epub |eng | 2013-04-09 | Author:Lesley M. M. Blume

KERFUFFLE This flowery, old-fashioned word for a “commotion” or “disturbance” is particularly amusing when the kerfuffle in question is not particularly flowery. KETTLE OF FISH When you landed in this ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2014-04-04 | Author:Tony Thorne

jingle n 1. British cash, money, coins. A term used in raffish circles since the 1930s, if not earlier. It has also been recorded in Australian speech. I’m a bit ...

epub |eng | 2013-09-24 | Author:David McAdams [McAdams, David]

interview /ˈɪnˌtər.vyu/ noun a formal meeting where the interviewer asks questions of the person being interviewed. verb to conduct an interview as the interviewer. interviewer error noun /ˈɪnˌtər.vyu.ər ˈɛr.ər/ a ...

epub |eng | 2013-12-31 | Author:Stephanie Simons

hairvoyant How to describe a stylist with the ability to know exactly what you want without having to bring in pictures from magazines. hanger management A special course to help ...

epub |eng | 2010-03-05 | Author:Gregory Bergman

franchise player (noun) A player on an NFL, NBA, or NHL team may be so designated when the player is the “face” of the team. Typically, the player will have ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2013-05-07 | Author:Ammer, Christine [Ammer, Christine]

l labor of love Work done for one’s satisfaction rather than monetary reward. For example, The research took three years but it was a labor of love. This expression appears ...

epub, mobi, pdf |nld | 0101-01-01 | Author:Eugene Ehrlich

O oak, pertaining to an quercine oar n. scull oar-shaped adj. remiform oath n. voir dire oath, taking an juration oatmeal n. flummery obedience n. Bushido, deference obedient adj. deferent, ...

epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Michael Ferber

N Nature “Nature” in Greek (physis) and Latin (natura) at first meant the nature of something, as in Lucretius’ title “On the Nature of Things,” but it came to stand ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2016-01-14 | Author:C. J. Date

table 1. SQL analog of either a relation or a relvar, as the context demands. Here are some of the major differences between tables in SQL and their relational counterparts: ...

azw3 |eng | 2014-11-23 | Author:Grambs, David & Levine, Ellen S. [Grambs, David]

WEATHER, FORCES OF NATURE, AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM WEATHER AND FORCES OF NATURE characterized by good weather fair, clear, pleasant, lovely, balmy, halcyon, temperate, springlike, summer-like, summery characterized by bad ...

epub |eng | | Author:Laurie E. Rozakis

You can also use homophones to create puns. The key to creating puns is as follows: If you’re writing a pun, you want the words to be spelled alike; if ...

epub |eng | 2015-04-23 | Author:T Willilam Walker [Walker, T Willilam]

mode style à la mode de in the style of boeuf mode beef braised with carrots, onions and red wine moelle marrow sauce à la moelle marrow sauce [typically: made ...

epub |eng | 2011-11-06 | Author:Colin Mcintosh & Ben Francis & Richard Poole [Mcintosh, Colin & Francis, Ben & Poole, Richard]

epub |eng | | Author:Robert W. Bly

M “The man who is in the MELEE knows what blows are being struck and what blood is being drawn.” Woodrow Wilson, American president macarism (mAA-ka-rih-zum), noun The practice of ...

mobi |eng | 2010-08-26 | Author:Merriam-Webster Inc.

Antonyms concerned, interested 2 of average to below average quality <an indifferent but drinkable cup of coffee> — see MEDIOCRE 1 3 marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias ...