n. a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view
E.g. A lampshade is a fixture that covers the light bulb on a lamp to diffuse the light it emits.
n. a large continuous extent of land
E.g. Research aims to assess the response of Canada's landmass to climate change as captured by a long-term satellite earth observation records.
a. coming from side; situated at or extending to the side
E.g. In order to get good plant growth, the gardener must pinch off all lateral shoots.
v. begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off
E.g. Four years ago, the country became the third African nation, after South Africa and Algeria, to launch an observation satellite.
n. association; union
E.g. Their clubs failed to reach the quarter finals of the European champion’s league, and the national teams was knocked out of the World Cup by south Korea.
n. the seedpod of a leguminous plant; the fruit or seed of various bean or pea plants
E.g. There are literally hundreds of varieties of these two species of legume, including beans and peas with many different sizes, colors, shapes.
n. convenience; vacancy; freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity
E.g. No one had leisure to watch or restrain them.
a. deadly; causing or capable of causing death
E.g. In a decision the court upheld the use of all three drugs in lethal injections.
n. any of various plants of the genus lactuca, cultivated for their edible leaves
E.g. I should be eating fresh lettuce from the garden next week.
v. bound or obliged in law or equity
E.g. I was conscious that a moment's mutiny had already rendered me liable to strange penalties, and, like any other rebel slave, I felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths.
n. defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character
E.g. Are we to be told that the prosecution of this libel is an invasion of the liberty of the press?
v. direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise; transport by air
E.g. He sent a helicopter to lift the entire team to the meet.
n. arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
E.g. But he shares Mary's apathetic and listless look: he seems to have more length of limb than vivacity of blood or vigour of brain.
n. direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
E.g. Amyfw, while everything you state about Jewish law and lineage is correct, George Allen would not be considered a Jew.
v. be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
E.g. India is anxious to avoid inflaming tensions with China, which linger from a 1962 border war.
a. busy; energetic; vigorous
E.g. On the international stage, a lively debate was already raging between those who support American engagement in world institutions and those who believe the United States should use its strength to work unilaterally.
n. any animals kept for use or profit
E.g. Or, he may decide to feed it to his own livestock.
n. burden; something which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way
E.g. I've never heard such a load of garbage!
n. a group of people who try to influence legislation; hall; room; a large entrance or reception room or area
E.g. The anti-tobacco lobby suspects that the tobacco industry is behind the weakening of many of the draft treaty provisions.
n. any large macrurous crustacean used as food
E.g. Stores and restaurants report that New Year's and Mother's Day lead in lobster sales.
v. change location; move, travel, or proceed
E.g. In this case, you crapper ingest the money for acquire a locomote vehicle.
n. accommodation; lodging
E.g. Wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.
n. an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles
E.g. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.
v. appear or take shape, usually in enlarged or distorted form
E.g. The shadow of the gallows would loom threateningly above the small boy.
v. circle; ring; move in loops; make a loop in; join with a loop
E.g. The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom's tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bedpost.
v. cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm; deceive into trustfulness; become calm
E.g. I think it's going to lull some people into thinking there's no problem with living together.
v. bait; charm; attract
E.g. The state police nail a cracker called Phate who's using his ingenious program, Trapdoor, to lure innocent victims to their death by infiltrating their computers.
n. any art that invokes supernatural powers
E.g. He warned, however, that the enhanced cooperation programme should not be seen as a magic wand.
a. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
E.g. So soft was her step, it failed to make even a sound, and but for the magical thrill imparted by her genial touch, as other unobtrusive beauties, she would have glided away un-perceived--unsought.
n. a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element
E.g. It means that our food must provide us with hundreds of milligrams of magnesium every day.
n. any metal, as iron, steel, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive the properties of the lodestone
E.g. Students are trying to test if the iron bar is a magnetic in any extent.
n. attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets
E.g. In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert attractive or repulsive forces on other materials.
n. composition; structure; the way in which someone or something is composed
E.g. Over the last decade it has become increasingly apparent that a person's genetic makeup has a strong influence on the likelihood of them catching HIV.
a. capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
E.g. Gold is a malleable metal, easily shaped into bracelets and rings.
n. authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
E.g. He believes the mandate is an issue best left to the states, and that it is wrong to impose a one-size-fits-all federal plan on the entire nation.
n. craze; madness; an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
E.g. This wasn't some fine print side effect of the medication; I was experiencing a full blown medication-induced mania and I was out of control.
n. loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelop
E.g. On a summer night, a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads.
ad. by hand
E.g. This car shifts manually.
v. depict as if on a map; plan or delineate, especially in detail; arrange
E.g. We will map out her future.
n. border; rim; room
E.g. In the lower house, they will have an even bigger margin.