tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53389208920803428532024-03-10T23:21:07.621-04:00More Words Workword of the dayBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3563125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-18948201559375861072024-01-11T14:53:00.004-05:002024-01-11T14:53:43.982-05:00lordosis<p> <b>Lordosis</b> is historically defined as an <i>abnormal</i> inward curvature of the lumbar spine.</p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-50887854096768522492023-12-19T09:51:00.000-05:002023-12-19T09:51:03.374-05:00anaphora<p> In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric" title="Rhetoric">rhetoric</a>, an <b>anaphora</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ἀναφορά</span>, "carrying back") is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_device" title="Rhetorical device">rhetorical device</a> that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emphasis" title="wikt:emphasis">emphasis</a>. In contrast, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistrophe" title="Epistrophe">epistrophe</a> (or epiphora) is repeating words at the clauses' ends. The combination of anaphora and epistrophe results in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symploce" title="Symploce">symploce</a>. </p><blockquote><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem">
<p><b>For want of a</b> nail the shoe was lost.<br />
<b>For want of a</b> shoe the horse was lost.<br />
<b>For want of a</b> horse the rider was lost.<br />
<b>For want of a</b> rider the message was lost.<br />
<b>For want of a</b> message the battle was lost.<br />
<b>For want of a</b> battle the kingdom was lost.<br />
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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</div><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail" title="For Want of a Nail">For Want of a Nail</a>"</cite></div></blockquote><p> </p></blockquote>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-57295957785139387222023-12-12T11:21:00.006-05:002023-12-12T11:21:57.086-05:00polylogy<p> </p><ol style="text-align: left;"><p><span class="headword-line"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylogy"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">polylogy</strong></a> (<i>usually <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polylogies#English" title="polylogies">polylogies</a></b>)</span>
</p><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A set of two or more <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/works_of_art" title="works of art">works of art</a> that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/literature" title="literature">literature</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/film" title="film">film</a>, or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/video_games" title="video games">video games</a>.
<span class="HQToggle" style="margin-left: 5px;"></span></li><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/talkativeness" title="talkativeness">Talkativeness</a>.</li></ol>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-32521893122965199832023-12-08T20:50:00.006-05:002023-12-08T20:50:44.965-05:00oni<p> An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oni"><i><b>oni</b></i></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><ruby lang="ja">鬼<rp>(</rp><rt>おに</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby></span></span>)</span> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'">oʊ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size: 90%;">OH</span>-nee</i></a>) is a kind of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai" title="Yōkai">yōkai</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon" title="Demon">demon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc" title="Orc">orc</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre" title="Ogre">ogre</a>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll" title="Troll">troll</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_folklore" title="Japanese folklore">Japanese folklore</a>. They are believed to live in caves or deep in the mountains.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Oni2WP.jpg/440px-Oni2WP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="440" height="552" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Oni2WP.jpg/440px-Oni2WP.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><p><br />This oni (ogre) tramples a hapless villain in Beppu, Oita, Oita Prefecture, a famous <i>onsen</i> hot springs resort on the island of Kyushu in Japan.</p><p>👹 <br /></p><p></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-62276047374397338152023-12-07T10:42:00.002-05:002023-12-07T10:42:18.482-05:00obdurate<p> <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obdurate">obdurate</a></p><p><span class="dt "><span class="dtText">stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing</span></span> <br /></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-9049685182218435432023-11-30T13:11:00.003-05:002023-11-30T13:11:53.407-05:00elsewhen<p> </p><p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">elsewhen</strong> (<i>not <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparable" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparable</a></i>)</span>
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<span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> At some other <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/time#Noun" title="time">time</a> or times; <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/somewhen" title="somewhen">somewhen</a> else.
Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-14814192512635857882023-11-28T11:52:00.002-05:002023-11-28T11:52:36.070-05:00Adsorption<p> <b>Adsorption</b> is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesion" title="Adhesion">adhesion</a> of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoms" title="Atoms">atoms</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion" title="Ion">ions</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecule" title="Molecule">molecules</a> from a gas, liquid or dissolved solid to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_science" title="Surface science">surface</a>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Wiki_kisliuk_n2-tungsten.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="300" height="132" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Wiki_kisliuk_n2-tungsten.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /> Two adsorbate nitrogen molecules adsorbing onto a tungsten adsorbent
from the precursor state around an island of previously adsorbed
adsorbate (left) and via random adsorption (right)<p></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-52775938166971391522023-11-26T21:21:00.005-05:002023-11-26T21:21:47.085-05:00frenulum<p> A <b>frenulum</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/əm/: 'm' in 'rhythm'">əm</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <b>frenum</b> <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/əm/: 'm' in 'rhythm'">əm</span></span>/</a></span></span> (<abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr>: <b>frenula</b> or <b>frena</b>, from the Latin <i>frēnulum</i>, "little bridle", the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutive" title="Diminutive">diminutive</a> of <i>frēnum</i>) is a small fold of tissue that secures the motion of a mobile <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_(anatomy)" title="Organ (anatomy)">organ</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body" title="Human body">body</a>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Gray1202.png/440px-Gray1202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="440" height="391" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Gray1202.png/440px-Gray1202.png" width="440" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-34503811478820725412023-11-25T22:43:00.006-05:002023-11-25T22:43:35.973-05:00sangoma<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA; font-size: 150%; line-height: 22px; padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="WOTD-rss-date"></span></span></div>
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<td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top;"><div style="float: right;"><ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="w:South Africa">South Africa</a> and other parts of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> A (usually <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/female#Adjective" title="female">female</a>) <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/traditional" title="traditional">traditional</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/healer" title="healer">healer</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/herbalist" title="herbalist">herbalist</a>, or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/witch_doctor" title="witch doctor">witch doctor</a>.</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-71997974412664351932023-11-22T15:27:00.003-05:002023-11-22T15:27:51.076-05:00molly wop<p> </p><p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/molly#English" title="molly">molly</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wop#English" title="wop">wop</a></strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a class="new" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=molly_wops&action=edit&redlink=1" title="molly wops (page does not exist)">molly wops</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a class="new" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=molly_wopping&action=edit&redlink=1" title="molly wopping (page does not exist)">molly wopping</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a class="new" href="https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=molly_wopped&action=edit&redlink=1" title="molly wopped (page does not exist)">molly wopped</a></b>)</span>
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<ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To hit (someone) hard.</li></ol>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-23822027647144614572023-11-21T15:27:00.004-05:002023-11-22T15:29:17.343-05:00wolly<p> </p><p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">wolly</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wollies#English" title="wollies">wollies</a></b>)</span>
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<ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="w:United Kingdom">UK</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang" title="Appendix:Glossary">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wally#English" title="wally">wally</a></i></span></span></li></ol>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-37168352340006837442023-11-20T11:25:00.000-05:002023-11-20T11:25:11.232-05:00rand<p> </p><p>The <b>South African rand</b>, or simply the <b>rand</b>, (<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_sign" title="Currency sign">sign</a>: <b>R</b>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">code</a>: <b>ZAR</b>) is the official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency" title="Currency">currency</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern African</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Monetary_Area" title="Common Monetary Area">Common Monetary Area</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> (alongside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian_dollar" title="Namibian dollar">Namibian dollar</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a> (alongside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho_loti" title="Lesotho loti">Lesotho loti</a>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a> (alongside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_lilangeni" title="Swazi lilangeni">Swazi lilangeni</a>). It is subdivided into 100 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(currency)" title="Cent (currency)">cents</a> (sign: "c") and the rand and cents are separated by a comma.
</p><p>The South African rand is legal tender in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Monetary_Area" title="Common Monetary Area">Common Monetary Area</a> member states of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eswatini" title="Eswatini">Eswatini</a>, with these three countries also having their own national currency (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibian_dollar" title="Namibian dollar">dollar</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho_loti" title="Lesotho loti">loti</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swazi_lilangeni" title="Swazi lilangeni">lilangeni</a> respectively) pegged with the rand at parity and still widely accepted as substitutes. The rand was also legal tender in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana" title="Botswana">Botswana</a> until 1976, when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana_pula" title="Botswana pula">pula</a> replaced the rand at par. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/South_African_Rand.jpg/504px-South_African_Rand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="504" height="413" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/South_African_Rand.jpg/504px-South_African_Rand.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> The rand takes its name from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witwatersrand" title="Witwatersrand">Witwatersrand</a> ("white waters' ridge" in English, <i>rand</i> being the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a> word for '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge" title="Ridge">ridge</a>'), the ridge upon which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>
is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. In
English and Afrikaans the singular and plural form of the unit ("rand")
is the same: one rand, ten rand, two million rand.
