Fodder (7.8.2012)

Fodder:

1). Food, esp. dried hay or feed, for cattle and other livestock.

2). A person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use.

Panache (1.15.2011)

Definitions of panache on the Web:

• dash: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"
• a feathered plume on a helmet
• a word of French origin that carries the connotation of reckless courage.

Ambrosia (9.17.2010)

Definitions of ambrosia on the Web:

• beebread: a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae
• ragweed: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
• fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut
• (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal
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Conundrum (9.16.2010)

Definitions of conundrum on the Web:

• riddle: a difficult problem
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• Conundrum is an original novel written by Steve Lyons and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Bernice. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Lyons, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #208. ...
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• Bursting Out is a 1978 live album by rock band Jethro Tull. It was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour of May and June 1978, but it is not certain where each track was recorded. ...
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• Conundrum is a fantasy novel by Jeff Crook, published in 2001. The story takes place in the Dragonlance setting, based on the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
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• A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer; A difficult choice or decision that must be made
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Psychedelic (1.19.10)

Definitions of psychedelic on the Web:

• producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis; "psychedelic drugs ...
• having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states; "a psychedelic painting"
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• The word 'psychedelic' is an English term coined from the Greek words for "soul," ψυχή (psyche), and "manifest," δήλος (delos). ...
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• Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or Psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind; Of, containing or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception

Thwack (1.18.10)

Definitions of thwack on the Web:

smack: deliver a hard blow to; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved"
a hard blow with a flat object
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"Thwack" is the fifth episode of the television series Harper's Island, which was aired on CBS on May 9, 2009.
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Incrustation (1.14.10)

Definitions of incrustation on the Web:

• the formation of a crust
• crust: a hard outer layer that covers something
• a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay

Extruding (1.13.10)

Definitions of extruding on the Web:

• Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile. A material is pushed or drawn through a die of the desired cross ...
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• extrude - form or shape by forcing through an opening; "extrude steel"
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• extrusion - bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of ...
• extrusion - squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
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• extrusion - A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe; An item formed by ...
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Hobbit (1.12.10)

Definitions of hobbit on the Web:

• an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
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• The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three live action fantasy epic films: ' (2001), ' (2002) and '' (2003) (often abbreviated to LotR for the trilogy, and FotR, TTT, and RotK for the individual films). ...
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• Homo floresiensis ("Flores Man"; nicknamed Hobbit) is a possible species in the genus Homo, remarkable for its small body and brain and for its survival until relatively recent times. It was named after the Indonesian island of Flores on which the remains were found. ...
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• Hobbits are a fictional diminutive race in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. They are named "Halflings" by most of Middle-earth, and "Periannath" by the Elves. ...
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Flabbergasted (1.11.10)

Definitions of flabbergasted on the Web:

• dumbfounded: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident ...
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• Appalled, amazed, or stunned
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Bellyaching (1.10.10)

Definitions of bellyaching on the Web:

• Whining and complaining, often contrived to evoke pity or shirk responsibility
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Fugue (1.9.10)

Definitions of fugue on the Web:

• dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the ...
• a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
• a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement
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• In music, a fugue is a type of contrapuntal composition or technique of composition for a fixed number of parts, normally referred to as "voices". ...
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• The Morlocks are a group of several fictional comic book mutants associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
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• Fugue is a prominent American literary magazine, based at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. The journal was founded in 1990 under the ...
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• A fugue state, formally Dissociative Fugue (previously called Psychogenic Fugue) (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13Dissociative Fugue (formerly Psychogenic Fugue) ( )), is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories ...
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Hops (1.8.10)

Definitions of hops on the Web:

• Humulus, (hop) is a small genus of flowering plants, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The female flowers often called cones, of one species are called hops, and are used as flavoring and stabilizers, especially for brewing beer. ...
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• hop - jump lightly
• hop - move quickly from one place to another
• hop - travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"
• hop - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
• hop - the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

