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. 1. a group of three, esp. of three closely related persons or things. 2. Chem. a. an element, atom, or group having a valence of three. Cf. monad (def. 2), dyad (def. 3). b. a group of three closely related compounds or elements, as isomers or halides. 3. Music. a chord of three tones, esp. one consisting of a given tone with its major or minor third and its perfect, augmented, or diminished
v., -ersed, -ers·ing, n., adj. –v.t. 1. to pass or move over, along, or through. 2. to go to and fro over or along. 3. to extend across or over: A bridge traverses the stream. 4. to go up, down, or across (a rope, mountain, hill, etc.) at an angle: The climbers traversed the east face of the mountain. 5. to ski across (a hill or slope). 6. to cause to move laterally. 7. to look over, examine, or consider
adj. Also, en·demÆi·cal. 1. natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic. 2. belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place: a fever endemic to the tropics.
n. intense anger; wrath.
v., -fled, -fling, n. –v.i. 1. to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner. 2. to go or move in hurried confusion. 3. to move or go with a shuffle; scuff. –n. 4. a rough, confused struggle or fight. 5. a shuffling: a scuffle of feet. 6. Also called scufÆfle hoeÅ. a spadelike hoe that is pushed instead of pulled. 7. (in tap dancing) a forward and backward
adj. 1. keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret. 2. keen or strong in mental appeal: a subject of poignant interest. 3. affecting or moving the emotions: a poignant scene. 4. pungent to the smell: poignant cooking odors.
posh1 adj. sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious: a posh apartment. posh2 interj. (used as an exclamation of contempt or disgust.)
gala adj. 1. festive; festal; showy: Her birthday parties were always gala occasions. –n. 2. a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment: a gala featuring opera stars in their most famous scenes. 3. festal pomp or dress.
v.t., -at·ed, -at·ing. 1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally: He was excoriated for his mistakes. 2. to strip off or remove the skin from: Her palms were excoriated by the hard labor of shoveling.
adj. 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. –n. 2. a coward. 3. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
adj. 1. Gram. a. noting or pertaining to a gender that refers to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine. b. (of a verb) intransitive. 2. Biol. having no organs of reproduction; without sex; asexual. 3. Zool. having imperfectly developed sexual organs, as the worker bees and ants. 4. Bot. having neither stamens nor pistils; asexual.
n., pl. -cra 1. a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance. 2. an effigy, image, or representation: a simulacrum of Aphrodite.
n. a heated or angry dispute; noisy argument or controversy.
n. 1. a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat. 2. any tyrant or oppressor. 3. Hist. an honorary title applied to a Byzantine emperor, afterward to members of his family, and later to Byzantine vassal rulers and governors.
n. 1. a general outburst of enthusiasm, excitement, controversy, or the like. 2. a prevailing fad, mania, or craze. 3. fury; rage; madness.
n. hatred of marriage.
n. 1. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. 2. the expression so substituted: “To pass away” is a euphemism for “to die.”
Basketball. a particularly forceful, often dramatic dunk shot.
adj. 1. understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval. 2. silent; saying nothing: a tacit partner. 3. unvoiced or unspoken: a tacit prayer.
n. 1. broad comedy characterized by boisterous action, as the throwing of pies in actors' faces, mugging, and obvious farcical situations and jokes. 2. a stick or lath used by harlequins, clowns, etc., as in pantomime, for striking other performers, esp. a combination of laths that make a loud, clapping noise without hurting the person struck.
n., pl. -eys. Australian. 1. any young animal, esp. a kangaroo. 2. a young child.
n. v. n. 1. the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses. 2. relief from wrong or injury. 3. compensation or satisfaction for a wrong or injury. –v.t. 4. to set right; remedy or repair (wrongs, injuries, etc.). 5. to correct or reform (abuses, evils, etc.). 6. to remedy or relieve (suffering, want, etc.).
n. 1. a melodramatic adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment. 2. a situation or contest of which the outcome is suspensefully uncertain up to the very last moment: The game was a cliff-hanger, but our team finally won.
before a judge or court; awaiting judicial determination. e.g. It would be subjudice if I make any comment.
n. 1. zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory. 2. biased devotion to any group, attitude, or cause. Cf. male chauvinism.
v., -ured, -ur·ing. –v.t. 1. to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. –v.i. 2. to come into use; take or have effect. 3. to become beneficial or advantageous
n. 1. a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer. 2. a despicable person. 3. Australia and New Zealand. an informer; stool pigeon.
Informal. unpredictable; risky; uncertain
adj. resembling a weasel, esp. in features or manner: a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes.
n. Law. the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge. ---foreclose J (fôr kl$zÆ, f$r-), v., -closed, -closing. -v.t. 1. Law. a. to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, esp. on failure to make payment on a mortgage when
v.i. Chiefly Northern U.S. to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.
n., v., scythed, scyth·ing. –n. 1. an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand. –v.t. 2. to cut or mow with a scythe.
a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies. 2. a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and problems, as between employees and an employer or between students and a university.
., v., -ceed, -cee·ing. –n. 1. master of ceremonies. –v.t. 2. to act as master of ceremonies for. –v.i. 3. to act as master of ceremonies.
v.t. to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid: to eschew evil.
n., pl. -ries, v., -ried, -ry·ing. –n. 1. a light, brief shower of snow. 2. sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion; nervous hurry: There was a flurry of activity before the guests arrived. 3. Stock Exchange. a. a brief rise or fall in prices. b. a brief, unusually heavy period of trading. 4. a sudden gust of wind. –v.t.
adj. 1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. 2. dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.
a small statue.
n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.
1. to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet. 2. Informal. to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner: He spouted his theories on foreign policy for the better part of the night. –v.i. 3. to discharge, as a liquid, in a jet or continuous stream. 4. to issue forth with force, as liquid or other material through a narrow orifice. 5. Informal. to talk or speak at some length or in an oratorical manner.
