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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-07, 14:44 | |
| Cogitation -concentrated thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation -the faculty of thinking -a thought; desire or plan | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-08, 13:56 | |
| Fritter -to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little -to break or tear into small pieces or shreds -to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, etc. -to separate or break into fragments -a small piece, fragment, or shred | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-09, 14:09 | |
| Interosculate -to form a connecting link -to interpenetrate; inosculate | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-10, 16:20 | |
| Dowie -dull; melancholy; dismal | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-11, 22:13 | |
| Cicerone -a person who conducts sightseers; guide | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-12, 14:16 | |
| Glut -an excessive supply or amount; surfeit -a full supply -an act of glutting or the state of being glutted -to feed or fill to satiety; sate -to feed or fill to excess; cloy -to flood (the market) with a particular item or service so that the supply greatly exceeds the demand -to choke up -to eat to satiety or to excess
Oh I wonder what this reminds me of. Was it a sin or something? | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-13, 14:29 | |
| Catchpenny -made to sell readily at a low price, regardless of value or use -something that is a catchpenny | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-14, 14:35 | |
| Periphrasis -the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution -an expression phrased in such fashion | |
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cow-man
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-14, 14:55 | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-14, 15:53 | |
| OOC damn right It sort of boggles me and I looked at the definition too | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-15, 14:31 | |
| Mackle -to blur, as from a double impression in printing -a blur in printing, as from a double impression | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-16, 14:43 | |
| Internuncial -serving to announce or connect -Anatomy (of a need cell or a chain of nerve cells) serving to connect nerve fibers | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-17, 14:50 | |
| Astir -moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement -up and about; out of bed | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-18, 15:17 | |
| totidem verbis -Latin with just so many words; in these words | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-19, 18:19 | |
| Afflated -having inspiration; inspired
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-20, 13:46 | |
| Stour -British Dialect. a. tumlti; confusion; b. a storm -British Dialect. blowing dust or a deposit of dust -Archaic. armed combat; battle -British Dialect. a time of tumult | |
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cow-man
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-20, 13:54 | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-21, 15:35 | |
| Pyrophoric -Chemistry. Capable of igniting spontaneously in air | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-22, 15:32 | |
| Babelism -a confusion, as of ideas, speech, etc. | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-23, 15:20 | |
| Railbird -any kibizer or self-styled critic or expert -a horse-racing fan who watches races or workouts from railing along the track | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-24, 15:26 | |
| Alight -to settle or stay after descending -to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc. -to encounter or notice something accidentally | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-25, 19:07 | |
| Fiddlestick -anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-26, 14:51 | |
| Subrogate -to put into the place of another; substitute for another -Civil Law. To substitute (one person) for another with reference to a claim or right | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-27, 14:14 | |
| Dalles -the rapids of a river running between the walls of a canyon or gorge | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-28, 13:51 | |
| Cabotage -navigation or trade along the coast -Aviation. the legal restriction to domestic carriers of air transport between points within a country's borders | |
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Nazamroth Admin
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-28, 14:17 | |
| ........i would have assumed it means sabotaging your neighbours cabbages.... | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-28, 14:56 | |
| OOC haha I had the same thought almost Something close to sabotage | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-29, 13:50 | |
| Soladity - fellowship; comradeship - an association or society - Roman Catholic Church. a lay society for religious and charitable purposes | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-30, 14:19 | |
| Indemnify -to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc -to guard or secure against anitcipated loss; give security against (future damage or liability) | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-01-31, 17:47 | |
| Comminate -to threaten with divine punishment or vengeance -to curse; anathematize | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-01, 15:29 | |
| Nonessuch -a person or thing without equal; paragon | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-02, 15:11 | |
| Mizzle -South Midland and Southern U.S. to rain in fine drops; drizzle; mist -South Midland and Southern U.S. mist or drizzle | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-03, 13:44 | |
| Brobdingnagian -of huge size; gigantic; tremendous -an inhabitant of Brobdingnag -a being of tremendous; giant | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-04, 14:35 | |
| Winnow -to separate or distinguish (valuable by worthless parts) (sometimes followed by out) -to free (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc., especially by throwing it into the air and allowing the wind of a forced current of air to blow away impurities -to blow (chaff, dirt, etc.) Away by fanning -to blow upon; fan -to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift -to pursue (a course) with flapping wings in flying -to fan or stir (the air) as with the wings in flying | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-05, 14:20 | |
| Succorance -the act of seeking out affectionate care and social support | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-06, 13:47 | |
| Tenebrific -producing darkness | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-07, 23:19 | |
| Epistolize -to write a letter -to write a letter to | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-08, 21:57 | |
| Solipsistic -of or characterized by solipsism, or the theory that only the self exists or can be proved to exist | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-09, 14:05 | |
| Peacock -to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock -the mail of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan -any peafowl -a vain, self-conscious person -(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation of Pavo | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-10, 14:18 | |
| Commensal -eating together at the same table -Ecology. (Of an animal, plant, fungus, etc.) living with, or, or in another, without injury to either -Sociology. (of a person or group) not competing while residing in or occupying the same area as another individual or group having independent or different values or customs -a companion at a table -Ecology. a commensal organism | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-11, 14:01 | |
| Sternutation -the act of sneezing | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-12, 20:46 | |
| Skookum -Northwest U.S., Canada. excellent; first-rate -Northwest U.S., Canada. large; powerful; impressive | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-13, 14:41 | |
| Triskaidekaphobia -a fear or phobia concerning the number 13 | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-14, 15:09 | |
| Pigsney -Obsolete. a darling -Obsolete. an eye | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-15, 13:50 | |
| Belie -to show to be false; contradict -to misrepresent -to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.) -Archaic. to lie about; slander | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-16, 20:04 | |
| Polymathy -learning in many fields; encyclopedic knowledge | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-17, 15:09 | |
| Ballast noun -anything that gives mental, morale, or political stability or steadiness -Nautical. any heavy metal carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability -Aeronautics. something heavy, as bags of sand, placed in the car of a ballon for control of altitude and, less often, of altitude or placed in an aircraft to control the position of the center of gravity -gravel, broken stone, slag, etc., placed between and under the ties of a railroad to give stability, provide drainage, and distribute loads Electricity. a. Also called a ballast resistor. a device, often a resisitor, that maintains the current in a circuit at a constant value by varying its resistance in order to counteract changes in voltage. b. a device that maintains the current through a fluorescent or mercury lamp at the desired constant value, sometimes also providing the necessary starting voltage and current verb -to give steadiness to; keep steady -to furnish with ballast | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-18, 13:44 | |
| Thaumaturge -a worker of wonders or miracles; magician | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-19, 15:31 | |
| Effulgent -shining forth brilliantly; radiant | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-21, 20:56 | |
| Augur verb -to conjecture from signs or omens; predict. -to be a sign; bode -t odivine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate -to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken noun -one of the group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs. -soothsayer; prophet | |
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Faelwen
| Subject: Re: "Word of the Day" as provided by Dictionary.Reference.com 2015-02-22, 14:25 | |
| Glitterati plural noun -wealthy or famous people who conspicuously or ostentatiously attend fashionable events. | |
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