Monday, October 30, 2006

police
The governmental department charged with the regulation and control of the affairs of a community, now chiefly the department established to maintain order, enforce the law, and prevent and detect crime.
principal
One who holds a position of presiding rank, especially the head of an elementary school or high school.
priest
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and esp. to make sacrificial offerings.
pachuco
a teenage youth who belongs to a street gang known for its flamboyant style.

thespian
pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general

Sunday, October 22, 2006

computer


2.Civil Defense.
3.Community Development.



n : a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer; "floppy disks are noted for their relatively slow speed and small capacity and low price.


–noun
1.
any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.


a set of keys, usually arranged in tiers, for operating a typewriter, typesetting machine, computer terminal, or the like.


A camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the Internet or other network.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

plant





noun
1.
the blossom of a plant.
2.
Botany.
a.
the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, esp. when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color.
b.
an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses.
3.
a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty.
4.
state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower.
5.
an ornament representing a flower.
6.
Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, esp. a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings.
7.
an ornament or adornment.
8.
the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England.
9.
the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth.
10.
the finest or choicest product or example.
11.
flowers, (used with a singular verb) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur.


–noun
1.
any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Compare orchid family.
2.
the flower of any of these plants.
3.
a bluish to reddish purple.


verb (used without object)
1.
to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
2.
to get up from bed, esp. to begin the day after a night's sleep: to rise early.
3.
to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright.
4.
to get up after falling or being thrown down.
5.
to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.
6.
to be built up, erected, or constructed.
7.
to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight.
8.
to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.
9.
to come into existence; appear.
10.
to come into action, as a wind or storm.
11.
to occur: A quarrel rose between them.
12.
to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.
13.
to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air.
14.
to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.
15.
to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers.
16.
to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods.
17.
to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world.
18.
to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace.
19.
Angling. (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.
20.
to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (fol. by to): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities.
21.
to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.
22.
to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising.
23.
to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours.
24.
to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.
25.
to increase in amount, as prices.
26.
to increase in price or value, as commodities.
27.
to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.
28.
to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.
29.
to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.
30.
to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven.


–noun
1.
any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 in. (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
2.
Also called aster. Furniture. a conventionalized flower motif carved in the center panels of a Connecticut chest.


–noun
1.
a rich tapestry.
2.
a tapestry weave.
3.
a wall hanging, as a tapestry or similar object.
4.
Theater. a curtain suspended loosely across a stage and used as a backdrop or part of a stage setting.

Friday, October 06, 2006

WOOD in the use things





Cabinet
–noun
1.
a piece of furniture with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding or displaying items: a curio cabinet; a file cabinet.
2.
a wall cupboard used for storage, as of kitchen utensils or toilet articles: a kitchen cabinet; a medicine cabinet.
3.
a piece of furniture containing a radio or television set, usually standing on the floor and often having a record player or a place for phonograph records.
4.
(often initial capital letter) a council advising a president, sovereign, etc., esp. the group of ministers or executives responsible for the government of a nation.
5.
(often initial capital letter) (in the U.S.) an advisory body to the president, consisting of the heads of the 13 executive departments of the federal government.
6.
a small case with compartments for valuables or other small objects.
7.
a small chamber or booth for special use, esp. a shower stall.
8.
a private room.
9.
a room set aside for the exhibition of small works of art or objets d'art.
10.
Also called cabinet wine. a dry white wine produced in Germany from fully matured grapes without the addition of extra sugar.
11.
New England (chiefly Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts). a milk shake made with ice cream.
12.
Archaic. a small room.
13.
Obsolete. a small cabin.



noun
1.
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
2.
a stall or pen for cattle.
3.
a rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn.
4.
a bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
5.
Informal.
a.
a translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony.
b.
plagiarism.
c.
a petty theft.
6.
a room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers.
7.
a shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children.
8.
any confined space.
9.
Slang. a house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.
10.
Building Trades, Civil Engineering. any of various cellular frameworks of logs, squared timbers, or steel or concrete objects of similar form assembled in layers at right angles, often filled with earth and stones and used in the construction of foundations, dams, retaining walls, etc.
11.
a barrier projecting part of the way into a river and then upward, acting to reduce the flow of water and as a storage place for logs being floated downstream.
12.
a lining for a well or other shaft.
13.
Slang. one's home; pad.
14.
Cribbage. a set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.
15.
a cheap, ill-kept brothel.
16.
a wicker basket.
17.
British, Australian. lunch, esp. a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack.
–noun
1.
a seat, esp. for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
2.
something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion.
3.
a seat of office or authority.
4.
a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc.
5.
the person occupying a seat of office, esp. the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair.
6.
(in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair.
7.
the chair, Informal. electric chair.
8.
chairlift.
9.
sedan chair.
10.
(in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation.
11.
a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass.
12.
British Railroads. a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like.



