Searches summary in March 2010

Crosstips helped to find the following words this month:

English (GB)

• artless
  simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
• molecule
  (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
• onto
  In mathematics, a function is said to be surjective or onto if its range is equal to its codomain. A function is surjective if and only if for ...

Français

• réexamen
• lyre
  (musique) instrument à cordes pincées joué par les Anciens;
  tuyau en forme de lyre permettant la dilatation d'une canalisation;
  (zoologie) grand oiseau passereau d'Australie ayant une queue en éventail
• justement
  légitimement, avec raison;
  précisément, exactement;
  avec justesse, avec justice
• esse
  crochet en forme de "s";
  ouvertures en forme de "s" pratiquées sur la table d'un violon ou d'instruments du même genre
• frirai
• triomphale
• principaux
  essentiels, primordiaux;
  ce qui constitue l'essentiel;
  capitaux d'une dette
• bretteler
  (technologie) strier le crépissage, avec une brette
• aquarelliste
  (peinture) personne exécutant une aquarelle
• lotisse
• tomettes
• fomenta
• encrier
  petit récipient à encre;
  (imprimerie) réservoir à encre d'une machine à imprimer
• amplitude
  (sciences) écart entre la valeur maximale et la valeur minimale d'une valeur variant cycliquement;
  au sens figuré importance d'un phénomène
• pisciculteur
  celui qui élève des poissons
• aggravante
• sept.
• renaisse
• tapioca
  farine de manioc, plante des régions tropicales, de la famille des euphorbiacées
• cacao
  graine du cacaoyer, à partir duquel on fabrique le chocolat;
  poudre chocolatée pour boisson, cette boisson

English (US)

• wyo
  Wyo may refer to: * Wyoming * Wyo, California, in Glenn County
• iyar
  the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)
• extroversion
  extraversion: (psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self;
  The trait of extroversion-introversion is a central dimension of human personality. Extroverts (also spelled extraverts ) tend to be sociable ...
• twangs
  twang - cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string";
  twang - twitch or throb with pain;
  twang - pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow";
  twang - a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
• evince
  express: give expression to; "She showed her disappointment";
  Evince is a document viewer for PDF, PostScript, DjVu, TIFF and DVI designed for the GNOME desktop environment.;
  To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest
• cupful
  cup: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar";
  The amount necessary to make a cup full; A half pint, i.e. eight ounces
• gunner
  artilleryman: a serviceman in the artillery
• supine
  lying face upward
• hungry
  feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
• fun
  activities that are enjoyable or amusing
• puzzle
  a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
• qua
  Lam Qua , or real name, Guan Qiaochang or Kwan Kiu Cheong (關喬昌) (1801 - 1860) was a Western-trained Chinese painter from Guangdong Province ...
• ethic
  the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
• etiquette
  rules governing socially acceptable behavior
• ptolemy
  Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance
• steamship
  steamer: a ship powered by one or more steam engines;
  A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.
• espouse
  take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
• psst
  Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person
• esq
  Esquire: a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name
• essen
  a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr
• psychopath
  sociopath: someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now ...
• iraq
  a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
• argo
  formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela
• priorities
  priority - precedence: status established in order of importance or urgency; "...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals ...;
  priority - preceding in time
• arcades
  "Arcades" is a masque written by John Milton and performed on 4 May 1634. The piece was written to celebrate the character of Alice Spencer, the ...;
  arcade - a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
• erie
  a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York
• ormolu
  brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture
• apartment
  a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
• apr
  April: the month following March and preceding May;
  April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and one of four months with a length of 30 days. ...;
  The cost of your credit as expressed as an annual rate.
• apennines
  a mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
• aphid
  any of various small plant-sucking insects
• rootless
  wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community
• love
  a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
• fotomat
  Fotomat was a once widespread retail chain of photo development drive-thru kiosks located in shopping center parking lots. ...
• corsairs
  Freelancer is a space trading and combat simulation video game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios. ...
• zoned
  zoning - dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
• noticed
  being perceived or observed
• poetic
  of or relating to poetry
• pokémon
  Zbtb7, originally named Pokemon, is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer, and is responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout surrounding cells. ...
• enjoy
  derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
• sneer
  a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls
• onuses
• anon
  at another time
• amie
  The Associate Member of the Institution of Engineers (popularly known as AMIE) is a professional certification given by Institution of Engineers (India). The qualification can be earned by passing Section A, Project Work and& Section B examinati
• emu
  large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
• emanate
  proceed or issue forth, as from a source
• smelt
  small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
• altman
  The Altman was an early automobile produced in 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio by Henry J. Altman. Altman built the car at his home at 11 Pier Street. ...
• aloe
  succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
• sleeves
  Sleeve (O. Eng. slieve, or slyf, a word allied to slip, cf. Dutch sloof) is that part of a garment which covers the arm, or through which the arm ...
• flirtation
  flirt: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest;
  Flirting is an expression of sexuality and a common form of social interaction whereby one person obliquely indicates a romantic or sexual ...
• sketch
  preliminary drawing for later elaboration
• disfranchisement
  the discontinuation of a franchise; especially the discontinuation of the right to vote
• sikh
  an adherent of Sikhism
• disarm
  remove offensive capability from
• bias
  a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
• fishy
  of or relating to or resembling fish
• dimly
  in a dim indistinct manner
• digital
  displaying numbers rather than scale positions
• agog
  highly excited
• levant
  a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
• ketchup
  catsup: thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes;
  Ketchup (also spelled catsup or catchup), also known as tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce, Tommy K, or dead horse, is a ...;
  A tomato-vinegar based sauce
• yest
• xe
  xenon: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
• versatility
  having a wide variety of skills
• seed
  a small hard fruit
• relentless
  grim: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached ...;
  persistent: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
• genuflected
  Genuflection (or genuflexion), bending at least one knee to the ground, was from early times a gesture of deep respect for a superior. ...;
  genuflect - bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
• fecundity
  the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination
• dewdrop
  a drop of dew
• odd
  not divisible by two
• identified
  having the identity known or established
• adele
  Adele was a steel screw steamer that was built in 1906 as a yacht. She was twice commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), firstly as ...
• adroit
  quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
• acid
  any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
• scat
  singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument
• acme
  the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
• acuter
  Comparative form of acute: more acute
• obesity
  fleshiness: more than average fatness
• yawing
  to turn from side to side in an uneven course
• carcinomas
  A carcinoma is any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells. Carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs and may metastasize, or ...
• baby
  a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
• fatigue
  temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
• largely
  in large part; mainly or chiefly
• tansy
  common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
• matisse
  French painter and sculptor; leading figure of fauvism (1869-1954)
• laudatory
  full of or giving praise
• latrobe
  United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820)
• yahweh
  a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH

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