Searches summary in September 2010

Crosstips helped to find the following words this month:

English (GB)

• auditor
  a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit
• treetops
  Treetops Hotel is a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m (6,450 ft) above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. ...
• feature
  a prominent attribute or aspect of something
• heretic
  a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

Français

• système
• survireuse
  (automobile) se dit d'une voiture qui chasse du train arrière dans les virages
• oléicole
• chevreuil
  (zoologie) mammifère ruminant de la famille des cervidés, ayant des bois à deux cors;
  (zoologie) (Canada) cerf de Virginie
• chrysalide
  (zoologie) nymphe de lépidoptère, entre la chenille et le papillon
• ferblanterie
  ensemble des ustensiles en fer-blanc;
  métier ou local du ferblantier;
  production et commerce des objets en fer-blanc
• texan
  relatif au Texas, État des États-Unis;
  originaire ou habitant du Texas
• pedigrees
• adorer
  rendre un culte à;
  ressentir un amour passionné;
  aimer beaucoup

English (US)

• nylons
  women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
• cyclotron
  an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
• awful
  causing fear or dread or terror
• quay
  wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
• rugging
  rugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
• numerous
  amounting to a large indefinite number
• muse
  in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
• eton
  Éton is a village and commune in the Meuse département of north-eastern France.;
  Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British independent school for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. ...
• attlee
  British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
• strumpets
  Prostitution is the act or practice of engaging in sex acts for hire.http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/prostitution In most cultures, prostitution is viewed as a deviant profession, either discouraged or illegal; however, mot
• itches
  itch - rub: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!";
  itch - have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!"
• ostrich
  a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
• used
  employed in accomplishing something
• ascend
  travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
• assorts
  assort - consort: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
• grommets
  grommet - cringle: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
• probabilities
  Probability is a way of expressing knowledge or belief that an event will occur or has occurred. In mathematics the concept has been given an exact meaning in probability theory, that is used extensively in such areas of study as mathematics, st
• armhole
  a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached
• ersatz
  an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
• trammel
  an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
• ariel
  The Minnesota Daily is the campus newspaper of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, published Monday-Thursday while school is in session, and published weekly on Wednesdays during summer sessions. ...
• erased
  The Izbrisani (The Erased) is the name used in the media, for a group of people in Slovenia that remained without a legal status after the declaration of the country's independence in 1991.
• dreariest
  Superlative form of dreary: most dreary
• aquifer
  underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc
• epochs
  The Epochs are an alternative rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, and fronted by the brothers Hays and Ryan Holladay.
• upstarts
  The Upstarts were a group of comic book supervillains in the Marvel Comics with strong ties to the Hellfire Club. ...;
  upstart - an arrogant or presumptuous person
• apostate
  not faithful to religion or party or cause
• upland
  used of high or hilly country
• yoruba
  a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria;
  a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
• voling
• roots
  the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
• concur
  happen simultaneously
• lohengrin
  Lohengrin is a character in some German Arthurian literature. The son of Parzival (Percival), he is a knight of the Holy Grail sent in a boat pulled by swans to rescue a maiden who can never ask his identity. ...
• horde
  a vast multitude
• courtyard
  court: an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"
• novelette
  a short novel
• jolene
  "Jolene" is a song written and performed by Dolly Parton from her album Jolene (1974), produced by Bob Ferguson. It is ranked #217 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
• lowing
  Lowing is a Scottish surname, and may refer to: * Alan Lowing (born 1988), Scottish footballer * David Lowing (born 1983), Scottish footballer
• loewe
  United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987);
  Loewe is a Spanish luxury clothing and accessories brand owned by the LVMH Group.
• entertain
  provide entertainment for
• instal
  install: set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink";
  install: put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election";
  install: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
• gnomish
  used of small deformed creatures
• undergo
  pass through
• untimely
  ill-timed: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke";
  prematurely: too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely"
• knowledge
  cognition: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
• enzyme
  any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
• inge
  English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954)
• inroad
  an encroachment or intrusion
• immature
  characteristic of a lack of maturity
• emptiness
  the state of containing nothing
• imprudent
  not prudent or wise
• ulster
