Aphoristic (3.1.2009)

Definitions of Aphoristic on the Web:

• axiomatic: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom"
• terse and witty and like a maxim; "much given to apothegmatic instruction" 
  

• aphorism - a short pithy instructive saying 
  

• The word aphorism (literally distinction or definition, from αφορισμός) denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.
  

Detractor (2.28.2009)

Definitions of Detractor on the Web:

• one who disparages or belittles the worth of something 
  
  

• A person that belittles the worth of another person or cause
  

• detraction - a petty disparagement
• detraction - the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken" 
  

• Detraction is defined, primarily in Roman Catholic theology, as the act of revealing previously unknown faults or sins of another person to a third person. This differs from the act of calumny, which is lying about faults or sins that a person doesn't really have. ...
  

• detraction - the act of detracting something, or something detracted; a derogatory or malicious statement; a disparagement, misrepresentation or slander; the 
  

Nincompoop (2.26.2009)

Definitions of nincompoop on the Web:

• a stupid foolish person 
  

• fool; moron; idiot; simpleton.
  

Apocalypse (2.25.2009)

• a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil

• Apocalypse is a young adult novel written by British author Tim Bowler. It was originally released in 2004 in the UK. ...
  

• Apocalypse is the first film in Cloud Ten Pictures' Apocalypse series about the end times. This film is also the first film that Cloud Ten produced. It was released on video and DVD but was never released to theatres. The film was made in 1998 in association with Jack Van Impe Ministries.
  

• Apocalypse was a heavy metal band active from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. They primarily operated in the UK, Europe and Asia, and was one of the first heavy metal bands to play in the Middle East. ...
  

• Apocalypse (Greek: Apokálypsis; "lifting of the veil"), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the majority of humankind. ...
  

• Apocalypse is a split album between three metal bands from Iceland: Sororicide, Strigaskór Nr. 42 and In Memoriam, released in 1992.
  

• Apocalypse is a futuristic 3D space shoot 'em up game released in 1990 for the Acorn Archimedes written by Gordon J. Key and published by The Fourth Dimension.
  
  

Gargantuan (2.24.2009)

Definitions of Gargantuan on the Web:

• elephantine: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp" 
  

• The Gargantuan Elf Album compiles Elf's second and third albums, Carolina County Ball and Trying to Burn the Sun, with the exclusion of the song "Happy."
  

• Of the giant Gargantua or his appetite; Huge
  

• Of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic; enormous; vast; massive; huge
  

Salvo (2.23.2009)

Definitions of salvo on the Web:

• an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
• a sudden outburst of cheers; "there was a salvo of approval" 
• Salvo is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Men vol. 2, #101
• An exception; a reservation; an excuse
  

Lupus (2.22.209)

Definitions of Lupus on the Web:

• any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease
• a constellation in the southern hemisphere near 
• Centaurus Lupus (, wolf) is a southern constellation. It is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also one of the 48 in Ptolemy's Almagest. ..
• Saint Lupus of Sens or Saint Loup de Sens was an early French bishop of Sens.
• The specific name of the grey wolf, Canis lupus

Schnitzel (2.20.2009)

Definitions of Schnitzel on the Web:

• deep-fried breaded veal cutlets 
  

• Wiener schnitzel (from German Wiener Schnitzel, meaning Viennese ) is a traditional Austrian dish and popular part of Viennese and Austrian ...
  

• Chowder is an American animated television series that debuted on Cartoon Network on November 2, 2007. ...
  

• a thin slice of veal; a cutlet. May be breaded and sautéed, as in wiener schnitzel.
  

Assiduous (2.18.2009)

Definitions of Assiduous on the Web:

• marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral ...
  

• Diligence is a zealous and careful nature in one's actions and work. Decisive work ethic. Budgeting one's time; monitoring one's own activities to guard against laziness. Putting forth full concentration in one's work
  

• Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious
  
  

Speciously (2.17.2009)

Definitions of Speciously on the Web:

1. Deception (also called beguilement or subterfuge) is the act of convincing another to believe information that is not true, or not the whole truth as in certain types of half-truths.

2. specious - plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

Nonpareil (2.16.2009)

Definitions of Nonpareil on the Web:

• ideal: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
• colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies
  
• a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar
• matchless: eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" 
  
  

Nib (2.14.009)

Definitions of Nib on the Web:

• the writing point of a pen
• beak: horny projecting mouth of a bird 
  

• Interface Builder is a software development application for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. It is part of Xcode (formerly Project Builder), the Apple Developer Connection developer's toolset. ...
  

• A nib is the part of a quill, dip pen or fountain pen which comes in to contact with the writing surface in order to deposit ink. There are different types of nib designed for different purposes that vary in terms of the material they are made from, their purpose, shape and size.
  

• The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface; The bill or beak of a bird; the neb; Bits of trapped dust or other foreign material that form ...
• The center (meat) of the cocoa bean. When ground, the nib becomes chocolate liquor.

Frumpy (2.13.2009)

Definitions of Frumpy on the Web:

• dowdy: primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game" 
  
  

• Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable
  
  

• frumpily - In a frumpy manner
  
  

Googolplex (2.12.2009)

Definitions of Googleplex on the Web:

1). 10^10^100

2). a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol

3). 10^10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Quibble (2.11.2009)

Definitions:

Quibble: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

Quibble: A quibble is the quantum computing term for the aggregation of four qubits, or half a qubyte. This follows the standard computing nomenclature of bit, nibble and byte.

Quibble: A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument; To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner

Viscid (2.10.2009)

Definitions of Viscid on the Web:

• gluey: having the sticky properties of an adhesive 
  

• Viscous; having a high viscosity; Sticky, slimy, or glutinous; Covered with a viscid layer
  

• viscidly - stickily: in a sticky viscid manner; "he felt the blood move stickily from his split scalp and trickle down his forehead" 
  

• viscidity - cohesiveness: the property of being cohesive and sticky

Thrombosis (2.9.2009)

Definitions of thrombosis on the Web:

• the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel 
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• The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation
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• thrombotic - Of, pertaining to, or caused by thrombosis
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thrombotic

• excess clotting which obstructs veins (venous thrombosis) and arteries (arterial thrombosis).
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• a blood clot formed in a blood vessel or in the heart.

Bludgeon (2.8.2009)

Definitions of bludgeon on the Web:

• overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
• club: strike with a club or a bludgeon
• a club used as a weapon 
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• Bludgeon is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes.
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• A short heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end; To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club; To ...
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Crenelation (2.7.2009)

Definitions of Crenelation on the Web:

• battlement: a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
• the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows 
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• Crenellation (or crenelation, also known as castellation) is the name for the distinctive pattern that frames the tops of the walls of many medieval castles, often called battlements. ...
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• : Having battlements; looking like the top row of a medieval castle; The act of crenelating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a ...
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Flange and Scuttlebutt (2.6.2009)

Definitions:

Flange: An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place

Flange: Metal pan extending up or down a roof slope around flashing pieces. Usually at chimneys and plumbing vents.

Scuttlebutt: A keg of water on board ship, around which sailors would gossip; Gossip, rumour, idle chatter

Scuttlebutt: scuttle butt - Originally a cask of fresh water for drinking purposes used by the crew. Now any drinking fountain

Microsoft (2.5.2009)

Definitions of Microsoft on the Web: (AKA M$ or M-Money)

~A certain Redmond, VA, USA, Earth software company. Some say it is owned by satan himself.

~Microsoft Corporation is a greedy American multinational computer technology corporation. It develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range or buggy and half-arsed software
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

~ The computer industry giant responsible for DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and assorted business and personal software...AND also is responsible for over a trillion headaches and counting!

Taurine (2.4.2009)

Definitions of Taurine on the Web:

• a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals
• of or relating to or resembling a bull 
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• Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic acid. It is also a major constituent of bile and can be found in lower amounts in the ...
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• An amino-sulfonic acid, NH2CH2CH2SO3H, that has regulatory functions in mammals; Pertaining to a bull; bull-like
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taurine

• An essential nutritional substance for cats which can help prevent blindness and certain types of heart disease.
  www.bestfriendspetcare.com/cat-glossary/cat-terms-T.cfm

• Nonessential amino acid but may be essential for individuals with certain diseases or nutritional concerns. ...
  www.hepatitis-central.com/hcv/glossary/T.html

• A sulfur amino acid essential to the proper functioning of the heart and the eyes, also an antioxidant.
  www.snackaisle.com/page/S/CTGY/GLOSS

Eradication (2.3.2009)

Definitions of Eradication on the Web:

• the complete destruction of every trace of something 
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• The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction; The state of being plucked up by the roots
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• eradicate - eliminate: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
• eradicate - uproot: destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" 
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• eradicate - To pull up by the roots; to uproot; To completely destroy; to put an end to; to extirpate
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• eradicated - eliminated, utterly destroyed; Having the roots of a tree visible in the emblazon
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eradicated

• Control of disease by eliminating the pathogen after itis already established.
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• eradicated - A tree torn up by its roots.
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• Application of measures to totally eliminate a pest or weed from an area, where the risk of re-infestation is minimal or zero.
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Contra (2.2.2009)

Definitions of Contra on the Web:

• a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua 
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• Contra|魂斗羅|Kontora, released as Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, is an arcade game released in 1987 by the Konami corporation. ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game)

• Democratic Alliance (Swedish: Demokratisk Allians) was a Swedish anti-Socialist organisation. It was known for its support of the United States in the Vietnam War, the support for NATO and strong criticism of Olof Palme then Prime Minister of Sweden.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(Swedish_magazine)

• a deal to swap goods or services; an entry that cancels another entry; to the contrary to something; against; contrary or opposed to
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contra

• a range of groups violently opposing the Sandinista government of Nicaragua
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• The octave below normal.
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• The counter-vocalist of the Sardinian tenores [10]
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• contras - R. Pardo-Maurer
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• A deal that allows for the exchange of services, goods or publicity without money changing hands.
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• (15376b and elsewhere 1252-3 onwards) (in prepartion) for as in contra autumpnum, contra pascha (15376f 1249-50)
  paleo.anglo-norman.org/glossary.html

• A short-term trading technique where the investor aims to make a profit without putting up any capital.
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