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02 January 2015
The Eternal One is
Straight, upright.
Right, proper, correct.
Exact, standardized, just so.
Primary, chief, main.
First.
Pure, unmixed.
Pretty.
Honest.
Placed or situated in the middle.
Just now, right now.
Straightens.
Puts right, rectifies.
Regular.
Positive.
5.
1040.
Translingual definitions of the character 正 . Submitted by Daniel Galef.
16 December 2014
12 Reasons You are my Ex
1. Exacerbate: to make worse
2. Exact: to call for and obtain (“exact revenge”)
3. Exaggerate: to overemphasize or overstate
4. Exalt: to glorify or intensify
5. Examine: to inspect, investigate, or scrutinize
6. Exasperate: to aggravate or enrage
7. Excavate: to remove or expose by digging or as if by digging
8. Exceed: to be greater than or to go beyond a limit or normal boundary
9. Except: to keep out or to object
10. Excerpt: to take out or select, especially writing, for other use
11. Exchange: to trade
12. Excise: to remove by cutting or as if by cutting
From 90 Verbs Starting with "Ex-", Daily Writing Tips. Submitted by Sean Wai Keung.
04 December 2013
Definitions
Extremely elderly Benedictine monk
Irrational predilection for performing surgery
Of, like or pertaining to lava
One who habitually enters many competitions
Local judge among miners
Provisional name for a plant whose flowers are unknown
Expression of joy among Arab women
Muscle by which the testicles are suspended
Government by superior firepower or by cannons
Part of a bullfighting arena where the bull makes his stand
Ancient syrupy medicine that is licked off a spoon
Doctrine that the wicked are utterly destroyed after death
Some definitions from The Phrontistery, a free online dictionary of obscure words. Submitted by Howie Good.
25 October 2013
Coffee
Coffee
A beverage consisting of
A decoction or infusion of
The roasted ground or crushed seeds of
The two-seeded fruit of
Certain coffee trees
The seeds
Or fruit
Themselves any tropical tree or shrub of
The genus Coffea of
The madder family
Especially
C. arabica
And
C.canephora
Cultivated commercially
Compare Arabian Coffee
Robusta Coffee
A cup of coffee
We ordered four coffees and
Three doughnuts
A social gathering
at which coffee and
Other refreshments
Are served
The definition of coffee at Dictionary.com. Submitted by Christian Smith.
03 May 2013
Shizzle
fo shizzle ma nizzle
is a bastardization of
fo' sheezy mah neezy
which is a bastardization of
for sure mah nigga
which is a bastardization of
I concur with you whole heartedly
my African american brother
Definition 3 for 'fo shizzle ma nizzle' in the Urban Dictionary. Submitted by Gabriel Smy.
19 February 2013
Set upon the étagère
Aftercare, agate ware
air-to-air, antiair
anywhere, arctic hare
Asian pear, bayadere
bêche-de-mer, Belgian hare
billionaire, boutonniere
bring to bear, camel hair
Camembert, captain's chair.
Chinaware, compressed air
county fair, crackleware
Croix de Guerre, debonair
de la Mare, derriere
disrepair, doctrinaire
earthenware, easy chair
en plein air, everywhere
fighting chair, flying mare.
Fourragère, Frigidaire
germ warfare, get somewhere
graniteware, grizzly bear
here and there, hide or hair
hollowware, ice-cream chair
in one's hair, in the air
ironware, jasperware
kitchenware, La Bruyère.
Lacquerware, laissez-faire
Latin square, legionnaire
lion's share, Little Bear
love affair, luminaire
lusterware, magic square
mal de mer, managed care
market share, Medicare
metalware, millionaire.
Minaudière, miter square
Mon-Khmer, morris chair
Mousquetaire, nom de guerre
on the square, open-air
otherwhere, outerwear
overbear, overwear
perfect square, plasticware
polar bear, potty-chair.
Porte cochere, prickly pear
questionnaire, rivière
Robespierre, rocking chair
savoir faire, science fair
self-aware, self-despair
silverware, slipper chair
snowshoe hare, solar flare.
Solitaire, swivel chair
tear one's hair, then and there
thoroughfare, trench warfare
unaware, underwear
vaporware, vivandière
wash-and-wear, water bear
wear and tear, willowware
woodenware, world premiere
yellowware, zillionaire.
From a list of words that rhyme with étagère on the Merriam Webster online dictionary, 31 January 2013. Submitted by Steph Dempsey.
14 December 2010
Custom Dictionary
Aaaargh
aaargh
Arse
Bakewell
Baldy
buggeration
Bunnyface
colposcopy
Columbus
Cressida
Cumbria
Didsbury
Dimbleby
Duffer
dunno
Eon
Ecton
Er…
fab
FAB
fishcake
fuck’em
Fulham
Gawain
goblins
got’em
grrr
haiku
hardcore
hubris
huzzah!
id
Ikea
Ingerland
jetlagged
Jodrell
Jonathan
Jonks
Kendrick
Kevinless
kissed
Lavinia
Lesbiana
Liverpuddle
luvverly
m’dear
Macaulay
Merseyside
Me
mercies
miseries
mockingbird
Monterey
narrowboats
needlecraft
nob
Orla
ooh
Oooh
ORLA
Ovaltine
ovulating
PDFs
PMS
PJs
pissed
podcast
poeting
pootling
Prokoviev
Psychicbread
quilting
Quorn
ravishing
Rayleigh
rehydrated
revelatory
RSPB
RSVP
Sadlergate
Sandiway
Sandringham
Sarge
Sauvignon
Sellotape
sleepyhead
sparrowfart
Tamworth
Tesco
thingybob
Thinkpad
tinternet
tirribly
topsy
Tupperware
turvy
Um…
undelete
Undercliffe
vengeful
vergers
weirdly
Whitby
whooping
whortleberries
Xanthe
Xmas
yay
!
From the custom dictionary on my phone – these are all the words my phone has learnt from me. Submitted by Jo Bell.