Tag: communication

inhibit

delectable

obdurate

obtrusive

brag, glory over

a gentle wind, breeze

having great power or physical strength

moral corruption; badness

dais

ostensible

furtive

benign

coy

menagerie

macerate

malinger

impenitent

intermittent

curmudgeon

exhume

dowdy

saturate

tribunal

abbreviate

halcyon

arduous

acrid

nautical

Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.

A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form by losing loosely bound water of crystallization to the atmosphere.

A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock

an unimportant or insignificant person

release from slavery, freedom, the act of manumitting

The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

Having an odor or fragrance.

Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language.

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force

Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.