n. hombre
(a) a collector and student of postage stamps
(b) the act of moving something from one location to another; transfer; transferral; conveyance
(c) an informal term for a youth or man; bozo
(d) verbal punishment
n. confidant
(a) someone to whom private matters are confided
(b) manmade water channel equipped with a valve or gate for regulating water flow
(c) a light shade of blue; sapphire; lazuline; sky-blue
(d) puckishness; whimsicality
n. unction
(a) a short pithy instructive saying; apophthegm
(b) act of anointing; pouring of oil
(c) witty language used to convey insults or scorn; caustic remark
(d) one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
n. tribulation
(a) an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; visitation
(b) a light softness; fluffiness
(c) essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers; athar; ottar
(d) a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
n. philanderer
(a) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying
(b) the analysis of a vector field; disintegration; the organic phenomenon of rotting; decay
(c) flirt; gallivanter; womanizer
(d) a bad-tempered person; crank; churl |
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n. bravado
(a) a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea; hallucination
(b) the intolerance and prejudice
(c) the humanistic study of language and literature
(d) a swaggering show of courage
n. tedium
(a) a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
(b) a woman who cohabits with an important man; doxy
(c) dullness owing to length or slowness; tiresomeness
(d) the act of inducing hypnosis; suggestion
adj. tractile
(a) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tensile
(b) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
(c) having the sticky properties of an adhesive; gummy; mucilaginous; pasty; sticky; viscous
(d) foreseeing the future; second-sighted
n. cubby
(a) extreme distress of body or mind
(b) a small secluded room; snuggery; snug
(c) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; interpretation
(d) a device for emptying a cask by tilting it without disturbing the dregs
n. obit
(a) rhythm; beat
(b) a notice of someone's death; necrology
(c) one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder; rung
(d) specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject |
