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Explanation, description, examples of the random words:
| 1 | Unelastic Not elastic; inelastic. |
| 2 | Contention A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist,
something; contest; strife. Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel;
dispute; as, a bone of contention. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of
argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or
strife; a position taken or contended for. |
| 3 | Introduce To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to
introduce a person into a drawing-room. To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to
introduce the finger, or a probe. To lead to and make known by formal announcement or
recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce
strangers; to introduce one person to another. To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use;
as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant. To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he
introduced the subject with a long preface. |
| 4 | Proper Belonging to one; one's own; individual. Belonging to the natural or essential constitution;
peculiar; not common; particular; as, every animal has his proper
instincts and appetites. Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all
respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper
element for fish; a proper dress. Becoming in appearance; well formed; handsome. Pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the
whole; not appellative; -- opposed to common; as, a proper name; Dublin
is the proper name of a city. Rightly so called; strictly considered; as, Greece proper;
the garden proper. Represented in its natural color; -- said of any object
used as a charge. Properly; hence, to a great degree; very; as, proper
good. |
| 5 | Hinduism The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindoos;
Brahmanism. |
| 6 | Knighthead A bollard timber. See under Bollard. |
| 7 | Crane A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a
barrel. A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of
various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while
holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral
distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber
or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass,
etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the
neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or
back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.,
-- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; --
with up. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane
the neck disdainfully. to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see
better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. |
| 8 | Treble Threefold; triple. Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds;
playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice. Trebly; triply. The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part
usually sung by boys or women; soprano. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. To utter in a treble key; to whine. To become threefold. |
| 9 | Fold To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over
another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as,
he folds his arms in despair. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to
infold; to clasp; to embrace. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over
another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the
door fold. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over
on another part; a plait; a plication. Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in
composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical
ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four
times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops;
embrace. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as,
Christ's fold. A boundary; a limit. To confine in a fold, as sheep. To confine sheep in a fold. |
| 10 | Sloughy Full of sloughs, miry. Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead
matter which separates from living flesh. |
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