Word of the day

Tribology (noun)

1. (physics, engineering) The science and technology of friction, lubrication, and wear.

shelve (verb)

1. To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
2. To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
3. To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
4. To set aside (something), as if on a shelf.
5. To postpone or put aside, or entirely cease dealing with (a matter for discussion, a project, etc.).
6. To remove (someone) from active service.
7. To hang over or project like a shelf; to overhang.
8. To tilt or tip (a cart) to discharge its contents.
9. To be in an inclined or sloping position.

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Culture (noun)

1. The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
2. The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
3. The attitudes and behavior characteristic of a particular social group.
4. The cultivation of bacteria, tissue cells, etc. in an artificial medium containing nutrients.
5. The cultivation of plants.

culture (verb)

1. To maintain (tissue cells, bacteria, etc.) in conditions suitable for growth.

Wapenshaw (noun)

1. A show of weapons, or of the military power of a house or family, made at certain seasons.
2. A muster of men in a particular area in Scotland to show that they were properly armed.

nominatim (Latin, adverb)
IPA(key): /noː.miˈnaː.tim/, [noːmɪˈnäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]

1. By name.
2. Expressly.
3. In detail.

vicarial (adjective)

1. Of or pertaining to a vicar.
2. Delegated; vicarious.

Lamboys (noun)

1. Plate armor that consists of an expansive, bell-shaped skirt with wide vertically fluted folds; of medieval origin, it was also called a base.

Psychrometry (noun)

1. The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapor.

ascendant (adj)

1. Moving upward; ascending, rising.
2. Controlling, dominant, surpassing.
3. In an eastern direction rising just above the horizon.
4. Rising towards the zenith.
5. Of a part of an organism.
6. Synonym of ascending (“leading or sloping upwards”)
7. Of or pertaining to one's ancestors.

Ascendant n

1. The degree of the zodiac or point of the ecliptic which rises in an eastern direction above the horizon at a particular moment (especially the moment of a person's birth), which is supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's fortune and life; a horoscope.
2. Synonym of ascendancy (“commanding influence; dominant control; superiority, supremacy”)
3. A person who ascends or goes up; specifically (usually followed by to), a person who ascends to a throne or assumes some other position of power.
4. Something which is higher than the things around it; a peak, a summit; specifically (typography), synonym of ascender (“the portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline”).
5. Something which leads or slopes upwards, such as a flight of stairs or an upward incline.
6. A person who supports a policy of ecclesiastical or national supremacy.
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Siglum (noun)

1. A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.
2. A thing which represents something else; a sign, a symbol.

ooch (verb)

1. To move or slide (oneself or someone, or something) by a small amount.
2. To cause (oneself or someone, or something) to change or progress by a small amount or in small 3. To force (someone or something) to move without noticeable disruption or opposition; to nudge.
4. To move or slide by a small amount; to scooch, to scoot.
5. To move around in a restricted or small space; to squeeze, to squirm.
6. To change or progress by a small amount or in small increments; to nudge.
7. To force to move without noticeable disruption or opposition.
8. To propel a boat or sailboard by rocking one's body back and forth.

Ooch (noun)

1. A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
2. A small change or small amount of progress.
3. An act of propelling a boat or sailboard forward by rocking one's body.

venomous (adj)

1. Of an animal (specifically a snake) or parts of its body: producing venom (“a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use”) which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting venom.
2. Of or pertaining to venom.
3. Consisting of, or containing or full of, venom or some other poison; hence, harmful to health due to this.
4. Posing a threat; dangerous, threatening.
5. Hateful; malignant; spiteful.
6. Of a weapon such as an arrow or dart: dosed with venom or poison; envenomed, poisoned.
7. Harmful, hurtful, injurious; specifically, morally or spiritually harmful; evil, noxious, pernicious.

Spate (noun)

1. A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
2. A sudden heavy downpour of rain.
3. A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.

spate (verb)

1. To (suddenly) flood or inundate (a river or other watercourse) with water.
2. To (suddenly) rain heavily; to pour.

odylic (adj)

1. Of or pertaining to the od or odyle (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”).

Tropism (noun)

1. The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.
2. A capability or tendency for a pathogen (chiefly a virus) to infect a type of cell, tissue, organ, or host organism.
3. Of a person: an instinctive predilection or tendency; also (generally), a liking, a preference.

carp (verb)

1. To complain or criticize about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; to cavil.
2. To speak, to talk; also, to talk about a subject in speech or writing.
3. To talk much but to little purpose; to chatter, to prattle.
4. Of a bird: to sing; of a person (such as a minstrel): to sing or 5. To say or tell (something).
6. To find fault with (someone or something); to censure, to criticize.

Carp (noun)

1. An instance of, or speech, complaining or criticizing about a fault, especially for frivolous or petty reasons; a cavil.

Poetic Justice (noun)

1. The idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished.
2. The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner.

coincident (adj)

1. Of two or more objects: being in the same location.
2. Of two or more events: occurring at the same time; contemporaneous.
3. Of two or more things: having the same qualities; being in accordance; consonant, matching.
4. Chiefly followed by to: accompanying, concomitant, incident.

Coincident (noun)

1. One of multiple incidents or things which coincide with each other; a concomitant.

Rhombicosidodecahedron (noun)

1. An Archimedean solid with 62 regular faces (20 triangles, 30 squares, and 12 pentagons), 60 vertices and 120 edges.

Epistle (noun)

1. A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters, especially one in verse.
2. A letter, especially one which is formal or issued publicly.
3. Chiefly with a qualifying word, as in epistle dedicatory: a letter of dedication addressed to a patron or reader published as a preface to a literary work.
4. One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.
5. An extract from a New Testament epistle or book other than a gospel which is read during a church service, chiefly the Eucharist.

epistle (verb)

1. To write (something) in, or in the form of, a letter.
2. To write a letter to (someone).
3. To write (something) as an introduction or preface to a literary work; also, to provide (a literary work) with an introduction or preface.
4. To write a letter.
5. To communicate with someone through a letter.

Yodization (noun)

1. The insertion of a 'y' sound after a consonant.
2. The developed pronunciation of a yod, typically as the result of an adjacent sound change.

Geotaxis (noun)

1. A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
2. A downward movement.

gorgonize (verb)

1. To stupefy, paralyze or petrify.
2. To turn into stone; to paralyze with one's gaze.

Quoz (noun)

1. An absurd person or thing.
2. Something queer.

roodge (verb)

1. To push or lift with effort.

Xerasia (noun)

1. Dryness and brittleness of the hair.