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Searches summary in December 2012
Crosstips helped to find the following words this month:
English (GB)
- twingeing
- augur
(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy - curtained
furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies - supercharge
increase the pressure on a gas or liquid - austerity
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) - askance
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy - robotics
the area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots - domineered
- bossy
autocratic: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees - disencumber
extricate: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task";
To remove an encumbrance (a burden) - mechanics
the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference - debased
lowered in value - adopts
- masochist
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
Français
- ôte
- solidarité
- coexiste
- flammèche
- mettrai
- marquise
femme d'un marquis;
(architecture) auvent vitré qui protège de la pluie;
(joaillerie) bague à chaton oblong
English (US)
- sustenance
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence - nuance
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude - utopian
an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer - usage
the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written - iraqi
a native or inhabitant of Iraq - premium
payment for insurance - triennial
occurring every third year or lasting 3 years - armful
the quantity that can be contained in the arms - writhe
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) - treasonous
faithless: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist";
Like or in the way of treason;
treason - a crime that undermines the offender's government - prologue
an introduction to a play - coalesce
fuse or cause to grow together - downhearted
gloomy: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed b - coincidence
an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental - gory
accompanied by bloodshed - indemnity
protection against future loss - inapt
awkward: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is ...;
Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept - unction
excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm - impersonal
not relating to or responsive to individual persons - placement
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed - aluminum
a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite - difference
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar - liquid
a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure - fitful
occurring in spells and often abruptly - chomp
chew noisily - phenomenon
any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning - ignoble
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose - agra
a city in northern India; former capital of the Mogul empire; site of the Taj Mahal - perturbs
perturb - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" - ledgered
ledgering - A type of secured, working capital lending. See dominion of funds.;
ledgering - Method of catching carp used by coarse anglers. - rereads
- neapolitan
a native or inhabitant of Naples;
of or relating to or characteristic of Naples or its people - seaside
the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort - festoons
Festoon (from French feston, Italian festone, from a Late Latin festo, originally a festal garland, Latin festum, feast), a wreath or garland, and so in architecture a conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and susp - obliterate
remove completely from recognition or memory - abigail
Abigail is a female name occurring in Biblical narratives in the Books of Samuel and in the Books of Chronicles. Abigal occurs once and is thought by the vast majority of scholars to be an alternate spelling of Abigail. - magnetic
of or relating to or caused by magnetism - sashes
Cookham is a village and civil parish in the north-easternmost corner of Berkshire in England, on the River Thames. It lies 2 miles north of Maidenhead close to the border with Buckinghamshire. - mahler
Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) - narcissi
Narcissus is the botanic name for a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia. There are also several Narcissus species that bloom in the autumn. ... - masochist
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment - lampoon
satirize: ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal";
parody: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
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