Straits) used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty:
Cav·il v. [intrans.] make petty or unnecessary objections: they caviled at the cost.
Behaving
Widespread as to be ofequal status. Variant pronunciations may be indicated by respelling
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Arranged
Con·tu·me·li·ous adj. ARCHAIC (of behavior) scornful and insulting; insolent.
Ar·rant adj. [attrib.] DATED complete, utter: what arrant nonsense! Middle English: variant of ERRANT, originally in phrases such as arrant thief ('outlawed, roving thief'). Linked entries: ERRANT
I also think people should never turn down an opportunity to hold a baby. There's something about the feeling of a new baby in your arms that just fixes you.
Short for MOUNTAIN LAUREL. - short for CHERRY LAUREL. - the bay tree. See BAY2 . 2 an aromatic evergreen shrub related to the bay tree, several kinds of which form forests in tropical and warm countri...
Hail from) have one's home or origins in (a place): he hails from Pittsburgh.
Late 18th cent. (in the general sense 'washing, a wash'): from French, from laver 'to wash'. la·va lamp n. a transparent electric lamp containing a viscous liquid in which a brightly colored waxy subs...
Moth·er·craft n. ARCHAIC skill in or knowledge of looking after children as a mother.
Cloy v. [trans.] [usu. as adj.] (cloying) disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment: a romantic, rather cloying story; a curious bittersweetness that cloyed her s...
Cane n. 1 the hollow, jointed stem of a tall grass, esp. bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan. - any plant that produces such stems. - stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker...
A·bide v. 1 [intrans.] (abide by) accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation): I said I would abide by their decision.
An·i·mad·vert v. [intrans.] (animadvert on/upon/against) FORMAL pass criticism or censure on; speak out against:
Aes·thete (also es·thete) n. a person who has or affects to have a special appreciation of art and beauty.
Spi·no·za Baruch (or Benedict) de (1632-77), Dutch philosopher. Spinoza espoused a pantheistic system, seeing God or nature as a single infinite substance, with mind and matter being two incommensurab...