</p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-6169098091435556192023-11-19T21:45:00.004-05:002023-11-19T21:45:28.455-05:00spume<p> </p><p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">spume</strong> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spumes#English" title="spumes">spumes</a></b>)</span>
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<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foam" title="foam">Foam</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/froth" title="froth">froth</a> of liquid, particularly that of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seawater" title="seawater">seawater</a>.
Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-88168054152040961062023-11-18T10:12:00.001-05:002023-11-18T10:12:03.186-05:00spave<p> </p><p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">spave</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spaves#English" title="spaves">spaves</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spaving#English" title="spaving">spaving</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spaved#English" title="spaved">spaved</a></b>)</span>
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<ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Archaic form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spay#English" title="spay">spay</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">remove the ovaries of an animal</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span>.</li></ol>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-63691280258827505212023-11-17T13:38:00.002-05:002023-11-17T13:38:08.720-05:00patent troll<p> In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law" title="International law">international law</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_business" title="International business">business</a>, <b>patent trolling</b> or <b>patent hoarding</b> is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a> rights against accused <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_infringement" title="Patent infringement">infringers</a> far beyond the patent's actual value or contribution to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art" title="Prior art">prior art</a>, often through hardball legal tactics (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frivolous_litigation" title="Frivolous litigation">frivolous litigation</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation" title="Vexatious litigation">vexatious litigation</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuits_against_public_participation" title="Strategic lawsuits against public participation">strategic lawsuits against public participation</a> (SLAPP), <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effects" title="Chilling effects">chilling effects</a>, and the like).</p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-79196406396293055022023-11-16T12:28:00.001-05:002023-11-16T12:28:11.126-05:00Pachycauls<p> <b>Pachycauls</b> are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a> with a disproportionately thick <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trunk_(botany)" title="Trunk (botany)">trunk</a> for their height, and few branches. In contrast, trees with thin twigs such as Oak (Quercus), Maple (Acer) and Eucalyptus are called <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leptocauls&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Leptocauls (page does not exist)">leptocauls</a> while those with moderately thick twigs like Plumeria are called <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mesocauls&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Mesocauls (page does not exist)">mesocauls</a>. Pachycauly can be the product of exceptional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_growth" title="Primary growth">primary growth</a> (as with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecaceae" title="Arecaceae">palms</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycads" title="Cycads">cycads</a>) or disproportionate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_growth" title="Secondary growth">secondary growth</a> as with the Baobabs (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia" title="Adansonia">Adansonia</a>). The word is derived from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <i>pachy-</i> meaning thick or stout, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" title="Latin language">Latin</a> <i>caulis</i> meaning the stem.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boojum_Tree.jpg/440px-Boojum_Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="440" height="677" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Boojum_Tree.jpg/440px-Boojum_Tree.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-19889683781354954212023-11-15T13:58:00.003-05:002023-11-15T13:58:21.134-05:00ovate<p> </p><dl class="glossary"><dt class="glossary" id="ovate" style="margin-top: 0.4em;"><dfn class="glossary">ovate</dfn></dt><dd class="glossary">Shaped like a section through the "long axis" of an egg and attached by the wider end.</dd><dd class="glossary"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vigna_parkeri_leaf2_(10737009993).jpg/440px-Vigna_parkeri_leaf2_(10737009993).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="440" height="330" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vigna_parkeri_leaf2_(10737009993).jpg/440px-Vigna_parkeri_leaf2_(10737009993).jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /> </dd></dl>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-2558283888544582342023-11-14T11:56:00.004-05:002023-11-14T11:56:51.831-05:00souer<p> <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED41781">souer</a></p><p>(a) One who scatters seed on the ground for growth; also <span class="USG">fig.</span>; (b) one who causes strife; also, a creator; <span class="HI_B">~ of discorde(s</span>; <span class="HI_B">~ of wordes</span>, a babbler <br /></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-82725351302704067512023-11-13T08:36:00.000-05:002023-11-13T08:36:01.954-05:00slanhood<p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #AAAAAA; font-size: 150%; line-height: 22px; padding-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="WOTD-rss-date"></span></span></div>
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<ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fandom" title="fandom">fandom</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/state#Noun" title="state">state</a> of being a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/science_fiction" title="science fiction">science fiction</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fan" title="fan">fan</a>.</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-49727440135299348402023-11-12T08:36:00.001-05:002023-11-13T08:36:50.519-05:00empanoply<p> <b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/empanoply#English" title="empanoply"><span id="WOTD-rss-title">empanoply</span></a></b> <i>v</i>
