n. neigh
(a) metal supports for logs in a fireplace; dog
(b) the characteristic sounds made by a horse; whicker; whinny
(c) an instance of misfortune; mischance
(d) a stupid foolish person; ninny
n. apoplexy
(a) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check
(b) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
(c) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed); self-reproach
(d) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
n. cacophony
(a) good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
(b) loud confusing disagreeable sounds
(c) apprehension; worry; doubt
(d) the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time; inconsistency
n. valor
(a) a person who makes a will
(b) the size of something as given by the distance around it
(c) someone who fights with his fists for sport
(d) the qualities of a hero or heroine
n. digression
(a) a framework that supports climbing plants; bower; pergola
(b) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
(c) gullet
(d) wandering from the main path of a journey |
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n. podium
(a) a long narrow opening; fissure; scissure
(b) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
(c) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it; pulpit; rostrum; ambo; stump; soapbox
(d) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; peak; bloom; blossom; efflorescence; flush
n. maelstrom
(a) a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
(b) a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; cwm
(c) a natural inclination; leaning
(d) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
n. auspicious
(a) severe disapproval
(b) causing or tending to cause cancer
(c) something causing misery or death; scourge; nemesis
(d) favorable; beneficent
n. epitome
(a) a brief abstract (as of an article or book)
(b) a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin; tepidness
(c) an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
(d) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine; XTC; go; disco biscuit; cristal
n. nurseling
(a) wrongful conduct by a public official
(b) someone who wastes time; mope; lounger
(c) an infant considered in relation to its nanny; suckling
(d) a light shade of blue; sapphire; lazuline; sky-blue |
