Search found 959 matches
- Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:05 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: sillage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7434
sillage
here's another good one sillage not to be confused with silage (ahem) scent that lingers in the air when a person who is wearing it has passed by - SILLAGE related to wake? as in.... Alma Mater left men longing for her as she passed, it was the wake of her perfume that lingered. Kt I realize it's Fr...
- Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:58 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: dundrearies
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5957
dundrearies
Just guessing, but I'll bet this one hasn't been a WOTD yet . long sideburns worn with a clean-shaven chin - DUNDREARIES (This fashion disaster was named after Lord Dundreary, a character in the 1858 play, Our American Cousin by English dramatist, Tom Taylor from www.freedictionary.com Kt nope ya go...
- Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:10 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: halcyon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32118
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 5:32 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: halcyon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32118
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 4:47 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: halcyon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32118
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:49 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: halcyon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32118
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:37 am
- Forum: Res Diversae
- Topic: a short anagram brain teaser
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18668
a short anagram brain teaser
Anagram Guru 5 Language brain teaser are those that involve the english language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters. The following word pairs are anagrams which can be combined to form the name of an animal or insect.Try to figure it out. 1. Zeal, Gel 2. Neat, Help 3. Boa, Luf...
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:07 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: halcyon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32118
halcyon
hal·cy·on (hls-n) n. 1. A kingfisher, especially one of the genus Halcyon. 2. A fabled bird, identified with the kingfisher, that was supposed to have had the power to calm the wind and the waves while it nested on the sea during the winter solstice. adj. 1. Calm and peaceful; tranquil. 2. Prospero...
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:04 am
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: apoplexy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5852
apoplexy
ap-o-plec-tic adj. :: Of, resembling, or produced by a sudden impairment of neurological function. adj. :: Extremely angry; furious "During this colloquy, Passepartout was as white as a sheet, and Fix seemed on the point of having an apoplectic fit." --Verne, Jules http://www.braingle.com...
- Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:48 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: peerless
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5949
peerless
peerless·ly adv. peerless·ness n. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. peerless - em...
- Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:41 pm
- Forum: Good Word Suggestions
- Topic: Furlough
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9342
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:14 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Minnesota-isms...anyone???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 135101
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question of dialect
- Replies: 26
- Views: 58198
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question of dialect
- Replies: 26
- Views: 58198
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:52 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question of dialect
- Replies: 26
- Views: 58198