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| flourishing, prosperous, triumphant |
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| a diagram that shows how and where specific retail products should be placed on retail shelves or displays in order to increase customer purchases |
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| interbreeding of different races; cohabitation, sexual relations or marriage involving persons of different races; mixture or hybridization |
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| (day-noo-maw) the point in the plot that occurs after the climax; the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events. origin: ltn de + nodare (to tie in a knot) |
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| a small bag used esp by sailors to hold sewing implements, toiletries ets. |
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| a person who travels to sell or publicize Bibles, religious tracts, etc. |
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| capable of corroding, burning, destroying living tissue. severely critical or sarcastic remark. |
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| a piece of broken brick, esp one used as a missile; an unkind or unfavorable remark, caustic criticism |
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| bearing or bringing forth live young instead of laying eggs, as opposed to oviparous |
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| to vibrate or tingle. a vibration or tingling sensation |
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| (de-main or de-meen) posession, dominion, region, domain, |
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| to spread false rumors or damaging charges against, to besmirch the reputation of, to slander, calumniate. to cast aspersions |
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| to sweeten, make less acrimonious |
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| something made/done to deceive or fraud; a sham/hoax; misleading, dishonest or empty talk; an imposter |
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| harmony, concord, like notes an octave apart; the entire compass of tones; a tuning fork |
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| the nasil passages or nostrils |
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| to make less severe, extenuate, to mitigate; to relieve the symptoms of a disease but not cure it. |
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| (nar-guh-lee or lay) a tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; a hookah or bong. origin: person nargil (coconut) from which the bowl was formerly made. |
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| shamefully wicked; villainous; atrocious, scandalous, heinous, iniquitous; execrable |
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| characterized by injustice or wickedness |
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| utterly detestable, abominable, abhorrent; very bad. the execrable stage performance |
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| a fishgig, a giddy flirting girl; a kind of firework made of damp powder which gives a hissing or fizzing noise when ignited |
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| sexual activity in which three persons take part simultaneously; m |
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| a crucial, final test of the value or quality of a thing or person; originally a test of gold by acid |
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| in anatomy/botany, possessing no lips or only rudimentary ones |
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| a smirk of the face, a twisting of the body |
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| unredeemed: said of a region or regions populated chiefly by the natives who seeks to recover it |
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| to tangle; to walk/dance clumsily |
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| trituration, also the process of shampooig. origin: grk tribein (to rub) |
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| to grind, rub, crush, esp powder, to pulverize |
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| a piece of wood inserted in a brick or stone wall for holding nails |
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| anything of trifling value; a small obsolete Dutch coin that was worth about 1/4 of a cent |
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| to feed with delicacies, to treat kindly and fondly; to fondle/pet |
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| a stone of a size suitable for throwing |
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| literally, a child raised by its grandmother, hence, a spoiled child. origin: grk mamma (grandmother)+ threptos (nourished) |
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to labor, toil, work hard, sweat.
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| involving or characterized by a mixture of languages, especially burlesque verse in which real/coined words from 2+ languages are mixed or vernacular words of modern languages are Latinized; having the nature of a medley, mixed jumbled. ex. in taxonomy when new species are named after the explorer but Latinized |
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| a powerful official in the household of a medieval noble: he was in charge of administering justice and managing the domestic affairs of the estate and represented his lord in court |
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| to pronounce happy or blessed. origin: grk makar (happy, blessed) |
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| joy in another's happiness |
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| (archaic) a carnival performer often billed as a wiled man, whose act usually includes biting the head of a live chicken or snake |
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| bloodlike, gelatinous patches found on damp stones, made of red alga (palmella cruenta) |
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| a line on a map passing through those points on the surface of the earth at which the first peal of thunder in a thunderstorm is heard at the same time |
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| a fold of skin between the fore and hing limbs of flying squirrels, flying lizards etc. enabling them to glide through the air |
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| a fold of skin between the fore and hing limbs of flying squirrels, flying lizards etc. enabling them to glide through the air |
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| a fold of skin between the fore and hing limbs of flying squirrels, flying lizards etc. enabling them to glide through the air |
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| a scene of disorderly conduct or riots; a place for bear-baiting or similar pastimes. "The City Council meeting degenerated into a bear garden." |
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| sour ale, the acid of ale; vinegar resulting from the fermentation of ale |
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| to leave suddenly, to to decamp, also to squat |
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| characterized by shortness of stature; broadness of girth, and powerful muscularty; endomorphic. origin: grk pyknow (dense, stocky) |
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| lacking courage and resolution; marke by contemptible timidity; cowardly |
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| a girl or woman of saucy, boisterous or carefree behavior |
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| a flurry or sound of activity, commotion; a water pipe |
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| affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quaint |
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| marked by fullness, strength and clarity or sound, sonorous; pompous, bombastic |
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| a messenger between two parties; go between |
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| complication, difficulty. pl. nodi |
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| an irresponsible idler; idle ineffectual, indolent |
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| a quality, as bitterness or redness, regarded as an independent object |
