n. neigh (a) metal supports for logs in a fireplace; dog (b) the characteristic sounds made by a horse; whicker; whinny (c) an instance of misfortune; mischance (d) a stupid foolish person; ninny
n. apoplexy (a) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check (b) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain (c) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed); self-reproach (d) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
n. cacophony (a) good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries (b) loud confusing disagreeable sounds (c) apprehension; worry; doubt (d) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; inconsistency
n. valor (a) a person who makes a will (b) the size of something as given by the distance around it (c) someone who fights with his fists for sport (d) the qualities of a hero or heroine
n. digression (a) a framework that supports climbing plants; bower; pergola (b) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh (c) gullet (d) wandering from the main path of a journey |
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n. podium (a) a long narrow opening; fissure; scissure (b) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something (c) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox (d) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; peak; bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flush
n. maelstrom (a) a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen (b) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; cwm (c) a natural inclination; leaning (d) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
n. auspicious (a) severe disapproval (b) causing or tending to cause cancer (c) something causing misery or death; scourge; nemesis (d) favorable; beneficent
n. epitome (a) a brief abstract (as of an article or book) (b) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin; tepidness (c) an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion (d) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine; XTC; go; disco biscuit; cristal
n. nurseling (a) wrongful conduct by a public official (b) someone who wastes time; mope; lounger (c) an infant considered in relation to its nanny; suckling (d) a light shade of blue; sapphire; lazuline; sky-blue |