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ford (N.) FAWRD'
a shallow spot in a river that can be crossed
Instead of using the bridge, Frank drove his Ford across the ford.
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| ford | 11/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) FAWRD' - a shallow spot in a river that can be crossed | ||
| Instead of using the bridge, Frank drove his Ford across the ford. | ||
| frabjous | 11/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (ADJ.) FRAB'-JUHS - wonderful, joyful | ||
| Sophia's wedding was a frabjous day, even though it rained and her uncle Ernie got food poisoning. | ||
| refection | 11/18/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) RI-FEK'-SHUHN - a light meal | ||
| Reggie skipped his normal noon refection because he knew he'd be stuffing himself with turkey and stuffing in a few hours. | ||
| tacit | 11/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (ADJ.) TAS'-IT - silent | ||
| It seems my tabby cat has begrudgingly reached a tacit truce with my dogs. | ||
| canaille | 11/16/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (N.) KUH-NEYL' - low-class people, riffraff | ||
| Cara worked her way up from the canaille to CEO of a successful firm. | ||
| natant | 11/13/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (ADJ.) NEYT'-NT - swimming or floating | ||
| Fish mingled with the natant leaves. | ||
| opprobrious | 11/12/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (ADJ.) UH-PROH'-BREE-UHS - abusive, hateful | ||
| Olivia still has low self-esteem – years after ending an opprobrious relationship. | ||
| conflate | 11/11/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (V.) KUHN-FLEYT' - to join together | ||
| Sprint acquired Nextel in '05 and conflated into the third-largest wireless network in the US. | ||
| mussitate | 11/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (V.) MUHS'-I-TEYT - to mumble | ||
| My grandfather mussitates so much only my grandmother can understand what he says. | ||
| laodicean | 11/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | |
| (ADJ.) LEY-OD-UH-SEE'-UHN - indifferent, regarding religion | ||
| Larry's laodicean attitude was evident when he skipped Sunday school to play basketball. | ||
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