minx

1. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

mincer

1. a kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces

cogwheel

1. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

leeward

1. the direction in which the wind is blowing
2. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

1. on the side away from the wind; "on the leeward side of the island"

1. toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"

jubilee

1. a special anniversary (or the celebration of it)

polysemy

1. the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings

penury

1. a state of extreme poverty or destitution

craggy

1. having hills and crags
2. rocky and steep

skedaddle

1. a hasty flight

1. run away, as if in a panic

pontiac

1. famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)

dipsomaniac

1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

caisson

1. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
2. a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
3. a chest to hold ammunition
4. large watertight chamber used for construction under water

punctilio

1. a fine point of etiquette or petty formality
2. strict observance of formalities

snake oil

1. (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
2. communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

kiosk

1. small area set off by walls for special use

bezel

1. a sloping edge on a cutting tool

gouache

1. an opaque watercolor prepared with gum
2. a watercolor executed with opaque watercolors mixed with gum

kaon

1. an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

hawser

1. large heavy rope for nautical use

catenary

1. the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points

chandlery

1. candles and other commodities sold by a chandler
2. a storeroom where candles are kept

helter-skelter

1. lacking a visible order or organization
2. with undue hurry and confusion; "a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause"

1. haphazardly; "the books were piled up helter-skelter"

bosk

1. a small wooded area

minaret

1. slender tower with balconies

aigret

1. a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume

kelter

1. in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter"

tergiversation

1. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
2. the act of abandoning a party or cause

shinplaster

1. paper money of little value issued on insufficient security

sine qua non

1. a prerequisite

saccade

1. a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
2. an abrupt spasmodic movement

rabbinical

1. of or relating to rabbis or their teachings; "rabbinical school"

purloin

1. make off with belongings of others

exacerbate

1. make worse; "This drug exacerbates the pain"
2. exasperate or irritate

peplum

1. a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
2. a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist

whatchamacallit

1. something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped whatchamacallit back into its socket"

mulatto

1. an offspring of a Black and a White parent

nacelle

1. a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine

braggadocio

1. vain and empty boasting

investiture

1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch
2. the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

aerodontalgia

1. pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing)

biggin

1. a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin

niggard

1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend

foulard

1. a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design)

weft

1. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

slaphappy

1. cheerfully irresponsible
2. dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "slaphappy with exhaustion"

synergy

1. the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects

obsequious

1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
2. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"

ersatz

1. an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation

1. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"

gravitas

1. formality in bearing and appearance

jellaba

1. a loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa

rumba

1. syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
2. a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and violent movement
3. a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance

1. dance the rhumba

aba

1. a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
2. a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair

bastinado

1. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
2. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

1. beat somebody on the soles of the feet

quay

1. wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

tousle

1. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

1. in disarray; extremely disorderly; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers

eisegesis

1. personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas

melee

1. a noisy riotous fight

grog

1. rum cut with water

coaming

1. a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out

cringle

1. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

mal de mer

1. motion sickness experienced while traveling on water

steeple

1. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

uncertainty principle

1. (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time

plebe

1. a military trainee (as at a military academy)

hank

1. a coil of rope or wool or yarn

sybaritic

1. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"

aplomb

1. great coolness and composure under strain

kowtow

1. a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

1. bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
2. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

coolie

1. an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer

coulomb

1. a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second
2. French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law (1736-1806)

acclivity

1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

dactyl

1. a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
2. a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

cadaster

1. a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land; made for the purpose of taxation

screed

1. a long monotonous harangue
2. a long piece of writing
3. an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete

balaclava

1. a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face

clap

1. a sudden very loud noise
2. a common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra
3. a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated

