Word Of The Day

Lorenzo · May 26, 2009, 01:50:27 PM

A new word you learned for the day; or a word that caught your attention--for the day.

[Must be an English Word]

Lorenzo · May 26, 2009, 01:53:25 PM

Risus Sardonicus (Medical Terminology)

"The Devil's Smile"
--A Medical condition due to generalized tetanus, resulting in lockjaw and a contracted smile, due to hypercontractility of the facial muscles due to the blockading of the inhibitory neurotransmitters.

This condition is a result of the neurotoxin released by the Clostridium Tetani gram positive rods bacterium's infection into the body.

Lorenzo · May 27, 2009, 12:16:26 PM

Exudation: high protein-based outflow of purulence on an inflamed region of the body.

Lorenzo · May 28, 2009, 03:29:16 AM

Facetious:

1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally.
2. amusing; humorous.
3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential,

Lorenzo · May 28, 2009, 03:31:09 AM

Perfunctory

1. performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
2. lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic: In his lectures he reveals himself to be merely a perfunctory speaker.

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 23, 2009, 01:31:27 AM

ventripotent (ven-TRI-pot-ehnt) adjective - Having a large belly; gluttonous.

taken from the from Latin word ventri meaning abdomen + potent meaning powerful.

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 24, 2009, 02:56:16 AM

edentulous (adj.) - Having no teeth; toothless.

Chongki · October 24, 2009, 08:29:04 PM

edentulous (adj.) - Having no teeth; toothless.

use it in a sentence: enjoy your cake every now and then to lose weight fast....hehehhehhe

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 27, 2009, 05:41:45 AM

palooka (n)

Sports. An incompetent or easily defeated athlete, especially a prizefighter.
Slang. A stupid or clumsy person.

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 28, 2009, 12:03:01 AM

quidnunc (kwÄd'nÅngk'); n - A nosy or gossipy person; a busybody.
A person given to intruding in other people's affairs.

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 29, 2009, 04:32:05 AM

jobsworth - Brit. colloq. an official who mindlessly upholds petty rules
- is a person who uses his or her job description in a deliberately un-cooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 30, 2009, 02:01:31 AM

ScarÂ·aÂ·mouch, ScarÂ·aÂ·mouche (skÄƒr'É™-mÅ«sh', -mÅ«ch', -mouch') noun - A stock character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime, depicted as a boastful coward or buffoon

bol-anon nga cebuano · October 31, 2009, 01:22:54 AM

Shmendrik (SHMEN-drik) noun - A foolish, clueless, and naive person.

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 05, 2009, 01:32:43 AM

antilogy - Noun - [Gr. 'antilogi`a, fr. 'anti`logos contradictory; 'anti` against + le`gein to speak.] - A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
A contradiction in terms or ideas.

jorgeanna · November 05, 2009, 05:57:49 PM

matricide - the killing of a mother

jorgeanna · November 05, 2009, 05:59:46 PM

estuary - the mouth of a river where the tide meets the current

jorgeanna · November 05, 2009, 06:00:54 PM

teratology - the science of monsters or malformations

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 06, 2009, 12:08:30 AM

Alexithymia - An affective or cognitive disorder in which individuals are preoccupied with mundane, chronologically oriented details and emotions are experienced in undifferentiated form.

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 07, 2009, 02:01:40 AM

lethologica - the inability to remember the right word.

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 10, 2009, 03:23:58 AM

xeÂ·non (zÄ"'nÅn') n. (Symbol Xe) - A colorless, odorless, highly unreactive gaseous element found in minute quantities in the atmosphere, extracted commercially from liquefied air and used in stroboscopic, bactericidal, and laser-pumping lamps. Atomic number 54; atomic weight 131.29; melting point âˆ'111.9Â°C; boiling point âˆ'107.1Â°C; density (gas) 5.887 grams per liter; specific gravity (liquid) 3.52 (âˆ'109Â°C).

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 11, 2009, 05:01:11 AM

xenophile - A person attracted to that which is foreign, especially to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures.

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 12, 2009, 12:48:18 AM

xylem - Part of a plant's vascular system that conveys water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the rest of the plant and furnishes mechanical support. Xylem constitutes the major part of a mature woody stem or root and the wood of a tree, and consists of specialized water-conducting tissues made up mostly of several types of narrow, elongate, hollow cells

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 13, 2009, 02:50:03 AM

xerophthalmia - A disease caused by deficiency of vitamin A. It is characterized by drying of the tear ducts resulting in degeneration of the transparent part of the eye, leading to ulceration of the cornea and blindness. It is the commonest preventable cause of blindness worldwide.

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 14, 2009, 01:09:21 AM

Xylitol - A sweet white crystalline alcohol, C5H12O5, derived from xylose and used especially as a sugar substitute in oral health products.

bol-anon nga cebuano · November 19, 2009, 05:34:14 AM

bella! Horrida bella - War! Horrid war.

bol-anon nga cebuano · December 19, 2009, 03:51:46 AM

vetitive (VET-i-tiv)
adjective
1. Relating to a veto.
2. Having the power to forbid.

Etymology
From Latin vetare (to forbid).

Usage
"The only case in which our executives have a real vetitive power, is the case of pardon, and most unfortunately it is used in an alarming degree, against the supremacy of the law and the stability of the right -- both essential to civil liberty." â€" Francis Lieber; On Civil Liberty and Self-government; 1853.