-
basically
0
adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature;
"He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was
essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is
in essence a shy person" [syn: basically,
fundamentally, essentially]
-
canonical
0
adj 1: appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the
Christian New Testament" [syn: canonic, canonical]
2: of or relating to or required by canon law [syn: canonic,
canonical]
3: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic,
canonical]
4: conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of
cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair
Lewis [syn: canonic, canonical, sanctioned]
-
canticle
0
n 1: a hymn derived from the Bible
-
carbuncle
0
n 1: deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
2: an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for
discharge of pus
-
categorical
0
adj 1: relating to or included in a category or categories [syn:
categorical, categoric]
2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical,
flat, unconditional]
-
cervical
0
adj 1: of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; "cervical
cancer"
2: relating to or associated with the neck
-
chemical
0
adj 1: relating to or used in chemistry; "chemical engineer";
"chemical balance" [syn: chemical, chemic]
2: of or made from or using substances produced by or used in
reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; "chemical
fertilizer"
n 1: material produced by or used in a reaction involving
changes in atoms or molecules [syn: chemical, chemical
substance]
-
chronicle
0
n 1: a record or narrative description of past events; "a
history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the
plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to
lead" [syn: history, account, chronicle, story]
v 1: record in chronological order; make a historical record
-
classical
0
adj 1: of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an
earlier civilisation and its culture; "classic Cinese
pottery" [syn: classical, classic] [ant:
nonclassical]
2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work
on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn:
authoritative, classical, classic, definitive]
3: of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient
Greece and Rome; " a classical scholar"
4: (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors;
"classical Greek
5: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek
and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical [syn:
classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman,
Hellenic]
n 1: traditional genre of music conforming to an established
form and appealing to critical interest and developed
musical taste [syn: classical music, classical,
serious music]
-
classically
0
adv 1: in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; "this exercise
develops a classically shaped body"
-
clavicle
0
n 1: bone linking the scapula and sternum [syn: clavicle,
collarbone]
-
clerical
0
adj 1: of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
2: of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
3: appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills";
"a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
-
clinical
0
adj 1: relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic
and depending on direct observation of patients;
"clinical observation"; "clinical case study"
2: scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the
clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
-
comical
0
adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny,
laughable, mirthful, risible]
-
conical
0
adj 1: relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains";
"conelike fruit" [syn: conic, conical, conelike,
cone-shaped]
-
coracle
0
n 1: a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker
frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
-
cortical
0
adj 1: of or relating to a cortex
-
cosmological
0
adj 1: pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the
origin and history and structure and dynamics of the
universe; "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift";
"cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe" [syn:
cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic,
cosmogonical, cosmogenic]
2: pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the
elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the
universe such as space and time and causality; "cosmologic
philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the
universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause
which is God" [syn: cosmologic, cosmological]
-
cubical
0
adj 1: shaped like a cube [syn: cubelike, cube-shaped,
cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal]
-
cull
0
n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull]
-
diacritical
0
adj 1: capable of distinguishing; "students having superior
diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"-
S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritic, diacritical]
-
dialectical
0
adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the
dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
-
diametrical
0
adj 1: related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane"
[syn: diametral, diametric, diametrical]
2: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in
diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or
opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and
indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric,
diametrical, opposite, polar]
-
ducal
0
adj 1: of or belonging to or suitable for a duke; "ducal palace"
-
farcically
0
adv 1: in a farcical manner; "a farcically inept bungler"
-
intrinsically
0
adv 1: with respect to its inherent nature; "this statement is
interesting per se" [syn: intrinsically, per se, as
such, in and of itself]
-
lexically
0
adv 1: by means of words; "lexically represented"
-
metaphysically
0
adv 1: in a metaphysical manner; "he thinks metaphysically"
-
musically
0
adv 1: in a musical manner; "She sang very musically" [ant:
unmusically]
-
paradoxically
0
adv 1: in a paradoxical manner; "paradoxically, ice ages seem to
occur when the sun gets hotter"
-
physically
0
adv 1: in accord with physical laws; "it is physically
impossible"
-
quizzically
0
adv 1: in a quizzical and questioning manner; "they looked
quizzically at the doctor" [syn: questioningly,
quizzically]
-
rankle
0
v 1: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled
her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret,
rankle, grate]
-
rascal
0
n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue,
knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag,
varlet]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
-
scull
0
n 1: a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved
left and right to propel the boat forward
2: each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single
oarsman
3: a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
v 1: propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
-
twinkle
0
n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn:
twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of
countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a
perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle,
spark, light]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate]
-
uncle
0
n 1: the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your
aunt [ant: aunt, auntie, aunty]
2: a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played
uncle to lonely students"
-
unethically
0
adv 1: in an unethical manner; "he behaved unethically" [ant:
ethically]
-
vocal
0
adj 1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a
vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant:
instrumental]
2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
3: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" [syn: outspoken, vocal]
4: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
shouts and laughter of children"
n 1: music intended to be performed by one or more singers,
usually with instrumental accompaniment [syn: vocal
music, vocal]
2: a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical
must have at least three good songs" [syn: song, vocal]
-
whimsically
0
adv 1: in a fanciful manner; "the Christmas tree was fancifully
decorated" [syn: fancifully, whimsically]
-
cul
0
n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de
sac, dead end]
-
michael
0
n 1: (Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
-
conventicle
0
n 1: a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
2: a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists,
e.g., Quakers) [syn: conventicle, meetinghouse]
-
biophysically
0
-
extrinsically
0
-
forensically
0
-
homoeopathically
0
-
monolithically
0
-
nonsensically
0
-
psychopathically
0
-
telepathically
0
-
truncal
0