1. put quickly or forcibly; "The judge clapped him in jail"
2. cause to strike the air in flight; "The big bird clapped its wings"
3. clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
4. clap one's hands together; "The children were clapping to the music"
5. strike the air in flight; "the wings of the birds clapped loudly"
6. strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting
7. strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise; "clap two boards together"

suffusion

1. the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance

suffragan bishop

1. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese

terra alba

1. finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment
2. fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
3. a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)

viola da gamba

1. viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello

bas bleu

1. a woman having literary or intellectual interests

googly

1. a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way

cockleshell

1. a small light flimsy boat

elucidate

1. make clear and (more) comprehensible
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

flocculent

1. having a fluffy character or appearance

protocol

1. (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
2. forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state
3. code of correct conduct; "safety protocols"; "academic protocol"

col

1. a pass between mountain peaks

prehensile

1. adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object; "a monkey's prehensile tail"
2. having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
3. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

metonymy

1. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

libration

1. (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite; "the libration of the moon"

mea culpa

1. an acknowledgment of your error or guilt

lollipop woman

1. a woman hired to help children cross a road safely near a school

dido

1. (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

pidgin

1. an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

dip switch

1. (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware; used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user

pelagic

1. relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean; "pelagic organisms"; "pelagic whaling"

gibbous

1. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
2. (used of the moon) more than half full

murmuration

1. a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

uninitiate

1. people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate"

1. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"

chiliad

1. the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

parlourmaid

1. a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door

bondmaid

1. a female bound to serve without wages
2. a female slave

tachycardia

1. abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)

misopedia

1. hatred of children

hypermedia

1. a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together

diabolatry

1. the worship of devils

acedia

1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

rollover

1. the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty

falderol

1. ornamental objects of no great value

confabulation

1. an informal conversation
2. (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

septuagenarian

1. someone whose age is in the seventies

xylophone

1. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

aitchbone

1. a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone

scone

1. small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

conestoga

1. a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century

cunctation

1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

mug's game

1. a futile or unprofitable endeavor

fiduciary

1. a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for personal gain"

1. relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"

fedora

1. a hat made of felt with a creased crown

fedayeen

1. (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel

plebeian

1. one of the common people

1. of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"
2. of or associated with the great masses of people; "his square plebeian nose"

catawba

1. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
2. slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape
3. the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba

consistory

1. a church tribunal or governing body

concomitant

1. an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

1. following as a consequence

eviscerate

1. surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
2. remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
3. remove the entrails of
4. take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"

1. having been disembowelled

venality

1. prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward

funk hole

1. dugout as a place of safe retreat (when in a funk)

exogamy

1. marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law

loadstone

1. a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically

gambol

1. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

1. play boisterously; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"

bola

1. a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
2. a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin

epistrophe

1. repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

symbiosis

1. the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other

aridity

1. a condition yielding nothing of value
2. a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)

commodious

1. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense); "a commodious harbor"; "a commodious building suitable for conventions"

calumny

1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
2. an abusive attack on a person's character or good nam

stemmer

1. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
2. a worker who makes or applies stems for artificial flowers
3. an algorithm for removing inflectional and derivational endings in order to reduce word forms to a common stem
4. a miner's tamping bar for ramming packing in over a blasting charge
5. a device for removing stems from fruit (as from grapes or apples)

stem-winder

1. a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem

12-tone system

1. a type of serial music introduced by Arnold Schoenberg; uses a tone row formed by the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale (and inverted or backward versions of the row)

entanglement

1. an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

tweedledee and tweedledum

1. any two people who are hard to tell apart

dumdum

1. a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound

demigod

1. a person with great powers and abilities
2. a person who is part mortal and part god

lesbos

1. an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry

bosh

1. pretentious or silly talk or writing

bos'n

1. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

cowpie

1. fecal matter of a cow

nematode

1. unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

mountebank

1. a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

kerfuffle

1. a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious kerfuffle they had caused"

dilly-dallier

1. someone who wastes time

didacticism

1. communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive; "the didacticism expected in books for the young"; "the didacticism of the 19th century gave birth to many great museums"

comic opera

1. opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken

habanera

1. music composed in duple time for dancing the habanera
2. a Cuban dance in duple time

sclera

1. whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball

tempera

1. pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

caldera

1. a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

perspicacity

1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
2. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

gunwale

1. wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

cataract

1. clouding of the natural lens of the eye
2. a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice

marcel

1. a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron

1. make a marcel in a woman's hair

bolus

1. a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
2. a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine

dewlap

1. a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck

kakemono

1. a Japanese (paper or silk) wall hanging; usually narrow with a picture or writing on it and a roller at the bottom

