Word of the Day for Tuesday, August 31, 2010
beek \BEEK\, verb:
1. To bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fire.
2. (Of wood) to season by exposure to heat.
Just what I love ...
PERSISTENT STATE OF ONGOING RECOVERY this is the story of construction of a life that was and is beautiful. I am because I think I think because I can Life's Good Thank God for what I do have and not for what I do not!
beek \BEEK\, verb:
1. To bask or warm in the sunshine or before a fire.
2. (Of wood) to season by exposure to heat.
Just what I love ...
shenanigan \shuh-NAN-i-guhn\, noun:
1. Mischief; prankishness.
2. Remarks intended to deceive; deceit. Often used in the plural.
kith \KITH\, noun:
Acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.
couchant \KOU-chuhnt\, adjective:
1. Lying down; crouching; reclining.
2. Heraldry . (Of an animal) represented as lying on its stomach with its hind legs and forelegs pointed forward.
schlep \SHLEP\, verb:
1. To move slowly, awkwardly, or tediously.
2. To carry; lug.
orthoepy \awr-THOH-uh-pee\, noun:
1. The study of correct pronunciation.
2. The study of the relationship between the pronunciation of words and their orthography.
distrain \dih-STREYN\, verb:
1. To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts.
2. To levy a distress upon.
gormandize \GAWR-muhn-dahyz\, verb:
To eat greedily or ravenously.
foudroyant \foo-DROI-uhnt\, adjective:
1. Overwhelming and sudden in effect.
2. Pathology. (Of disease) beginning in a sudden and severe form.
3. Striking as with lightning.
tare \TAIR\, noun:
1. The weight of the wrapping or container that holds an object.
2. The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight.
3. The weight of a vehicle without cargo, passengers, etc.
4. Any of various climbing plants, generally with edible seeds.
It is all about tearing!
balneal \bal-NEE-uhl\, adjective:
Of or pertaining to baths or bathing.
And just remember - Keep It Tidy!
premorse \pri-MAWRS\, adjective:
Pertaining to the end of something irregularly shortened, as if bitten or broken off.
rhapsodize \RAP-suh-dahyz\, verb:
1. To talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
2. To speak or write rhapsodies.
fantod \FAN-tod\, noun:
1. A state of extreme nervousness or restlessness (usually expressed in the plural.)
2. A sudden outpouring of anger, outrage, or a similar intense emotion.
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open international standard[1] for application-layer network communications in a wireless-communication environment. Most use of WAP involves accessing the mobile web from a mobile phone or from a PDA.
A WAP browser provides all of the basic services of a computer-based web browser but simplified to operate within the restrictions of a mobile phone, such as its smaller view screen. Users can connect to WAP sites: websites written in, or dynamically converted to, WML (Wireless Markup Language) and accessed via the WAP browser.
yeuk \YOOK\, noun:
1. An itching sensation.
verb:
1. To itch.
mojo \MOH-joh\, noun:
1. Personal magnetism; charm.
2. The art or practice of casting magic spells; magic; voodoo.
3. An object, as an amulet or charm, that is believed to carry a magic spell.
4. Good luck or favor concerning an event or individual.
And my MOJO is all right, especially with tomato sauce...
And it is colder than a witches tit in a brass bra...
minim \MIN-uhm\, noun:
1. the least quantity of anything.
2. the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop.
3. Music. A note, formerly the shortest in use, but now equivalent in time value to one half of a semibreve; half note.
4. Something very small or insignificant.
tarry \TAR-ee\, verb:
1. To remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
2. To delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.
3. To wait.