Tag: wordoftheday

• hardline : (business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer. (business) A retail product collection which includes many non-information goods, such as home appliances, housewares, sporting goods, in addition to the DIY hardware which is the focus of the first definition, above.

  2015-09-12

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 13, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1FExBSE from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1VUCf8v via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• wedge : One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. […]

  2015-09-11

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 12, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1Qu2OhM from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1FCQ81N via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• rivalrous : Having a relationship of rivalry. (economics, of a good) Which can be consumed by no more than one person at the same time. Today is polling day for the Singaporean general election, 2015.

  2015-09-10

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 11, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1UKeugR from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1J1cyKl via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• huwasi : (Hittite mythology) A sacred stone treated as a deity. Norwegian linguist and historian Jørgen Alexander Knudtzon, who played an important role in deciphering the Hittite language script, was born on this day in 1854.

  2015-09-08

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 9, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1Qn2hyi from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1Owqzo2 via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• freakish : Resembling a freak. Strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre. Capricious, unpredictable.

  2015-09-07

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 8, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1M6PCkc from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1VJB6Rh via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• interstice : A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, as between cords in a rope or components of a multiconductor electrical cable or between atoms in a crystal. (figuratively) A fragment of space. An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order. By extension, a small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one’s primary goal.

  2015-09-06

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 7, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1Xzp8LI from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1JZNzI8 via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• Attic : Relating to Athenian culture or architecture. Marked by the qualities that were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Relating to that dialect of Ancient Greek.

  2015-09-05

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 6, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1ip3wBJ from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1EHGNe6 via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• thebacon : Dihydrocodeinone enol acetate, a semisynthetic opioid that is similar to hydrocodone and manufactured from thebaine. Today is unofficially International Bacon Day in the USA in 2015

  2015-09-04

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 5, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1UsuHN5 from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1g0dJTc via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• lineament : Any distinctive shape or line, etc. A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of the face of an individual.

  2015-09-03

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 4, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1JCyHQJ from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1EEpSsS via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• spieler : A person who speaks fluently and glibly. Hence, a person who loudly solicits crowds of customers; a barker. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A swindler, a gambler.

  2015-09-02

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  Wiktionary word of the day, September 3, 2015 – http://bit.ly/1VxpbG4 from Tumblr http://bit.ly/1UsGK7O via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• kore : An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle

  2015-08-30

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  Wiktionary word of the day, August 31, 2015 – http://ift.tt/ODwVG0 from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1O2jLyh via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• leech : (transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. (transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back

  2015-08-29

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  Wiktionary word of the day, August 30, 2015 – http://ift.tt/O4AGBD from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1JDRsXp via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• manumission : Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting. On this day, the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 of the United Kingdom received royal assent

  2015-08-27

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  Wiktionary word of the day, August 28, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1LEG7Zr from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1LEGva9 via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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• wantokism : The Melanesian cultural practice of relying on one’s wantoks for any need, and of sharing the fruits of one’s personal success with one’s wantoks.

  2015-08-26

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  Wiktionary word of the day, August 27, 2015 – http://ift.tt/1K4MqVQ from Tumblr http://ift.tt/1Jka2jG via Peace Love Beauty Wisdom Balance Imagination Truth Consciousness

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