peri

1. a beautiful and graceful girl
2. (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done

beriberi

1. avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)

caravanserai

1. an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans

wiseacre

1. an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments

lucre

1. informal terms for money
2. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

credenza

1. a kind of sideboard or buffet

cosh

1. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

1. hit with a cosh, usually on the head

whitelash

1. backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

calash

1. a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century
2. the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

sequestration

1. the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury"
2. the action of forming a chelate or other stable compound with an ion or atom or molecule so that it is no longer available for reactions
3. a writ that authorizes the seizure of property
4. seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

sequela

1. any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; "paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis"

pintle

1. a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge

emaciate

1. cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"
2. grow weak and thin or waste away physically; "She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"

appurtenance

1. equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
2. a supplementary component that improves capability

dauber

1. an unskilled painter

drubbing

1. a sound defeat
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

bellicose

1. having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"

iconoclast

1. a destroyer of images used in religious worship
2. someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

flibbertigibbet

1. a female fool

winnow

1. the act of separating grain from chaff; "the winnowing was done by women"

1. separate the chaff from by using air currents; "She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field"
2. blow on; "The wind was winnowing her hair"; "the wind winnowed the grass"
3. select desirable parts from a group or list; "cull out the interesting letters from the poet's correspondence"; "winnow the finalists from the long list of applicants"
4. blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"

bleat

1. the sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this)

1. talk whiningly
2. cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating"

moldboard

1. wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow

bouffe

1. opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken

oubliette

1. a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling

shiva

1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
2. the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon

mainsheet

1. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

maimer

1. a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples

laissez faire

1. the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

1. with minimally restricted freedom in commerce

zoonosis

1. an animal disease that can be transmitted to humans

soporific

1. a drug that induces sleep

1. sleep inducing
2. inducing mental lethargy

slip coach

1. a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train

sassenach

1. the Scots' term for an English person

logomach

1. someone given to disputes over words

katzenjammer

1. disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
2. loud confused noise from many sources

katabatic wind

1. a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

je ne sais quoi

1. something indescribable

houyhnhnms

1. a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
2. one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift

hoummos

1. a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East

houdah

1. a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant

nosocomial

1. taking place or originating in a hospital; "nosocomial infection"

dolt

1. a person who is not very bright

doo-wop

1. a genre (usually a cappella) of Black vocal-harmony music of the 1950s that evolved in New York City from gospel singing; characterized by close four-part harmonies; the name derived from some of the nonsense syllables sung by the backup

bugaboo

1. an imaginary monster used to frighten children
2. a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them"

booboisie

1. class consisting of all those who are considered boobs

neanderthal

1. extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia

1. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance
2. relating to or belonging to or resembling Neanderthal man; "Neanderthal skull"

albuginea

1. whitish tunic

anunnaki

1. any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods

anubis

1. an Egyptian god of tombs that has the head of a jackal; conducted dead persons to judgment

rostrum

1. a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
2. beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

hussy

1. a woman adulterer

unctuous

1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

concubine

1. a woman who cohabits with an important man

profligate

1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. a recklessly extravagant consumer

1. recklessly wasteful
2. unrestrained by convention or morality

castigate

1. censure severely; "She castigated him for his insensitive remarks"
2. inflict severe punishment on

concatenation

1. the state of being linked together as in a chain; union in a linked series
2. the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc; "it was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances"
3. a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
4. the act of linking together as in a series or chain

slipstream

1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

piffle

1. trivial nonsense

1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
2. act in a trivial or ineffective way

infundibulum

1. any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)

infantilism

1. an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
2. infantile behavior in mature persons

parallax

1. the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

triskaidekaphobia

1. a morbid fear of the number 13

ylem

1. (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements

flummox

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

fait accompli

1. an irreversible accomplishment

senescence

1. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
2. the property characteristic of old age

paucity

1. an insufficient quantity or number

chambray

1. a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp

bray

1. the cry of an ass

1. braying characteristic of donkeys
2. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
3. laugh loudly and harshly

hellcat

1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

bethel

1. a house of worship (especially one for sailors)

whelp

1. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf

1. birth; "the dog whelped"

