Quo·tid·i·an adj. [attrib.] of or occurring every day; daily: the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic. - ordinary or everyday, esp. when mundane: his story is an achingly human one, mi...
Linch·pin (also lynch·pin) n. 1 a pin passed through the end of an axle to keep a wheel in position.
Lave v. [trans.] POETIC/LITERARY wash: she ran cold water in the basin, laving her face and hands. (of water) wash against or over (something): the sea below laved the shore with small, agitated wave...
In·vei·gle v. [trans.] persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery: we cannot inveigle him into putting pen to paper. See note at TEMPT.
Something that one has begun): I continued my stroll;| [asadj.] (continued) he asked for their continued support. - remain in a specified position or state: they have indicated their willingness to co...
U·kase n. an edict of the Russian government: Tsar Alexander I issued his famous ukase unilaterally decreeing the North Pacific Coast Russian territory. an arbitrary command: defying the publisher in...
Supposed to typify public lavatories: the lavatorial utility that was a feature of subway design. lav·a·to·ry n. (pl. -ries) a room or compartment with a toilet and washbasin; a bathroom. - a sink or...
Sounds and movements of the face and body that are the instinctive expressions of lively amusement and sometimes also of contempt or derision: she couldn't help laughing at his jokes; he laughed out l...
Has already achieved that one makes no further effort. Middle English lorer, from Old French lorier, from Provençal laurier, from earlier laur, from Latin laurus. Linked entries: MOUNTAIN LAUREL ■ CH...
Di·rec·to·rate n. [treated as sing. or pl.] the board of directors of a company. a section of a government department in charge of a particular activity: the Directorate of Intelligence.
Al·tru·ism n. the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others: some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism.
Sometimes, it seems to me that, the smaller the things is that people want, the bigger the disappointment when they don't get it, or it's not exactly right -dora
Snook·er n. a game played with cues on a billiard table in which the players use a cue ball (white) to pocket the other balls (fifteen red and six colored) in a set order. a position in a game of sno...
Short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied. late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of mot 'word'. moth n. (pl. moths ) a chiefly nocturnal insect related to...
Out·post n. a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force, used esp. as a guard against surprise attack. - a remote part of a country or empire. - FIGURATIVE something regard...
Mind regarded as a store of things remembered: he searched his memory frantically for an answer. - the capacity of a substance to return to a previous state or condition after having been altered or d...
Laugh·ing thrush n. a gregarious thrushlike babbler of South and Southeast Asia, typically with dark gray or brown plumage and a boldly marked head, and having a cackling call. Genus Garrulax, famil...
Laugh a minute very funny: it's a laugh a minute when Lois gets together with her dad. □ laugh out of the other side of one's mouth be discomfited after feeling satisfaction or confidence about someth...
Adv. ■ o·ver·ex·er·cise v. ■ o·ver·ex·ert v. ■ o·ver·ex·er·tion n. ■ o·ver·ex·pan·sion n. ■ o·ver·fa·tigue n. ■ o·ver·feed v.; -fed ■ o·ver·fond adj. ■ o·ver·fond·ly adv. ■ o·ver·fond·ness n. ■ o·ver·...
William Burnham (1824-87), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1880-87. A judge on the circuit court, he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Hayes. wood sage n. another term for