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<ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a class="extiw" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain" title="w:Great Britain">Britain</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/military" title="military">military</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> also <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dress#Verb" title="dress">dress</a> in a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/full" title="full">full</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suit#Noun" title="suit">suit</a> of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/armour#Noun" title="armour">armour</a>; to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/panoply#Verb" title="panoply">panoply</a>.</li></ol>
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<ol><li>A <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stone#Noun" title="stone">stone</a>, either <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/naturally" title="naturally">naturally</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expose" title="expose">exposed</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intentionally" title="intentionally">intentionally</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embed" title="embed">embedded</a> in a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/river" title="river">river</a> during a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drought" title="drought">drought</a>, which is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/date#Verb" title="date">dated</a> and often <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inscribe" title="inscribe">inscribed</a> to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mark#Verb" title="mark">mark</a> the <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/water#Noun" title="water">water</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/level#Noun" title="level">level</a> as a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/warning#Noun" title="warning">warning</a> to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/future" title="future">future</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/generation" title="generation">generations</a> that they may <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/face#Verb" title="face">face</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/famine" title="famine">famine</a> if the water <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reach#Verb" title="reach">reaches</a> that <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low#Adjective" title="low">low</a> level again. Such stones are common in <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe">Central Europe</a>.</li></ol>
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<ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a> except <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poetic" title="poetic">poetic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hear" title="hear">hear</a> (something) with <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attention" title="attention">attention</a>; to have <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/regard#Noun" title="regard">regard</a> to (something).</li><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/listen" title="listen">listen</a>; to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/attend" title="attend">attend</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_heed" title="give heed">give heed</a> to what is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/utter" title="utter">uttered</a>; to hear with attention, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compliance" title="compliance">compliance</a>, or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obedience" title="obedience">obedience</a>.</li><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/enquire" title="enquire">enquire</a>; to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seek" title="seek">seek</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/information" title="information">information</a>.</li></ol>
</div>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-18709416573723174652023-11-09T06:55:00.003-05:002023-11-09T06:55:23.964-05:00contumely<p> </p><p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">contumely</strong> (<i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contumelies#English" title="contumelies">contumelies</a></b>)</span>
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<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/offensive" title="offensive">Offensive</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abusive" title="abusive">abusive</a> language or behaviour; <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scorn" title="scorn">scorn</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insult" title="insult">insult</a>.
Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-9666051127090934432023-11-08T09:11:00.000-05:002023-11-08T09:11:00.271-05:00Great Lakes dialect<p> <b>Inland Northern</b> (<b>American</b>) <b>English</b>, also known in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_linguistics" title="American linguistics">American linguistics</a> as the <b>Inland North</b> or <b>Great Lakes dialect</b>, is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> dialect spoken primarily by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White Americans</a> in a geographic band reaching from the major urban areas of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstate_New_York" title="Upstate New York">Upstate New York</a> westward along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal" title="Erie Canal">Erie Canal</a> and through much of the U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_region" title="Great Lakes region">Great Lakes region</a>. The most distinctive Inland Northern accents are spoken in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift.svg/660px-Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="660" height="360" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift.svg/660px-Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift.svg.png" width="660" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338920892080342853.post-65288622552444181292023-11-07T13:56:00.000-05:002023-11-07T13:56:02.442-05:00Rumex<p> The <b>docks</b> and <b>sorrels</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b>Rumex</b></i>, are a genus of about 200 species of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual_plant" title="Annual plant">annual</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biennial_plant" title="Biennial plant">biennial</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perennial_plant" title="Perennial plant">perennial</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb" title="Herb">herbs</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckwheat" title="Buckwheat">buckwheat</a> family, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonaceae" title="Polygonaceae">Polygonaceae</a>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Rumex_X_patientia_Sturm55.jpg/440px-Rumex_X_patientia_Sturm55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="440" height="636" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Rumex_X_patientia_Sturm55.jpg/440px-Rumex_X_patientia_Sturm55.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00961730330848873802noreply@blogger.com0