n. ruse
(a) sediment; particles which settle at the bottom of wine or other liquor
(b) belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins); ire; ira
(c) a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
(d) a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
n. vernacular
(a) an awkward stupid person; stumblebum; goon; lubber; lummox; lump; gawk
(b) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
(c) a person who works only for money
(d) someone who tries to bring peace; pacifier; peacemaker
n. ejaculation
(a) the act of wetting something by submerging it; ducking
(b) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column; hunchback
(c) anything indispensable; requirement; necessary
(d) the discharge of semen in males
n. nihilism
(a) complete denial of all established authority and institutions
(b) one thousand years
(c) a long loud emotional utterance; ululation
(d) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
n. runt
(a) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone
(b) state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
(c) disparaging terms for small people; peewee; half-pint
(d) sound of something in rapid motion; birr |
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n. anesthetic
(a) a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations
(b) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; nonpareil; saint; apotheosis; nonesuch; nonsuch
(c) the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
(d) an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; judicature
n. serfdom
(a) a small book usually having a paper cover; folder; leaflet; pamphlet
(b) the extent of something from side to side
(c) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel; hackbut; hagbut
(d) the state of being under the control of another person; vassalage
n. beneficiary
(a) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
(b) the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
(c) the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
(d) the act of becoming more distant
n. boule
(a) an inlaid furniture decoration; buhl
(b) hypothesis
(c) tablet that contains no medication but has medical effects due to purely psychological reasons
(d) a meeting for boat races
n. conflux
(a) the savage and excessive killing of many people; mass murder; butchery
(b) a flowing together; merging
(c) an auxiliary activity; hobby; pursuit; sideline; spare-time activity
(d) the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects |
