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***** Mar 22, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more. | Synonyms: | tincture, trace, shadow | Usage: | He was so deadly pale?which had not been the case when they went in together?that no vestige of colour was to be seen in his face. |
Quote of the Day Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) |
***** Mar 21, 2008 ***** Quote of the Day The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) |
***** Mar 20, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Being independent in thought and action or exhibiting such independence. | Synonyms: | unorthodox, irregular | Usage: | He was a maverick politician and refused to align himself with any of the established parties. |
***** Mar 19, 2008 ***** Quote of the Day To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) |
***** Mar 18, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A nest of ants. | Synonyms: | anthill | Usage: | Hours after accidentally stepping on a formicary, she was still picking stray ants off of her jeans. |
Quote of the Day O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands. Sun Tzu (544 BC-496 BC) |
***** Mar 17, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A writing table; a desk. | Synonyms: | secretaire, writing table, secretary | Usage: | In the large shining mahogany escritoire Mr. Osborne had a drawer especially devoted to his son's affairs and papers. |
Word of the Day provided by The Free DictionaryQuote of the Day Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be able to give vent to at least six coherent sentences at once. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) |
***** Mar 16, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Of or relating to winter. | Synonyms: | brumal, hiemal | Usage: | Our teacher described the first activities of bears as they emerge from hibernal sleep. |
Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes. | Synonyms: | percussor, plessor | Usage: | When the doctor tapped my knee with the plexor, my reflex was so strong that I almost kicked him in the head! |
Quote of the Day There are mysteries which men can only guess at, which age by age they may solve only in part. Bram Stoker (1847-1912) |
***** Mar 14, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Extremely desirous. | Synonyms: | hungry, thirsty | Usage: | The young, enthusiastic student was athirst for knowledge. |
Quote of the Day Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
***** Mar 13, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) Land with a soft muddy surface. | Synonyms: | mire, morass, quag, slack | Usage: | We had some difficulty in reaching the point, owing to the intolerably bad paths; for everywhere in the shade the ground soon becomes a perfect quagmire. |
Quote of the Day Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
***** Mar 12, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A satire or lampoon, especially one that ridicules a specific person, traditionally written and posted in a public place. | Synonyms: | parody, put-on, sendup, spoof, charade, lampoon, mockery, burlesque, travesty, takeoff | Usage: | The corrupt politician was a popular target of the pasquinades that were posted all over the city. |
Quote of the Day One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) |
***** Mar 11, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. | Synonyms: | chela, nipper, claw | Usage: | The front pair of legs terminate in very strong and heavy pincers. |
***** Mar 10, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A split or opening in an organ or part. | Synonyms: | crack, crevice, fissure, cleft | Usage: | The surgeon explained that the stitches he had used to sew the scissure shut would dissolve in a few weeks. |
Quote of the Day Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends can only read the title. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) |
***** Mar 09, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. | Synonyms: | furtive, stealthy, sneaky | Usage: | She stole a surreptitious glance at him, but he, too, seemed to have been caught up by Rose's gay, good humor. |
Quote of the Day Do not free the camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) |
***** Mar 08, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A metal ring or cap placed around a pole or shaft for reinforcement or to prevent splitting. | Synonyms: | collet | Usage: | The walking stick was quite old, and the large brass ferrule at its tip was worn down and dented. |
Quote of the Day History shows that the human mind, fed by constant accessions of knowledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical coverings, and bursts them asunder to appear in new habiliments, as the feeding and growing grub, at intervals, casts its too narrow skin and assumes another. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) |
***** Mar 07, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A cathode-ray tube in a television receiver. | Synonyms: | picture tube, television tube | Usage: | When the kinescope failed, we decided to spring for a brand-new television. |
Quote of the Day She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining. Kate Chopin (1851-1904) |
***** Mar 06, 2008 **** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A structure in the form of a network, especially of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatics. | Synonyms: | rete | Usage: | The bullet missed his cardiac plexus by an inch, leaving all the nerves intact. |
Quote of the Day Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) |
***** Mar 05, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm. | Synonyms: | dispirited | Usage: | A subtle change had transformed her from the listless woman he had known into a being who, for the moment, seemed palpitant with the forces of life. |
Quote of the Day I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) |
***** Mar 04, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A monster able to change appearance from human to wolf. | Synonyms: | werewolf, wolfman, loup-garou | Usage: | She thought the novel about the lycanthrope would be silly, but the sad tale about the werewolf's struggles to regain control of his life moved her to tears. |
Quote of the Day The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) |
***** Mar 3, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) Outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells. | Synonyms: | cork | Usage: | Joe carefully harvested the phellem from the tree, excited at the prospect of using the buoyant material to make his very own toy boat. |
Quote of the Day Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) |
***** March 2, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose. | Synonyms: | sneeze, sneezing | Usage: | John complained that every time he came to visit, my dusty carpet would send him into fits of sternutation. |
***** Mar 1, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task. | Synonyms: | paraphernalia, gear | Usage: | He had half expected that she would drive up to the side door in a hansom, would wear a thick veil, and adopt the other appurtenances of a clandestine meeting. |
Quote of the Day Every traveler has a home of his own, and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wandering. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
***** Feb 29, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) The philosophy or science of law. | Synonyms: | legal philosophy, law | Usage: | Because he hoped to one day run for office, he decided to delve into the study of jurisprudence. |
Quote of the Day Credit is a system whereby a person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
***** Feb 28, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) Denunciatory or abusive language. | Synonyms: | vituperation, vitriol | Usage: | Bartle had become so excited and angry in the course of his invective that he had forgotten his supper. |
Quote of the Day I must complain the cards are ill-shuffled till I have a good hand. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) |
***** Feb 27, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A card game in which the winner is the player who holds two or three cards totaling closest to nine. | Synonyms: | chemin de fer | Usage: | Because baccarat attracts wealthy players who place enormous bets, a casino can win or lose millions of dollars a night on the game. |
Quote of the Day No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
***** Feb 26, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A formal public statement. | Synonyms: | proclamation, declaration, announcement | Usage: | A long and dramatic drum-roll signaled that a royal annunciation was about to be delivered. |
Quote of the Day A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) |
***** Feb 25, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A shady resting place in a garden or park, often made of rustic work or latticework on which plants, such as climbing shrubs or vines, are grown. | Synonyms: | bower, pergola | Usage: | I never saw such a garden?large and shady, full of box-bordered paths, and lined with long grape-covered arbors with seats under them. |
Quote of the Day For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) |
***** Feb 24, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury. | Synonyms: | talisman | Usage: | It was sorcery, magic of the worst kind, thought Buldeo, and he wondered whether the amulet round his neck would protect him. |
***** Feb 23, 2008 ***** Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A person with expert knowledge or training, especially in the fine arts. | Synonyms: | cognoscente | Usage: | I brought the painting to the world's best art connoisseurs, and they all agreed that it was an authentic Picasso and would fetch millions at auction. |
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