A New Random Definition Added Every Hour. Word Meaning Unlocks Concepts and Ideas, Web and Text Mining, Reference, Value, Knowledge Discovery, Creativity, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Ideas http://www.conceptexplore.com/feed.xml en-us Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com founder@conceptexplore.com Roast, a. [For roasted.] Roasted; as, roast beef. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Roast Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Founder, n. [From Found to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. [ Webster] Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4. -- Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Founder Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Dromatherium (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. dromas running + qhrion beast. See Dromedary.] (Paleon.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Dromatherium Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:30:02 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Fragmentary (?), a. [Cf. F. fragmentaire.] 1. Composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire. Donne. [ Webster] 2. (Geol.) Composed of the fragments of other rocks. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Fragmentary Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:30:02 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Heartswelling (hrtswlng), a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. Heartswelling hate. Spenser. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Heartswelling Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:30:02 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Muscling (?), n. (Fine Arts) Exhibition or representation of the muscles. [R.] [ Webster] A good piece, the painters say, must have good muscling, as well as coloring and drapery. Shaftesbury. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Muscling Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Desparple (?), v. t. i. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter; to disparkle. [Obs.] Mandeville. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Desparple Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:30:01 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com nonpartisan adj. 1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of partisan. [Narrower terms: bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way; independent ] [Narrower terms: nonparty, non-party ] Syn. -- nonpartizan. [WordNet 1.5] 2. not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan commission to study crime. [WordNet 1.5] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=nonpartisan Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:30:05 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Dentize (?), v. t. i. [imp. p. p. Dentized (?); p. pr. vb. n. Dentizing.] [L. dens, dentis, tooth.] To breed or cut new teeth. [R.] [ Webster] The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Dentize Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:30:02 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Palustral (?), a. [L. paluster, -ustris.] Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy. [R.] [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Palustral Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Bacon (), n. [OF. bacon, fr. OHG. bacho, bahho, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back. Cf. Back the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh. [ Webster] Bacon beetle (Zol.), a beetle (Dermestes lardarius) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes. -- To save one's bacon, to save one's self or property from harm or loss. [Colloq.] [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Bacon Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:30:01 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com technocracy (?), n. government by technical specialists. [PJC] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=technocracy Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Crossgrained (-gr?nd), a. 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. [ Webster] If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. [ Webster] 2. Perverse; untractable; contrary; difficult to deal with. Syn. -- balky, contrarious. [ Webster + WordNet 1.5] She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Crossgrained Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:30:02 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Garreteer (?), n. One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack. Macaulay. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Garreteer Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Rebatement (rbtmnt), n. [Cf. OF. rabatement, fr. rabatre to diminish, F. rabattre.] Same as 3d Rebate, v. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Rebatement Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Servite (?), n. [It. servita.] (R.C.Ch.) One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Servite Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Plumming (?), n. [See Plumb.] (Min.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Plumming Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com { Lackluster, Lacklustre } (?), n. A lack of luster. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Lackluster Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Shoeless, a. Destitute of shoes. Addison. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Shoeless Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Whatever (?), pron. Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively. [ Webster] Whatever fortune stays from his word. Shak. [ Webster] Whatever Earth, all-bearing mother, yields. Milton. [ Webster] Whatever be its intrinsic value. J. H. Newman. [ Webster] Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically. There being no room for any physical discovery whatever [sc. it may be]. Whately. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Whatever Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Hunt, n. 1. The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search. [ Webster] The hunt is up; the morn is bright and gray. Shak. [ Webster] 2. The game secured in the hunt. [Obs.] Shak. [ Webster] 3. A pack of hounds. [Obs.] [ Webster] 4. An association of huntsmen. [ Webster] 5. A district of country hunted over. [ Webster] Every landowner within the hunt. London Field. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Hunt Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Removal (-al), n. The act of removing, or the state of being removed. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Removal Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:30:04 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Phasis (?), n.; pl. Phases (#). [NL.] See Phase. Creech. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Phasis Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:30:03 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com Agaric (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. , said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example. [ Webster] 2. An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood. [ Webster] The female agaric (Polyporus officinalis) was renowned as a cathartic; the male agaric (Polyporus igniarius) is used for preparing touchwood, called punk or German tinder. [ Webster] Agaric mineral, a light, chalky deposit of carbonate of lime, sometimes called rock milk, formed in caverns or fissures of limestone. [ Webster] http://www.conceptexplore.com/headword_search.pl?query=Agaric Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:30:02 -0400 founder@conceptexplore.com