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Crosstips helped to find the following words this month:
English (GB)
- asocial
given to avoiding association with others - escapade
any carefree episode - reiterate
repeat: to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" - test
any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
Français
- item
de même;
élément minimal d'un ensemble - estudiantin
relatif à l'étudiant, ou aux étudiants (le mode de vie estudiantin) - tsar
(histoire) titre des souverains de la Russie pré-communiste - gradients
- aquarelliste
(peinture) personne exécutant une aquarelle - conférencier
- commissure
(anatomie) point de rencontre des lèvres ou d'une ouverture anatomique - encoignure
angle intérieur formé par deux murs en contact;
petit meuble qui épouse la forme d'une encoignure - diluvien
relatif au déluge;
très abondante, pour une pluie - thermomètres
- rhododendron
(botanique) arbuste qui pousse en montagne dont certaines espèces sont cultivées pour l'ornement - agrippes
- if
genre de conifère de petite taille très utilisé en ébénisterie et pour le tournage;
égouttoir à bouteilles - aequo
dans l'expression latine "ex aequo", à égalité - idée
- idéogramme
- carburer
(technologie) enrichir en carbone du fer lors de la fabrication d'acier;
(technologie) produire le mélange gazeux d'essence et d'air qui alimente le moteur à explosion;
familièrement boire avec constance une boisson donnée, souvent alcoolisée
English (US)
- avail
a means of serving - overjoyed
extremely joyful - subordinate
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another - subdued
quieted and brought under control - transgressor
someone who transgresses; someone who violates a law or command - freewheeling
free of restraints or rules - squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb , colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley ... - posit
situate: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot";
submit: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty" - toeholds
toehold - a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made; "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward ...;
toehold - a small foothold used in climbing - enjoy
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in - entreaty
earnest or urgent request - unusual
not usual or common or ordinary - ennui
boredom: the feeling of being bored by something tedious;
Ennui is a 2003 micro-budget, underground film written and directed by Charles Doran, and winner of the 2005 Boston Underground Film Festival ... - alcohols
In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. ... - kingpins
The Kingpins featuring Lorraine Muller - The Queen of Ska was a ska band from Montréal, Canada, signed to the Stomp Records label. ...;
kingpin - the most important person in a group or undertaking - pimpliest
Superlative form of pimply: most pimply - thieves
Thieves (Les Voleurs) is a 1996 French drama film directed by André Téchiné. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. - again
anew - cease
(`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end - befit
accord or comport with - cede
concede: give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another;
surrender: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" - adhere
be compatible or in accordance with - abstinent
self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
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