n. paradigm
(a) person who writes or compiles a dictionary
(b) the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
(c) partial or total loss of memory; blackout
(d) a holding device attached to a workbench
n. bevy
(a) a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground)
(b) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture; hick; yahoo; hayseed; bumpkin; chawbacon
(c) the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
(d) a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities
n. dissertation
(a) a person who is not very bright; stupe; dullard; pudding head; pudden-head; poor fish; pillock
(b) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research
(c) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals; dross
(d) a small natural hill; hillock; hammock
n. paranoia
(a) act of plotting or scheming; conspiracy
(b) inactivity; sluggishness; phlegm; flatness
(c) a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
(d) the branch of zoology that studies fishes
n. curator
(a) previous legal decision serving as an authoritative rule
(b) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
(c) a newspaper or official journal
(d) the action of going beyond or overstepping some boundary or limit |
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adj. detrimental
(a) of or characteristic of or occurring in spring
(b) quick and energetic; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; zippy
(c) relating to or characteristic of the activity of fishing
(d) (sometimes followed by 'to') causing harm or injury; prejudicial; prejudicious
n. resumption
(a) someone new to a field or activity; tyro; initiate
(b) voiced or written song of rejoicing
(c) beginning again
(d) a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might exist)
n. countenance
(a) the act of vibrating; shiver
(b) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing; gewgaw; novelty; trinket
(c) formal and explicit approval; endorsement; warrant; imprimatur
(d) an ugly evil-looking old woman; beldame; witch
n. colic
(a) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants); gripes; griping
(b) a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
(c) a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action
(d) selfishness; vanity
n. impishness
(a) the path followed by an object moving through space
(b) a passage selected from a larger work; extract; selection
(c) puckishness; whimsicality
(d) an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal |
