Definitions and Word Differences
Includes the meanings and differences of words, phrases and terms; often related to dictionary entries.
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One is run from the mains, is slightly faster and is more pricey (ELECTRIC), and the other (MANUAL) is simply more portable...
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activities having to do with cooking or experimenting. Any activity that is deemed heretical, or unorthodox by an particular...
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The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to a property
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It sucks is often used as an interjection in a bad situation. If a rock fell on your toe, you'd scream, "THAT SUCKS!" Or if you...
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Intellectual:1. appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.2. of or pertaining to the intellect or its use:...
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celebrated or described in legendFamous
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A nation's financial resources and its financial management, with a view towards its productivity.sidharth
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He continued to mutter incoherently under his breath.
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Well, peep means to look briefly, and talk means to express thoughts in spoken words, so peep talk would probably mean to look...
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The sound "umm" (also um, hmm, and er) is a "filled pause", a special class of interjection.The interjection "umm" can have...
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any person who rules, guides or inspires others
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A cheer clinic is where a group of people (maybe high schoolers for a rec team, or an All star gym for new girls) offers a camp...
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The word means "little rice" (rice = riso).
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Some substances emit light on their own.The emission of light by a substance by itself is called photoemission.
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hi it just means something that is not there but you focus on it actors do it mostly!
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General swelling of the liver.
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is a long flag or banner, often pointed, swallow-tailed, or with several streamers, and suspended from a crossbar TYPE OF FLAG
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According to a number of respected reference resources, including the Random House Dictionary, it can be spelled correctly as...
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If it is being used as an adjective (ex: My grandpa is a droll old man) it describes someone who is humorous or amusing and a...
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Godfather is parrain and gomother is nanan.
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To immolate is to sacrifice, so an antonym of "immolate" would be something expressing either gain or selfishness, like...
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the balloon poised on the seal's nose
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an·a·lyt·ic or an·a·lyt·i·cal adj.1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics.2. Dividing into elemental parts or basic...
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Predilection means to have a partiality or disposition in favor of something; a preference. For example: My best friend Suzie has...
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Dogs perspire out of their mouth and tongue.
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Definitions of abaft on the Web: aft: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane; "stow the luggage aft";...
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972-686-2068
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red cordial is a drink that taste like rasberry
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I think 'greaves' were pieces of armour that protected the shins and calves, and 'brazen' means that they were made of brass....
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No. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or "Long, Long Ago" are normal songs, but they're pop, not classical.
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Pan pan is used in emergency radio transmissions when there is no immediate danger. It is a step down from Mayday.
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She tenderly dabbed at the little girl's injury
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There is no opposite for a word like 'land' any more than there can be an opposite of nouns like 'cat' or 'dog'.
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He wore his new bathing trunks to the beach, but he decided to go barefoot. The overall impression he made was that of a...
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A ruckus (note spelling) is noisy commotion or tumult, a din, a ruction or rumpus (the word ruckus is suggested to be a 19th...
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the part of your life the government has no control over
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An alternative arrangement of seating to the classic (end-on) arrangement, in which the audience are placed on two opposite sides...
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Prefect.Added: Centurion.
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using facts, examples makes an argument strong
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For example: their language, music, dress, country of origin, food, etc.
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Vivid impression means strong impression. For example, "my boyfriend made a vivid impression on my parents, and because of that...
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To err is to make an error. Erred is the past tense of err.
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it means something has the ability to reproduce, or it means that something other than itself can make it reproduce
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It means bad (example: maladjusted.)
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It symbolizes growth (collectively). As the tagline says good people to grow.
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Making oneself the centre of attention
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because it's another person's life your dealing with. You could seriously hurt them or even kill them if you can't read the...
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ends aforesaid mean :said or mentioned earlier or previously
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Alb- is a prefix that means white. ie. 'Albino'
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I think these days boulevards are those streets that run from point A to point B without merging into any other...
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Alienable land in property law is land that has the capacity to be transferred to by mortgage or by deed. Property is generally...
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the supervisor is one who manage the employes
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Mata siguaraya is a Cuban tree.Mata: treesiguaraya: The name of the tree
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it is known as education or value education
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The boy attempted to proselytize his mother into Christianity.
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Counting House is a British term used before the 20th Century. It relates to any place( as in room, hall, center etc) where any...
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The artists use of blue in the painting gave it a fine nuance that the other painting didn't have.
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Semiotics is the study of the signifier/signified relations ship, such as how the letters t-r-e-e compound and give us an image...
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The Fifth Business is used in a term by Leisl. She defines fifth business by using it in a play. In an opera, there is always a...
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An eponym is a name, especially a place name although it can be almost anything, derived from the name of a real or imagined...
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Willing to talk and engage in activities with other people; friendly being a sociable person, Eva loved entertaining (of a place,...
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To surmise is to make an assumption or guess about something without any further evidence to back it up. Examples of the usage of...
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Warmth, heat, anger, passion, desire, destruction.
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'Encourage' means to make a person feel like they can do something. So 'encouraging' means that you ARE MAKING someone feel like...
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Motivation is to want to do something, to be driven by an interest, but emotions are feelings you get like love, joy, sadness,...
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subsitue ,subordinate, I've got more but i gotta go sorri =P
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It means someone or something was holding on to your heel and keeping you from moving forward.
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initial ideas are simple ideas that you thought of at the start of the project. most of the time people want to keep these ideas
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He opened a school in Rome and he took part in pubic disputations.
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It means that people can understand you
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a person that is idealistic is a person that comes up with alot of ideas in their minds
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waqfe ghufran is used five times in alsura alyasin and meanings comes out from Maghfirat (Forgiveness) on this waqf it is very...
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agreeable, kind, nice, pleasing, respectful
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The acronym MAG can mean massive action game, metal active gas (welding), mobile access gateway, metropolitan access gateway,...
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From Cassie Willis, Communications Liaison for the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa... Thank you for the question. We're glad you...
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