n. reminiscence (a) formal conversation (b) system of stars held together by gravity (c) a loud resonant repeating noise; clangour; clank; clash; crash (d) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
n. assessment (a) the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event (b) a purging medicine; physic (c) the act of constraining (d) obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
n. facet (a) the act of submitting (b) the basic unit of money in Japan (c) a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone) (d) hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; catholicon; cure-all
n. parameter (a) variable which determines the form of a function (b) a deliberate and vigorous gesture or motion (c) the funds of a government or institution or individual (d) an animal especially a mammal having four limbs specialized for walking
n. victuals (a) any substance that can be used as food; eatable; pabulum (b) the act of becoming formally connected or joined (c) inheritance; bequest (d) playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower |
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n. nirvana (a) coming of Christ (b) a large gathering of people; concourse (c) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape (d) heavenly state that exists beyond the cycle of reincarnation
n. relish (a) a long narrow opening; fissure; scissure (b) a notice of someone's death; necrology (c) the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth; flavour (d) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
n. tycoon (a) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences (b) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest; remonstration; objection (c) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; business leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive (d) the act of ceding
n. labyrinth (a) a complex system of interconnecting cavities (b) a rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together (c) significant events and incidents in a person's early life (d) aim; purpose; goal
n. emptor (a) compulsory force or threat (b) a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect (c) a person who buys; vendee (d) a person who lacks good judgment; saphead; tomfool |