initialism
noun
How to pronounce initialism?
/ɪ'nɪʃə,lɪzəm/
What is the definition of initialism?
nouna word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
Examples
- `NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization
nounan abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately
Examples
- HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language
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logician
noun
How to pronounce logician?
The word logician sounds like lo-gi-cian
/loʊ'dʒɪʃən/
What is the definition of logician?
nouna person skilled at symbolic logic
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sickness
noun
How to pronounce sickness?
The word sickness sounds like sick-ness
/'sɪknɛs/
What is the definition of sickness?
nounimpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
nounthe state that precedes vomiting
noundefectiveness or unsoundness
Examples
- drugs have become a sickness they cannot cure
- a great sickness of his judgment
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drunken
adjective
How to pronounce drunken?
The word drunken sounds like drunk-en
/'drəŋkən/
What is the definition of drunken?
adjectivegiven to or marked by the consumption of alcohol
Examples
- a drunken binge
- two drunken gentlemen holding each other up
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bruin
noun
How to pronounce bruin?
The word bruin sounds like bru-in
/'bruɪn/
What is the definition of bruin?
nounlarge ferocious bear of Eurasia
nouna conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
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dorado
noun
How to pronounce dorado?
The word dorado sounds like do-ra-do
/də'rɑdoʊ/
What is the definition of dorado?
nouna constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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mountaineering
noun
How to pronounce mountaineering?
The word mountaineering sounds like moun-tain-eer-ing
/,maʊn'tənirɪŋ/
What is the definition of mountaineering?
nounthe activity of climbing a mountain
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dexter
adjective
How to pronounce dexter?
The word dexter sounds like dex-ter
/'dɛkstər/
What is the definition of dexter?
adjectiveon or starting from the wearer's right
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concupiscent
adjective
How to pronounce concupiscent?
The word concupiscent sounds like con-cu-pis-cent
/kɑn'kjupɪsənt/
What is the definition of concupiscent?
adjectivevigorously passionate
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depth
noun
How to pronounce depth?
The word depth sounds like depth
/dɛpθ/
What is the definition of depth?
nounthe extent downward or backward or inward
Examples
- the depth of the water
- depth of a shelf
- depth of a closet
nounthe intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
noundegree of psychological or intellectual profundity
nounthe attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
Examples
- the depth of his breathing
- the depth of his sighs
- the depth of his emotion
noun(usually plural) a low moral state
Examples
- he had sunk to the depths of addiction
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concordat
noun
How to pronounce concordat?
The word concordat sounds like con-cor-dat
/kɑn'kɔrdæt/
What is the definition of concordat?
nouna signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
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ingenuous
adjective
How to pronounce ingenuous?
The word ingenuous sounds like in-gen-u-ous
/ɪn'dʒɛnjuəs/
What is the definition of ingenuous?
adjectivelacking in sophistication or worldliness
Examples
- his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
adjectivecharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
Examples
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility
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