alpin
- lapin
[Etymology]
From Latin planus.
[[Romansch]]
[Adjective]
plain
1.full
[Etymology]
From Latin plēnus.
0
0
2010/03/17 11:07
8590
hemiplegia
[[English]]
[Noun]
hemiplegia (plural hemiplegias)
1.Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city. - James Joyce, August 1904
0
0
2010/03/18 11:14
TaN
8591
handedness
[[English]]
[Etymology]
handed + -ness
[Noun]
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1.(chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
2.A preference for using one hand rather than the other.
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imperious
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈpɪəriəs/[Adjective]
imperious (not comparable)
1.Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
2.1866 - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth
...she glanced about her in an imperious, challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
3.Urgent.
4.1891 - Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.
5.(obsolete) Imperial or regal.
6.1895 - Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
She was quick, beautiful, imperious, while he was quiet, slow, and misty.
[Etymology]
From Latin imperiōsus (“‘mighty, powerful’”) < imperium (“‘command, authority, power’”)
[Synonyms]
- (domineering): authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing
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2010/03/19 09:37
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8598
ponderous
[[English]]
[Adjective]
ponderous
1.Clumsy and unwieldy because of its weight.
2.Extremely dull or boring.
3.Slow and heavy.
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akin
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈkɪn/[Adjective]
akin (comparative more akin, superlative most akin)
1.(of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
2.1722, Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, ch. 23:
We are too near akin to lie together, though we may lodge near one another.
3.1897, Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, ch. 2:
The faces changed, passing in rotation. Youthful faces, bearded faces, dark faces: faces serene, or faces moody, but all akin with the brotherhood of the sea.
4.Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
5.1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, T. Cockeril, part 4, bk. 1, ch. 2, p. 27:
Is not then Fruition near akin to Love?
6.1710, anon., "To the Spectator, &c.," The Spectator, vol. 1, no. 8 (March 9), p. 39:
She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue.
7.1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, ch. 44:
Such sensations, however, were too near akin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies.
8.1837, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, ch. 39:
Mr. Winkle . . . took his hand with a feeling of regard, akin to veneration.
9.1910, Zane Grey, "Old Well-Well," Success (July):
Something akin to a smile shone on his face.
[Anagrams]
- Kian
- kina
- naik
[Etymology]
Prefix a- (“‘for, of’”) + kin
[[Tagalog]]
[Adjective]
akin(g)
1.(possessive) my.
[Pronoun]
akin
1.(possessive) mine.
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2010/03/21 20:48
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armigerous
[[English]]
ipa :/ɑːˈmɪ.dʒə.ɹəs/[Adjective]
armigerous (not comparable)
1.Entitled to bear a coat of arms.
2.1903, George Angus, "Arms of Married Women", Notes and Queries (ser. 9) 9 (Jan-Jun): 197
Mr. Udal suggests that an armigerous woman who marries an non-armigerous man may still display her own arms. But how? Her husband has no shield, so where are the wife's arms to go?
3.1981, Nigel Saul, Knights and Esquires: The Gloucestershire Gentry in the Fourteenth Century, page 23
Although the rolls of arms upon which Denholm-Young relied so heavily do not after all show that the esquires became armigerous in about 1370, it is still significant that the arms of esquires which were not emblazoned on the Parliamentary, Carlisle or Dunstable Rolls should appear for the first time on a roll of arms in about 1370.
[Etymology]
armiger + -ous
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2010/03/21 20:50
8610
aromatic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
aromatic (comparative more aromatic, superlative most aromatic)
1.Fragrant or spicy.
2.(organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds; derivatives of the hydrocarbon benzene.
[Anagrams]
- macrotia
[Antonyms]
- (organic chemistry): aliphatic
[Etymology]
See aroma.
[Noun]
aromatic (plural aromatics)
1.A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
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