quaoar

1. a planetoid discovered in 2002

bayou

1. a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

double-blind experiment

1. an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment; "a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects"

diphthong

1. a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

niqaabi

1. an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family

wasabi

1. a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root
2. the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish

abience

1. (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object

abysm

1. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

schadenfreude

1. delight in another person's misfortune

tutee

1. learns from a tutor

devotee

1. an ardent follower and admirer

roustabout

1. a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

gadabout

1. a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

breechclout

1. a garment that provides covering for the loins

moolah

1. informal terms for money

abocclusion

1. the condition in which the upper teeth do not touch the lower teeth when biting

hoodoo

1. (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
2. a practitioner of voodoo
3. a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
4. something believed to bring bad luck

1. bring back luck; be a source of misfortune

doofus

1. a stupid incompetent person

didactic

1. instructive (especially excessively)

gravida

1. the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in; "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three"
2. a pregnant woman

lido

1. a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports

dillydallier

1. someone who wastes time

dilettante

1. an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

1. showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting"

dada

1. an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
2. a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty

erastianism

1. the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters

eristic

1. a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
2. the art of logical disputation (especially if specious)

1. given to disputation for its own sake and often employing specious arguments

meliorist

1. a disputant who advocates reform

golem

1. (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
2. a mechanism that can move automatically

solemnity

1. a trait of dignified seriousness
2. a solemn and dignified feeling

eton collar

1. broad white collar worn over the lapels of a jacket

ligand

1. an atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom

gandy dancer

1. a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang

stochastic

1. being or having a random variable; "a stochastic variable"; "stochastic processes"

supremacism

1. the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others; "white supremacism"

caboodle

1. any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"

kail

1. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
2. coarse curly-leafed cabbage

jainism

1. sect founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism
2. religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being

jai alai

1. a Basque or Spanish game played in a court with a ball and a wickerwork racket

maisonette

1. a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
2. a small house

maillot

1. a woman's one-piece bathing suit
2. tights for dancers or gymnasts

pilau

1. rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes

laudability

1. the quality of being worthy of praise

alzheimer's

1. a progressive form of presenile dementia that is similar to senile dementia except that it usually starts in the 40s or 50s; first symptoms are impaired memory which is followed by impaired thought and speech and finally complete helplessness

skibob

1. a vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels; the rider wears short skis for balancing

bombast

1. pompous or pretentious talk or writing

fusion

1. an occurrence that involves the production of a union
2. a nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
3. the state of being combined into one body
4. the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
5. the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
6. correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
7. the act of fusing (or melting) together

knucklebones

1. a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

abjuration

1. a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

rajab

1. the seventh month of the Islamic calendar

slop jar

1. a large pail used to receive waste water from a washbasin or chamber pot

nougat

1. nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste

mastaba

1. an ancient Egyptian mud-brick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof; "the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"

kaaba

1. (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying

abacus

1. a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
2. a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves

keratin

1. a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair feathers nails and hooves

tintinnabulation

1. the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe

lout

1. an awkward stupid person

gloat

1. malicious satisfaction

1. dwell on with satisfaction
2. gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy

impecunious

1. not having enough money to pay for necessities

suffragan

1. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese

toboggan

1. a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front

1. move along on a luge or toboggan

brogan

1. a thick and heavy shoe

sprechgesang

1. a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking

sanguine

1. a blood-red color

1. confidently optimistic and cheerful
2. inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion"

vesper

1. a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
2. a late afternoon or evening worship service

dromedary

1. one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia

plantigrade

1. an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings

1. (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)

halloo

1. a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no one heard him"

1. urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt"
2. shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention

shrew

1. a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
2. small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

airscrew

1. a propeller that rotates to push against air

pawer

1. a person who handles or caresses in a clumsy or overfamiliar manner

ewer

1. an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

dower

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
2. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

1. furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"

avower

1. someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
2. someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"

megillah

1. (Yiddish) a long boring tediously detailed account; "he insisted on giving us the whole megillah"
2. (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim

geminate

1. a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"

