n. large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
E.g. We heard the Vienna symphony yesterday.
n. sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
E.g. A patient's primary symptom is that he has pain in his shoulder up to his neck and down the right side of his body and is also feeling a little short of breath.
a. artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
E.g. Limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements.
n. apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
E.g. She can't fly through the air to dunk a basketball, can't break a tackle and sprint to the end zone.
n. plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
E.g. Among divorcing couples, this tactic is a way to keep one spouse from getting at the asset.
a. domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
E.g. While inflation is relatively tame, which is good for consumers, real wages are falling.
n. sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
E.g. Ammonia, coal tar and coke are all by-products obtained in the manufacture of coal gas.
n. one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
E.g. The touch-screen machine was not working until a technician arrived to fix.
a. tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
E.g. Truckers say a ban would slow deliveries and make what they call a tedious job worse.
n. beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
E.g. This tempo is not sustainable - and you have failed to grow the ground forces to meet national security needs.
n. act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
E.g. He took himself out of temptation by driving the other boys together and joining them.
n. trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
E.g. When you choose pants you should remember that some fabric with a tendency to shrink.
v. stop; bring to an end or halt
E.g. The attack would terminate the relatively peaceful period after cold war.
n. piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
E.g. Lots of hunting areas have roads closed to vehicles, the terrain is all flat so it makes it a lot easier.
a. pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
E.g. The two countries had a territorial dispute over which one owned the island.
n. written words; book prepared for use in schools or colleges
E.g. A controversial new edition of a Japanese history text book has been chosen by a public school board for use in its schools.
v. melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
E.g. The tipping point may begin to thaw if the global temperature has a rise of two degrees Celsius.
ad. thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
E.g. They hunger and thirst no more; all their wants are supplied, and all the uneasiness caused thereby is removed.
a. relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
E.g. As I already mentioned, ocean is not in thermal equilibrium with atmosphere, it is 13 degrees cooler.
n. instrument for measuring temperature
E.g. The readings on my thermometer last month were well above the average.
n. device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
E.g. Now that it's November, our office thermostat is set lower - some might say, chilly, or even, perhaps, freezing.
n. paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
E.g. A good thesis makes the difference between a thoughtful research project and a simple retelling of facts.
n. part of the leg between the hip and the knee
E.g. A painful, burning sensation on the outer side of the thigh may mean that one of the large sensory nerves to your legs.
n. sensation of dryness in the throat
E.g. I satisfied my thirst with a glass of water.
n. entrance; starting point for a new state or experience
E.g. His proposal to lower the threshold for the top rate of tax has split opinion within his coalition.
v. make steady progress; prosper; flourish
E.g. The easy way for a group to thrive is to have an active web presence getting its message out.
a. beating or pounding strongly
E.g. When the band plays "Time to Get Ill," the Garden is shaking, the cameras are vibrating and you can almost feel the bass throbbing in your body.
n. push; force used in pushing ; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
E.g. The main thrust of the new government wasn't a secret so there's little here that will cause shock waves.
n. periodic rise and fall of the sea level
E.g. When the tide is at the highest it will turn, and so it will when it is at the lowest.
a. being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
E.g. By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window.
v. draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
E.g. You can tighten the chain without tools, and the wide bar prevents overheating even in tough conditions.
n. flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; short length of pipe made of clay or concrete, used in sewers and drains
E.g. She picked out all the fabrics and furniture and designed the patterns for the tile mosaics in her bathroom.
n. slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
E.g. I request to adjust the tilt of my writing table.
n. wood; lumber; trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood
E.g. The deer has been jumping the fence to go to the timber from the corn field.
n. something intended or supposed to represent another thing; sign or symbol; memorial of friendship
E.g. He gave me a necklace as a token of his affection.
n. capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
E.g. Supporters of the party hope for a new era of pluralism including a new tolerance of religion in Turkey.
v. charge a fee for using; sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell
E.g. We hear the church bell toll the hour again.
n. something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
E.g. It has also been proved to be a brain tonic and memory enhancer.
n. cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
E.g. The tornado itself is the thin tube reaching from the cloud to the ground.
a. tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
E.g. When I rejected that as nonsense, he accused me of being touchy.