  a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland;
  loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted
• elysée
  The Élysée Palace (Palais de l'Élysée, ) is the official residence of the President of the French Republic, containing his office, and is where the Council of Ministers meets. It is located near the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
• elegiac
  resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy
• glutinous
  gluey: having the sticky properties of an adhesive
• alights
  alight - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him";
  alight - come down; "the birds alighted"
• fluoresce
  exhibit or undergo fluorescence
• ejects
  eject - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game";
  eject - exhaust: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
• birthplace
  the place where someone was born
• himalaya
  Himalayas: a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain
• airway
  air passage: a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines);
  air lane: a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another;
  respiratory tract: the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
• diciest
  Superlative form of dicey: most dicey
• tiresome
  boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture
• limiting
  strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase
• pianist
  a person who plays the piano
• eider
  duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females
• missteps
  misstep - trip: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
• vie
  compete: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others;
  The Vacuum Insulated Evaporator (VIE) is a device which hospitals use to store large amounts of oxygen (cf. gas oxygen manifold).
• lingerie
  women's underwear and nightclothes
• finicky
  finical: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"
• witt
  Witt is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 1973.
• sherbet
  sherbert: a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
• theta
  the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
• agustin
• again
  anew
• aftermath
  the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
• debates
  Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn'
• legislate
  make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
• neophyte
  a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously
• revert
  go back to a previous state
• jeannette
  Jeannette is a fictional character in the . She first appeared in Secret Six #3 (December 2008), and was created by Gail Simone and Nicola Scott.;
  A female given name, a French diminutive of Jeanne
• beckett
  a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the theater of the absurd (1906-1989)
• between
  in the interval
• hearsed
  hearse - a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
• mensa
  a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
• celebrant
  a person who is celebrating
• yeti
  abominable snowman: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas;
  The Yeti are a number of similar fictional hidden races in the Marvel Universe.
• recital
  performance of music or dance especially by soloists
• melting
  thaw: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours";
  liquescent: becoming liquid
• centaur
  (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
• adds
  Adderall is a brand-name psychostimulant medication composed of racemic amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which is thought to work by increasing the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain. ...
• idiomatic
  of or relating to or conforming to idiom
• 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 ...
• addled
  (of eggs) no longer edible
• edgiest
  Superlative form of edgy: most edgy;
  edginess - feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable;
  edginess - The state of being edgy; anxiety
• edge
  the boundary of a surface
• idiot
  a person of subnormal intelligence
• oceans
  An ocean (from Greek , Okeanos (Oceanus)) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. ...
• icon
  (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
• echoes
  "Echoes" is a popular song.;
  Echoes is a 2004 novel, authored by Danielle Steel and published by Random House in October, 2004. The book is Steel's sixty-fourth novel.
• battle
  a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
• earthing
  grounding: fastening electrical equipment to earth
• easiest
  Superlative form of easy: most easy;
  easier - to work with than silicone gel and silicone elastomer sheeting for most burn scar management applications.
• lapse
  a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
• caution
  the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
• galoshing
  Galoshes - [[Image:Mayakovsky Galoshi.jpg|thumb|upright|1923 Sales Poster by Vladimir Mayakovsky.The text says Rainy rain, you cannot hurt me. I would not go out without galoshes. Because of Rezinotrest [Soviet rubber-industry trust] every place
• oahu
  an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai); the chief island of the state
• galena
  soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
• easy
  posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
• yardarm
  either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
• earnestly
  seriously: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce";
  In an earnest manner; being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort
• jalousies
  jalousied - Fitted with jalousies (window slats)
• halfpence
• baboons
  Baboons are African and Asian Old World monkeys belonging to the genus Papio, part of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. There are five species, which are some of the largest non-hominid members of the primate order; only the Mandrill and the Drill
• raconteur
  anecdotist: a person skilled in telling anecdotes;
  Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment. ...

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