1. form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
2. occur in pairs
3. arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers"
4. arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in these words"

joule

1. a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
2. English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889)

bloemfontein

1. the seat of the supreme court

globosity

1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object

tonsure

1. the shaved crown of a monk's or priest's head
2. shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order

1. shave the head of a newly inducted monk

viniculture

1. the cultivation of grapes and grape vines; grape growing

wafture

1. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

mitre

1. joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner
2. the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made; "he covered the miter with glue before making the joint"
3. a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions

rescission

1. (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; "recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent"

least squares

1. a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve

prestidigitation

1. manual dexterity in the execution of tricks

presbyopia

1. farsightedness resulting from a reduced ability to focus caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens with age

delusion

1. (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
2. a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; "he has delusions of competence"; "his dreams of vast wealth are a hallucination"
3. the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

backsword

1. a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
2. a sword with only one cutting edge

gordian knot

1. any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms
2. an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia

dividend

1. that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
2. a number to be divided by another number
3. a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)

mendacity

1. the tendency to be untruthful

mendicancy

1. the state of being a beggar or mendicant; "they were reduced to mendicancy"
2. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

paltering

1. a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

palaeolithic

1. second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC

1. of or relating to the second period of the Stone Age (following the eolithic); "paleolithic artifacts"

bouchee

1. shell of puff paste

koumiss

1. an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

louver

1. one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

loupe

1. small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists

kwela

1. a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments

cenotaph

1. a monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war

aboulia

1. a loss of will power

rhumb line

1. a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction

lustrum

1. a period of five years
2. a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five years following the census

humdrum

1. the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; "he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work"; "he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners"; "he hated the sameness of the food the college served"

1. not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines"
2. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea"

centrum

1. the main body of a vertebra

davit

1. a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)

integument

1. an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

telamon

1. a figure of a man used as a supporting column

gammon

1. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
2. hind portion of a side of bacon

etymon

1. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

cacodaemon

1. an evil spirit

parsimony

1. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
2. extreme stinginess

ockham's razor

1. the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred

diadem

1. an ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty

demyelination

1. loss of the myelin covering of some nerve fibers resulting in their impaired function

demagogue

1. an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience

moussaka

1. casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs

hoka

1. a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language
2. a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California

bazooka

1. a portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an antitank weapon

oculus

1. the organ of sight

gumbo

1. any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy and very sticky mud when saturated with water
2. tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
3. long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but used especially in soups and stews
4. a soup or stew thickened with okra pods

begum

1. a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan

zama

1. the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War

smite

1. inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
2. affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love for this young girl"
3. cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"

1. (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck"
2. marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her"

batten

1. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
2. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm

1. furnish with battens; "batten ships"
2. secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"

transmigrante

1. a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell

antediluvian

1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
2. a very old person

1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"
2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

rappee

1. strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco

epee

1. a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade

velveteen

1. a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet

vela

1. a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis; "because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called `the Sails'"
2. membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap
3. membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
4. a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking

ravel

1. French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)
2. a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"

1. disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"
2. tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"

hovel

1. small crude shelter used as a dwelling

bevel

1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
2. a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size

1. cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel; "bevel the surface"

peculation

1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

pecos

1. a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas

chapultepec

1. a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)

visa

1. an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

1. provide (a passport) with a visa
2. approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"

samizdat

1. a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature

salient

1. (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy

1. having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"
2. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
3. represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)

fossa

1. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)
2. monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
3. largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets

bursa

1. a city in northwestern Turkey
2. a small fluid-filled sac located between movable parts of the body especially at joints

weatherglass

1. a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure

assiduousness

1. great and constant diligence and attention

mortmain

1. real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation)
2. the oppressive influence of past events of decisions

fusain

1. a stick of black carbon material used for drawing

coxswain

1. the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

chilblain

1. inflammation of the hands and feet caused by exposure to cold and moisture

blain

1. an inflammatory swelling or sore

wainscot

1. panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
2. wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room

waif

1. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

kwai

1. the basic unit of money in China

gaggle

1. a flock of geese

1. make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"

nagari

1. a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi

brobdingnag

1. a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous

cajolery

1. flattery intended to persuade

jackanapes

1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

homage

1. respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"

