I think you're plain wrong aout "career" being an obsolete 19th century word that has been replaced by "careen" in the meaning of veering from side to side. The actual fact is that careen means to turn a boat upside-down for cleaning, and career means to veer from side to side, n...

I'm a little surprised that "sulphurous" is not listed as, if not an element of the main definitions then an alternate definition of this word. My surprise aside, it seems to me that the sulphur is in fact an essential element of the meaning. (Etymologically the word is said to come from &...

I was a bit surprised, and am not convinced, by the definitions offered for "stochastic." Here's the entry: 1. Random. 2. Following a random distribution pattern, such that its probability may be analyzed statistically, but not predicted precisely. 3. (Rare) Pertaining to conjecture, specu...