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Fub·sy adj. (fub·si·er, fub·si·est) BRIT., INFORMAL fat and squat.
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Straits) used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty:
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...
Proust, Marcel (1871–1922), French novelist, essayist, and critic. He devoted much of his life to writing his novel À la recherche du temps perdu (1913–27). Its central theme is the recovery of the lo...
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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.
A·bid·ing adj. [attrib.] (of a feeling or a memory) lasting a long time; enduring: he had an abiding respect for her. a·bid·ing·ly adv.
A·vun·cu·lar adj. 1 of or relating to an uncle. kind and friendly toward a younger or less experienced person:
Back·wa·ter n. a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant: the eels inhabit backwaters. - an isolated or peaceful place: a sleepy Midwest backwater. - a place or condit...
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Cas·u·ist·ry n. the use of clever but unsound reasoning, esp. in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
City in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, southwest of Sarajevo, the chief town of Herzegovina; pop. 126,000. Its chief landmark, an old Turkish bridge across the Neretva River, was destroyed during th...
Con·tu·me·li·ous adj. ARCHAIC (of behavior) scornful and insulting; insolent.
Fairy tale. 3 INFORMAL
Moth·er·craft n. ARCHAIC skill in or knowledge of looking after children as a mother.
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...
Hail from) have one's home or origins in (a place): he hails from Pittsburgh.
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...
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