n. chasm
(a) a yawning hollow, as in the earth's surface
(b) possibility of happening
(c) an elaborate literary composition presenting a subject in all its parts
(d) the head-harness of a horse consisting of a head-stall, a bit, and the reins
n. plasticity
(a) keen enjoyment
(b) the property of some substances through which the form of the mass can readily be changed
(c) a small light boat propelled by oars
(d) a related group of words containing a subject and a predicate and expressing a complete thought
n. heterogeneity
(a) an expert reasoner
(b) a piece of land completely surrounded by water
(c) one who seeks earnestly, as for advancement, honors, place
(d) unlikeness of constituent parts
n. privateer
(a) treatment
(b) sailor or officer of a warship; warship; ship commissioned by a government to fight enemies
(c) a special school, as of theology or pedagogics
(d) one of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy
n. sergeant-at-arms
(a) person who is remarkable for tact and shrewd management
(b) an executive officer in legislative bodies who enforces the orders of the presiding officer
(c) a mass of rotating or whirling fluid, especially when sucked spirally toward the center
(d) excessive or superfluous growth or quantity |
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n. louse
(a) a small insect parasitic on and sucking the blood of mammals
(b) the structure of the body; form; build
(c) largeness; stateliness, magnificence; importance; nobility
(d) the story of one's life written by himself
n. vista
(a) the act or state of looking forward to as certain or probable
(b) a view or prospect
(c) the act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid
(d) attachment
n. priory
(a) forcible constraint or restraint, moral or physical
(b) a monastic house
(c) that which moves the mind or inflames the passions
(d) land along the edge of a body of water
n. pathos
(a) the passion for collecting books
(b) the quality in any form of representation that rouses emotion or sympathy
(c) the attainment of superior skill
(d) the act of bringing into a state of submission
n. vertex
(a) measurement of force
(b) the intellectual and moral tendencies that characterize any age or epoch
(c) peak; highest point; top; summit
(d) the external appearance merely |