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| having shapely buttocks. origin: grk kalli (beautiful) + pyge (buttocks) |
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| lethargy, dullness; to make dull or obtuse |
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in the past, formerly;
former, previous |
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| aa spiritual force or influence often identified with a natural object, phenomenon or locality; pl. numina |
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| marked by arbitrary, often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances; of, relating to or typical of Procrustes (a villainous son of Poseidon who forced travelers to fit into his bed by stretching their bodies or cutting off their legs) |
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| to search about, esp. to forage; food/victuals |
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| becloud. origin: ltn ob (in the way) + nubilus (cloudy) |
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| excessive or unwholesome sentiment |
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| a diviner in ancient Rome basing his predictions on inspection of the entrails of sacrificial animals |
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| intricate; skillful, artistic; adorned with many things |
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| a massive inexorable force that crushes whater is in its path |
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| the characteristic nature of a boy; a boyish characteristic or trait; puerility |
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| having many syllables; given to the use of long words. |
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| extremely dark, gloomy or forbidding; of or relating to the river Styx |
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| to reduce the edge or violence of; dull |
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| (of a woman) having a full rounded figure; pleasingly plump. origin: yiddish zaftik (juicy, succulent) |
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| to wander or drift about. n. divagation |
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| to stay up late to study. ltn lucubare (to work at night by lamplight) |
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| a pendant on a fine chain that is worn as a necklace. origin: fr lavalliere (a type of necktie with a large bow) |
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| to hold or treat as of little worth or account, contem (to treat with contempt); to express a low opinion of, disparage |
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| monstrous in character, huge (archaic) |
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| blockhead, fool (archaic) |
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| touchy, belligerent (shortened, alterated obstreperous) |
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| a confused mass; an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel); an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding; a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation, embroilment |
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| stubbornly disobedient, rebellious. origin: ltn con + tumere (to swell, be proud) see contumelious |
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| insolently abusive and humiliating. origin: ltn con + tumere (to swell, be proud) see contumacious |
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| of or relating to the eating of human flesh; cannibal. origin: from the Greek myth of Thyestes, brother of Atreus, who unwittingly ate the flesh of his own children |
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| a water clock. origin: grk kleptein (to steal) + hyrdr (water) |
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| set for action, ready; characterized by speed and agility; nimble, lively; easily handled, maneuverable (of a ship) |
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| (oft.cap) headlong, precepitate. origin: from the demon-posessed Gadarene swine of the Bible that rushed into the sea. |
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| one who throws (twists) textile fibers (particularly silk or rayon) into thred or yarn |
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| (doo-en-day) the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm. origin: Span. dialect for "charm" from Span. "ghost, goblin" from duen de casa. |
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| a lengthy discourse; an informal piece of writing; a strip laid on as a guide (as of the thickness planned for a coat of plaster; a leveling device drawn over freshly poured concrete |
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| one who believes that human striving is futile |
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| a long deep breath, sigh; to draw a long deap breath |
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| a hot punch made of red wine, brandy and serry, flavored with almonds, raisins and orange peel, originally made in Sweden for serving during the Christmas holiday season |
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| an agent that promotes the flow of saliva |
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| a person who entertains esp. by singing or reciting on the street, in pubs or in subway passages |
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| exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment; the condition of being empty |
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| small decorative object or trinket |
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| passing away quickly; evanescent |
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| a storeroom or cupboard, pantry, closet; in churches, a niche near the altar for keeping sacred vessels and vestments |
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| the smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose. origin: ltn glabellus (bald, hairless) |
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| the bubbling/effervescence of liquid; a sudden outpouring, as of emotion or violence |
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| the act of flashing like lightning, or flashing with light; the destruction of tissue with electric current |
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| beyond expressio, indescribable or unspeakable, not to be uttered; taboo |
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| relating to or concerned with earning a living (used pejoratively); utilitarian, practical |
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| to protest vehemently, rail |
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| misfortune, bad luck; the smallest amount or most worthless thing possible; double aces, the lowest throw at dice. origin: ltn ambas as (both aces) |
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| mutually destructive; involving conflict within a group |
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| a person of importance. origin: Grand Panjandrum, a character in a story by Samuel Foote |
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| a weak man, sissy; a child's undergarment |
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| the customary pronunciation of a language, the study of the pronuciation of a language |
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| the quality or state of being gentle, meekness, tameness |
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| of, relating to or resembling snakes |
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| a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly, something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure |
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| laying lightly on or over a surface, flickering, softly bright or radiant; marked by lightness or brilliance esp. of an expression |
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| a morsel left at a meal, scrap |
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| lacking intelligence, stupid |
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| full of windings and intricate turnings, tortuous |
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| a winding channel or course; an intricate path or process as of mind |
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