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~~~~~~~~~ Jan 26, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~ Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) All of the same or similar kind or nature. | Synonyms: | homogeneous | Usage: | The contentedly retired women of the quilting club were a close-knit, homogeneous group. |
Quote of the Day Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 25, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~ Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Having soft nap produced by brushing. | Synonyms: | napped, brushed | Usage: | Though the train was unbearably cold, she snuggled into the fleecy lining of her coat and promptly fell asleep. |
Quote of the Day And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. Gilbert Chesterton (1874-1936) |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 24, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~ Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A knight honored for valor, entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command. | Synonyms: | knight of the square flag, knight banneret | Usage: | The banneret proudly led his troops into battle and pressed forward unafraid. |
Quote of the Day One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 24, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~ Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A list, especially of names. | Synonyms: | roll | Usage: | The spy's mission was to compile a roster of officials amenable to bribery. |
Quote of the Day It is greater than the stars - that moving procession of human energy; greater than the palpitating earth and the things growing thereon. Kate Chopin (1851-1904) |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 23, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~ Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A foot and leg covering reaching halfway to the knee, resembling a laced half boot. | Synonyms: | half boot, combat boot, desert boot, top boot | Usage: | He wore pale yellow buskins that covered the scars just above his ankles. |
Quote of the Day I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. Victor Hugo (1802-1885) |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 22, 2008 ~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver. | Synonyms: | potholer, spelaeologist, speleologist | Usage: | The spelunkers were lost in the cave and worried that their minimal rations, two granola bars and a bag of salted peanuts, would not last long. |
Quote of the Day All generalizations are dangerous, even this one. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) |
~~~~~~~~ Jan 20, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Of, given to, characterized by, or having the nature of digression. | Synonyms: | rambling, digressive, discursive | Usage: | What started as a few excursive remarks soon turned into a long, rambling speech about this and that. |
Quote of the Day It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) |
~~~~~~~~ Jan 17, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day disputant | Definition: | (noun) One engaged in a dispute. | Synonyms: | eristic, controversialist | Usage: | Other tribes of the new federation took sides with the original disputants or set up petty revolutions of their own. |
Quote of the Day
Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) |
~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 15, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A trough or an open box in which feed for livestock is placed. | Synonyms: | trough | Usage: | After putting him in a stable, his new master filled his manger with straw, but Pinocchio, after tasting a mouthful, spat it out. |
Quote of the Day What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh. Aesop (620 BC-560 BC) |
~~~~~~~~~Jan 14, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A noisy celebration. | Synonyms: | gala, gala affair, blowout | Usage: | Mary could not bear to miss the party and begged her mother for permission to attend the jamboree. |
Quote of the Day Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple...Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) |
In the News Dentists May Screen Patients for Cancer Dental visits and breast cancer screenings are not often discussed as related procedures, but they have been brought a bit closer together with the announcement that dentists may soon begin screening their patients for such tumors. American scientists have developed a test to check saliva for marker proteins that indicate the presence of breast cancer in a patient's body. Since people typically visit the dentist more frequently than a physician, the test may be used alongside mammograms, ultrasounds, and tissue sample analysis as an early detection tool. More on the subject... |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 12, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Well informed about or knowing thoroughly. | Synonyms: | familiar | Usage: | A few words, in explanation, will here be necessary for such of our readers as are not conversant with the details of aerostation. |
Quote of the Day We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato (427 BC-347 BC) |
~~~~~~~~~ Jan 11, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A period of 10 years. | Synonyms: | decade, decennium | Usage: | The first decennary of the century was marked by revolutionary movements and general social unrest. |
Quote of the Day A woman must have money and a room of her own. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) |
~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 10, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (noun) A seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen. | Synonyms: | hay fever | Usage: | It was spring, and, just like the garden, his pollinosis was in full-bloom. |
Quote of the Day Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 09, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day | Definition: | (adjective) Not cultured or cultivated. | Synonyms: | artless, uncultivated | Usage: | She regarded him as an uncultured brute. |
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~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 08, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~
Word of the Day
| Definition: | (noun) A very small quantity or portion; a bit or mite. | Synonyms: | whit, iota, scintilla, shred, tittle, smidge | Usage: | He did not possess even a smidgen of courage and readily yielded his sandwich to an irate squirrel. |
Quote of the Day
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) |
~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 07, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~ Word of the Day
| Definition: | (adjective) Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude. | Synonyms: | patronizing, arch | Usage: | Sir William, no doubt, meant to be kind, but he was cold and condescending, and not a little pompous and conceited. |
Quote of the Day
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC) |
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