–noun
1.
a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
2.
a doorway: to go through the door.
3.
the building, house, etc., to which a door belongs: My friend lives two doors down the street.
4.
any means of approach, admittance, or access: the doors to learning.
5.
any gateway marking an entrance or exit from one place or state to another: at heaven's door. —Idioms
6.
lay at someone's door, to hold someone accountable for; blame; impute.
7.
leave the door open, to allow the possibility of accommodation or change; be open to reconsideration: The boss rejected our idea but left the door open for discussing it again next year.
8.
lie at someone's door, to be the responsibility of; be imputable to: One's mistakes often lie at one's own door.
9.
show someone the door, to request or order someone to leave; dismiss: She resented his remark and showed him the door.


–noun
1.
a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
2.
a seat occupied by an official, esp. a judge.
3.
such a seat as a symbol of the office and dignity of an individual judge or the judiciary.
4.
the office or dignity of various other officials, or the officials themselves.
5.
Sports.
a.
the seat on which the players of a team sit during a game while not playing.
b.
thequality and number of the players of a team who are usually used as substitutes: A weak bench hurt their chances for the championship.
6.
Informal. bench press.
7.
Also called workbench. the strong worktable of a carpenter or other mechanic.
8.
a platform on which animals are placed for exhibition, esp. at a dog show.
9.
a contest or exhibition of dogs; dog show.
10.
Physical Geography. a shelflike area of rock with steep slopes above and below.
11.
Mining. a step or working elevation in a mine.

Monday, October 02, 2006

kitchen room

noun
1.
a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc.
2.
the contents of a bowl: a bowl of tomato soup.
3.
a rounded, cuplike, hollow part: the bowl of a pipe.
4.
a large drinking cup.
5.
festive drinking; conviviality.
6.
any bowl-shaped depression or formation.
7.
an edifice with tiers of seats forming sides like those of a bowl, having the arena at the bottom; stadium.
8.
Also called bowl game. a football game played after the regular season by teams selected by the sponsors of the game, usually as representing the best from a region of the country: the Rose Bowl.
9.
Typography. a curved or semicircular line of a character, as of a, d, b, etc.

noun
1.
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
2.
the contents of such a dish; plateful.
3.
an entire course of a meal served on such a dish: I had the vegetable plate for lunch.
4.
the food and service for one person, as at a banquet, fund-raising dinner, or the like: The wedding breakfast cost $20 a plate.
5.
household dishes, utensils, etc., of metal plated with gold or silver.
6.
household dishes, utensils, etc., made of gold or silver.
7.
a dish, as of metal or wood, used for collecting offerings, as in a church.
8.
a thin, flat sheet or piece of metal or other material, esp. of uniform thickness.
9.
metal in such sheets.
10.
a flat, polished piece of metal on which something may be or is engraved.

noun
1.
a broad, shallow container of metal, usually having sides flaring outward toward the top, used in various forms for frying, baking, washing, etc.
2.
any similar receptacle or part, as the scales of a balance.
3.
the amount a pan holds or can hold; panful: a pan of shelled peas.
4.
any of various open or closed containers used in industrial or mechanical processes.
5.
a container in which silver ores are ground and amalgamated.
6.
a container in which gold or other heavy, valuable metals are separated from gravel or other substances by agitation with water.
7.
a drifting piece of flat, thin ice, as formed on a shore or bay.
8.
a natural depression in the ground, as one containing water, mud, or mineral salts.
9.
a similar depression made artificially, as for evaporating salt water to make salt.
10.
(in old guns) the depressed part of the lock, holding the priming.
11.
Also, panning. an unfavorable review, critique, or appraisal: The show got one rave and three pans.
12.
Slang. the face.



noun
1.
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
2.
a stick, rod, pole, or the like.
3.
a rung of a ladder, chair, etc.
4.
Prosody.


noun
1.
a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.