hemidemisemiquaver

1. a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note

puking

1. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

1. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

mewl

1. cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"

asymptote

1. a straight line that is the limiting value of a curve; can be considered as tangent at infinity; "the asymptote of the curve"

moue

1. a disdainful grimace

lavabo

1. a basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression)

nous

1. common sense; "she has great social nous"
2. that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head"

humous

1. a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East

carboniferous

1. from 345 million to 280 million years ago

1. of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system"
2. relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon

boatswain

1. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

laudanum

1. narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

nepotism

1. favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

nabob

1. a governor in India during the Mogul empire
2. a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)

yuppie

1. a young upwardly mobile professional person; someone under 40 who prospered during the 1980s

wamble

1. move unsteadily or with a weaving or rolling motion

insipid

1. lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
2. lacking significance or impact; "an insipid novel"
3. lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality"; "jejune novel"
4. not pleasing to the sense of taste

slalom

1. a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

1. race on skis around obstacles

jenny ass

1. female donkey

butterfingers

1. someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)

vespers

1. the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays
2. a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
3. a late afternoon or evening worship service

perspicaciousness

1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

persiflage

1. light teasing

zamboni

1. the trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink

cootie

1. a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

bailiwick

1. the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction
2. a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

lambaste

1. beat with a cane
2. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

flimflam

1. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

violoncello

1. a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

preachify

1. speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"

puerperium

1. time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"

feudalize

1. bring (a country or people) under feudalism

kinkajou

1. arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
2. a kind of lemur

bijou

1. a small and delicately worked piece

itineration

1. journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing; a preaching tour or lecturing tour

alar

1. a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time

1. of or relating to the axil
2. having or resembling wings

schema

1. an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
2. a schematic or preliminary plan

cosset

1. treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

mysophobia

1. a morbid fear of dirt or contamination

de rigueur

1. required by etiquette or usage or fashion; "instruction as to when and where a silk hat is de rigueur"

provocateur

1. a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts

danseur

1. a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina

auteur

1. a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works

cuirass

1. medieval body armor that covers the chest and back

bhang

1. a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India

magnetron

1. a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators

gamete

1. a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

vagile

1. having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals"

tabi

1. a sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese

quadrature

1. the construction of a square having the same area as some other figure

pachydermatous

1. of or relating to or characteristic of pachyderms
2. emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"

jabberwocky

1. nonsensical language (according to Lewis Carroll)

verisimilitude

1. the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

frumpish

1. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

frustum

1. a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed

onomatopoeia

1. using words that imitate the sound they denote

cassiopeia

1. (Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda
2. a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris

throe

1. severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"
2. hard or painful trouble or struggle; "a country in the throes of economic collapse"

roentgenium

1. a radioactive transuranic element

groyne

1. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away

groundsheet

1. a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect from moisture

googolplex

1. a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol)

googol

1. a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred)

catafalque

1. a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

barque

1. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

arabesque

1. position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose
2. an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design

deprecate

1. express strong disapproval of; deplore
2. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

depilous

1. completely hairless

cephalalgia

1. pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs

peccadillo

1. a petty misdeed

pecuniary

1. relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his services"

spathe

1. a conspicuous bract surrounding or subtending a spadix or other inflorescence

roue

1. a dissolute man in fashionable society

macaronic

1. of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together; "macaronic verse"

klinefelter syndrome

1. syndrome in males that is characterized by small testes and long legs and enlarged breasts and reduced sperm production and mental retardation; a genetic defect in which an extra X chromosome (XXY) is present in the male

solipsism

1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist

panoptic

1. including everything visible in one view; "a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base"; "a panoptic stain used in microscopy"
2. broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

aspic

1. savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables

atonicity

1. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

klaxon

1. a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

chabad

1. a large missionary Hasidic movement known for their hospitality, technological expertise, optimism and emphasis on religious study
2. a form of Hasidism practiced by Lithuanian and Russian Jews under communist rule; the beliefs and practices of the Lubavitch movement

atrabilious

1. irritable as if suffering from indigestion

lamarckism

1. a theory of organic evolution claiming that acquired characteristics are transmitted to offspring