n. biquadrate (a) an algebraic equation of the fourth degree; quartic; fourth power (b) invulnerability; sacredness (c) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage; crawler; lackey; ass-kisser (d) informal terms for a human head; noodle; noggin; dome
n. vintner (a) someone who makes wine; wine maker (b) a shape that spreads outward (c) legal order (d) a person who is markedly small; nanus
n. filigree (a) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people; behavior; behaviour; conduct; deportment (b) delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire); fillagree (c) the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality (d) tall hat; shako
n. austerity (a) the fraudulent appropriation of funds; defalcation; misapplication; misappropriation (b) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures); nonindulgence (c) disgrace or shame (d) the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use)
n. dossier (a) a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone (b) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration (c) substance which supposedly prolongs life (d) a collection of papers containing detailed information about a particular person or subject (usually a person's record) |
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n. concession (a) a point conceded or yielded (b) a member of the middle class (c) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; core; center (d) the act of starting something for the first time; foundation; institution; origination; creation
n. addendum (a) the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects (b) textual matter that is added onto a publication; postscript (c) act of guessing or inferring (d) state of oblivion
n. repugnance (a) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; inconsistency (b) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks (c) abject or cringing submissiveness; subservience (d) a choice or delicious dish
n. realty (a) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people; behavior; behaviour; conduct; deportment (b) property consisting of houses and land; immovable (c) order; command (d) a manner lacking seriousness
n. cleaver (a) a butcher's knife having a large square blade; chopper (b) a long narrow opening; crevice; fissure; scissure (c) a small natural hill; hillock; hammock (d) unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity |