Circumvent (4.30.2009)

Definitions of circumvent on the Web:

• besiege: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
• outwit: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
• hedge: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
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• to avoid or get around something; to bypass; to surround or besiege; to outwit or outsmart
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Stroboscope (4.29.2009)

Definitions of Stroboscope on the Web:

• scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary
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• A stroboscope, also known as a strobe, is an instrument used to make a cyclically moving object appear to be slow-moving, or stationary. The principle is used for the study of rotating, reciprocating, oscillating or vibrating objects. Machine parts and vibrating strings are common examples.

Philistinism (4.28.2009)

Definitions of Philistinism on the Web:

• materialism: a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
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• Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, and/or spiritual values. ...
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• A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters
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• philistine - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
• philistine - of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
• philistine - a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
• philistine - anti-intellectual: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Swashbuckler (4.27.2009)

Definitions of Swashbuckler on the Web:

• daredevil: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person
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• Swashbuckler is a 1982 computer game for the Apple II family of computers, created by Paul Stephenson and published by Datamost.
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• This is a list of alternate base character classes to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. As base classes rather than prestige classes, they can be taken by newly created characters without need for any prerequisites.
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• Swashbuckler or swasher is a term that developed in the 16th century to describe rough, noisy and boastful swordsmen. It is based on a fighting style using a side-sword with a buckler in the off-hand, which was filled with much "swashing and making a noise on the buckler".

Thwart (4.26.2009)

Definitions of thwart on the Web:

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
• a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
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• A thwart is a strut placed crosswise (left/right) in a ship or boat, to brace it crosswise.
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• A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail; A seat that is incorporated into the design of a small boat's thwart; to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate
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• thwarted - defeated: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many ...

Sublime (4.25.2009)

Definitions of sublime on the Web:

• empyreal: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton Basso; "the sublime ...
• reverend: worthy of adoration or reverence
• vaporize and then condense right back again
• lifted up or set high; "their hearts were jocund and sublime"- Milton
• change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime when heated"
• exalted: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose"
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Trillian (4.24.2009)

Definitions of Trillian on the Web:

• Trillian is a proprietary multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows created by Cerulean Studios that can connect to multiple IM services, such as AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! ...
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• Tricia McMillan aka Trillian is a fictional character from Douglas Adams' series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ...
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Couch Fire Inferno (4.22.2009)

Definitions:

A couch that is on fire and resembles a raging inferno in intensity.

Elusive (4.21.2009)

Definitions of Elusive on the Web:

• difficult to describe; "a haunting elusive odor"
• skillful at eluding capture; "a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist"- David Kline
• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
• baffling: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
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• Elusive became the first single for British singer/songwriter Scott Matthews and was released on the 18th September 2006 . ...
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Pestilence (4.19.2009)

Definitions of Pestilence on the Web:

• plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea ...
• plague: any epidemic disease with a high death rate
• a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
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• Pestilence are a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. ...
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• Pestilence is the name of a comic book supervillain who has battled the Canadian super-team Alpha Flight.
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Excelsior (4.17.2009)

Definitions of Excelsior on the Web:

• thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing
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• Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When ...
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• Henderson produced 4 cylinder motorcycles from 1912 until 1931. They were the largest and fastest motorcycles of their time, and appealed to sport riders and police departments. Police favored them for traffic patrol because they were faster than anything on the roads. ...
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• Excelsior is a wood product made of fibers from the Aspen tree, used in packaging, cushioning, stuffing of stuffed animals, and for the cooling ...
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• Excelsior is a brief poem written and published in 1841 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The famous Sam Loyd chess problem, Excelsior, was named ...
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• Excélsior is a daily newspaper, founded by Rafael Alducin and published in Mexico City since 1917.

Belligerent (4.16.2009)

Definitions of belligerent on the Web:

• aggressive: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
• combatant: someone who fights (or is fighting)
• engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"
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• A belligerent is an individual, group, country or other entity which acts in a hostile manner, such as engaging in combat.
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Pedagogical (4.15.2009)

Definitions of Pedagogical on the Web:

• of or relating to pedagogy; "pedagogical significance"
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• Pedagogy , or paedagogy is the art or science of being a teacher. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction.
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• pedagogy - teaching method: the principles and methods of instruction
• pedagogy - teaching: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"
• pedagogy - education: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

Burlesque (4.14.2009)

Definitions of Burlesque on the Web:

• a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
• spoof: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers"
• parody: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater"

Muse (4.13.2009)

Definitions of Muse on the Web:

• in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
• the source of an artist's inspiration; "Euterpe was his muse"
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• Muse is a magazine published by Carus Publishing, the publishers of Cricket, and is recommended for ages ten and above, yet it is not limited to ...
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• MUSE (pronounced "Em-Yu-Ess-Ee," as if it were titled "M.U.S.E") is Candy Lo's 4th studio album. It was released on 24 November 2000. ...
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Brutalize (4.10.2009)

Definitions of Brutalize on the Web:

• treat brutally
• make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
• become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
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• to brutally inflict violence on someone

Demur (4.7.2009)

Definitions of demur on the Web:

• take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
• enter a demurrer
• (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
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• A demurrer is a legal pleading filed by a party defending against claims or defenses in a lawsuit. The demurrer challenges whether a legal cause of action exists for the facts, as stated by the complaining party. ...
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Albedo (4.6.2009)

Definitions of Albedo on the Web:

• the ratio of reflected to incident light
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• Albedo Piazzolla|アルベド・ピアソラ|Arubedo Piasora is a character in Monolith Soft's RPG series Xenosaga and the main antagonist in ...
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• Albedo Anthropomorphics, or Albedo for short, is a furry comic book anthology series which is credited with starting the furry comic book subgenre ...
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• The albedo of an object is the extent to which it diffusely reflects light from the sun. It is therefore a more specific form of the term ...
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Schlep (4.3.2009)

Definitions of schlep on the Web:

• schlepper: (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person
• shlep: pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"
• a tedious or difficult journey
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• This is a list of English language words of Yiddish language origin, many of which have entered the language by way of American English or Cockney. Spelling of some of these words may be variable (for example, schlep is also seen as shlep, schnoz as shnozz, and so on). ...
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• A long or burden laden journey; To carry or to drag around; To go, as on an errand or task

Flux (4.2.2009)

Definitions of flux on the Web:

• the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
• a flow or discharge
• a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed
• excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea)
• a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action; "the flux following the death of the emperor"