Word of the Day Archive
» GLARINGLY | 05/18/12
glaringly
adv : in a glaring manner; "it was glaringly obvious"
» DECOMPOSING | 05/17/12
decomposing
adj : becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of
decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies
a-moldering in the grave" [syn: {moldering}, {mouldering}]
» TRAMCAR | 05/16/12
tramcar
n 1: a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a
tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: {tram}]
2: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by
electricity; "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms"
[syn: {streetcar}, {tram}, {trolley}, {trolley car}]
» LEAFLESS | 05/15/12
leafless
adj : having no leaves [ant: {leafy}]
» WARDER | 05/14/12
warder
n : the chief official in charge of a prison [syn: {warden}]
» DOWRY | 05/13/12
dowry
n : money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
marriage [syn: {dowery}, {dower}]
» PROSPECT | 05/12/12
prospect
n 1: the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a
writer are excellent"
2: belief about (or mental picture of) the future [syn: {expectation},
{outlook}]
3: someone who is considered for something (for an office or
prize or honor etc.) [syn: {candidate}]
4: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: {view}, {aspect},
{scene}, {vista}, {panorama}]
5: a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: {prognosis}, {medical
prognosis}]
v 1: search for something desirable; "prospect a job"
2: explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as
minerals
» DEMARCATION | 05/11/12
demarcation
n 1: the boundary of a specific area [syn: {limit}, {demarcation
line}]
2: a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow
line between sanity and insanity" [syn: {line}, {dividing
line}, {contrast}]
» OSTENSIBLE | 05/10/12
ostensible
adj 1: appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his
apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the
committee investigated some apparent discrepancies";
"the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming
honesty" [syn: {apparent(a)}, {seeming(a)}]
2: represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible
purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" [syn: {ostensive}]
» SPATIAL | 05/09/12
spatial
adj : pertaining to or involving or having the nature of space;
"the first dimension to concentrate on is the spatial
one"; "spatial ability"; "spatial awareness"; "the
spatial distribution of the population" [syn: {spacial}]
[ant: {nonspatial}]


