Zugzwang (9.18.2009)

Definitions of zugzwang on the Web:

• Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move", ) is a term originally used in chess which also applies to various other games. ...
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• Zugzwang is a musical work by Juan Maria Solare.
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• A situation in which every move available to the player is disadvantageous
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• German for "compelled to move". A situation that occurs when any move a player makes will weaken his/her position, however, he/she is ...
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• The obligation to move.
  homepage.ntlworld.com/gpjnow/VC-GP.htm

• A situation whereby all possible moves for a player will create a disadvantage.
  www.jaqueslondon.com/games/chess/chess_terms.php

• German for "compulsion to move." Instead of automatically recapturing material, one player makes a move that creates a larger threat (such as mate) and gets the material later.
  www.mgopu.ru/PVU/2.2/English/Sports&Games/Chess3.doc

• A position in which all legal moves lead to trouble.
  www.askthechessmaster.com/glossary.html

Adulate (9.17.2009)

Definitions of adulate on the Web:

• flatter in an obsequious manner
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• Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.
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• To flatter effusively
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• adulation - servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
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• adulation - Flattery; fulsome praise
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Hallux (9.15.2009)

Definitions of hallux on the Web:

• big toe: the first largest innermost toe
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• The hallux, commonly referred to as the big toe (also as great toe or thumb toe), although it may not be the longest toe on the foot of some ...
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• The big toe
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• The great toe; hallucis "of the great toe."
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• A hallux, or dewclaw, is a functionless claw that doesn't hit the ground. Some dinosaurs had dewclaws. HALTICOSAURUS (pronounced HALL-tik-oh-SAWR-us) Halticosaurus (meaning "leaping lizard") was a late Triassic dinosaur from about 222 million years ago. ...
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• The first digit or "big toe" of a bird's foot. In the Purple Martin, as in most species of birds, the hallux is the hind toe, and opposes the three others that point forward. But not all families of birds have four toes and some groups lack a hallux altogether.
  purplemartin.org/main/Terminology.html

Philodox (9.10.2009)

Definitions of philodox on the Web:

• A person with an excessive interest in his own opinions
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• From the half moon come the Philodox, the judges, arbitrators, and problem-solvers. Their rage is dead center, as their role is that of balance ...
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• philodoxy - love of opinion (Plato)
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Undaunted (9.8.2009)

Definitions of undaunted on the Web:

• unshaken in purpose; "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made"
• resolutely courageous; "undaunted in the face of death"
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• Showing courage and resolution; Not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
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• undauntedly - In an undaunted manner
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Thwarted (9.6.2009)

Definitions of thwarted on the Web:

• defeated: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many ...
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• thwart - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
• thwart - a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
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• thwarting - frustration: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
• thwarting - frustrating: preventing realization or attainment of a desire