Pulverize (10.26.2009)

Definitions of Pulverize on the Web:

• powderize: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"
• demolish: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
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• To crush; To render into dust or powder; To be rendered into dust or powder

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• pulverized - powdered: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
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• pulverization - powder: a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
• pulverization - grind: the act of grinding to a powder or dust
• pulverization - annihilation by pulverizing something
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Kludge (11.23.2009)

Definitions of kludge on the Web:

• a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software ...
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• A kludge (or kluge) is a workaround, an ad hoc engineering solution, a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem, typically using parts that are cobbled together.
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• an improvised device, usually crudely constructed. Typically used to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design; any construction or practice, typically inelegant, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently; an amalgamated mass of totally unrelated parts ...
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• The ESL display, a feature of CTSS. This device was a vector scope connected to channel D of the IBM 7094, with substantial intelligence in the display controller. It inspired features of the Multics graphics system.
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• Pronounced klooj, a derogatory term that refers to a poor design. Like hacks, kludges use nonstandard techniques. ...
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• Any ill-advised, substandard, or "temporary" bandage applied to an urgent problem in the (often misguided) belief that doing so will ...
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Joust (11.18.2009)

Definitions of joust on the Web:

• joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
• a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
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• Joust is an arcade game produced by Williams Electronics in 1982.
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• Jousting is a sport played by two armored knights mounted on horses. It consists of competition between two mounted knights using a variety of weapons, usually in sets of three per weapon (such as tilting with a lance, blows with the battle axe, strokes with the dagger, or strokes with a sword ...
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• Joust (2003) is the first in a planned tetralogy by Mercedes Lackey. The books are set in a fictional version of Pharaonic Egypt. The Upper Kingdom is named Tia and the Lower Kingdom is Alta.
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• Joust is the name of a steel roller coaster located at Dutch Wonderland near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ...
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• Joust was an event played in several incarnations of the television series Gladiators. In this event, a contender and Gladiator engage in battle ...
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• A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field; To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt
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• jousting - A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances; Any activity in which two people spar with each other ...
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• jouster - A person who jousts; A horse used for jousting
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• When 2 opposing players are simultaneously attempting to play a ball above the net.
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• A context between two knights on horseback, bearing lances.
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• when two opposing players play the ball as it is falling directly on top of the net.
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• The act of finger jousting an opponent.
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• A competition between two knights in which they ride towards each other and try to knock one another off their horse with a large pole.
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Strafing (11.17.2009)

Definitions of Strafing on the Web:

• Strafing is the practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft. The term is usually applied to attacks with aircraft-mounted ...
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• strafe - an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"
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• Strafe is a fictional character in the various Transformers universes, a member of the Technobots, an Autobot subgroup.
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Sanguinary (11.16.2009)

Definitions of Sanguinary on the Web:

• gory: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
• bloodthirsty: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson
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• Achillea millefolium or Yarrow (other common names Common Yarrow, Gordaldo, Nosebleed plant, Old Man's Pepper, Sanguinary, Milfoil, Soldier's ...
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• Sanguinarians - The vampire lifestyle is an alternative lifestyle, based on the modern perception of vampires in popular fiction. ...
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• In law, the free imposition of capital punishment.
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• adjective, involving or causing much bloodshed - 1 miss
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Pernicious (11.1.2009)

Definitions of pernicious on the Web:

• baneful: exceedingly harmful
• insidious: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
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• Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that define a living organism. It refers to both a particular event and to the condition that results thereby. ...
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• Causing death or injury; deadly; Causing much harm in a subtle way
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• perniciously - banefully: in a noxiously baneful way; "this banefully poisoned climate"
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• perniciousness - grave harmfulness or deadliness
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• perniciously - In a pernicious manner
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• perniciousness - The condition of being pernicious; destructiveness
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• a rare blood disorder in which the body does not absorb enough vitamin B12 from the digestive tract, resulting in an inadequate amount of red blood cells produced.
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• Causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful.
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