Another word a day part 18 pot

... drumbeats, and landscapes. The English language has borrowed words from many of Africa’s languages: trek, aardvark, impala, gnu, okra to name a few. In this chapter we’ll see words that originate ... the Paradox database, by Borland. ANSA was the zombie. My wife and I worked as freelance technical writers for ANSA. Borland is a zombie too, from all appearances. So the “brilliant” venture...

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... obsolete). 2 ANOTHER WORD A DAY cintro.qxd 7/21/05 12:08 PM Page 2 43 Miscellaneous Words II 178 telic ● saltant ● conurbation ● trade-last ● tardigrade 44 Words That Aren’t What They Appear to Be 182 beestings ● pythoness ● lambent ● redoubt ● archimage 45 ... mad about his flat,he really loves his apart- ment. An American,in exactly the same words, is angry about hav- ing a flat t...

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... out”). One day he was ranting and raving about an exaggerated claim made by his archrival, Louis B. Mayer. Mayer had said that his studio, MGM, had more stars than the sky. Goldwyn demanded to ... of a medial syllable, as in people who say ‘realator’ instead of ‘realtor.’” —Chicago Sun-Times 110 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...

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... shape suggests that of a seahorse. Anatomy also yields a horse-related phrase: cauda equina, Latin for “the tail of a horse,” an apt description of the array of sacral and coccygeal nerve tracts ... what a war really is! ● “Better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Al Abed, Al Bas- soumi recalls in detail his childhood and the happy and sad events of that period.” —Star (Amman, Jordan)...

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... against the Chinese armada in a friendly between Malaysia and China today.” —Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 214 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body ... Latin armata (army). An anagram of this word is another term from Spanish. What is it? ● “Choong Hann, who won the Taiwan Open last week, how- ever,has a chance for revenge a...

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... EMERSON, author and philosopher (180 3 188 2) cmp02.qxd 7/21/05 12:14 PM Page 73 lanate (LAY-nayt) adjective Having a woolly surface. From Latin lanatus,from lana (wool). ● “He particularly didn’t like that ... in auctions, reverse auc- tions and Dutch auctions of livestock and grain.” —Industry Standard 74 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose a...

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... Another Word A Day ffirs.qxd 7/21/05 12:07 PM Page i Another Word A Day An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Anu Garg John Wiley & Sons, ... Everyday Words I 18 passible ● monestrous ● cloture ● nutriment ● assoil 5 Archaic Words 21 clepe ● sennight ● anon ● gainsay ● hearken 6 Toponyms 24 Chautauqua ● Pax Romana ● Gibralta...

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... the Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the Himalayas and Tibet.” —New York Times gambit (GAM-bit) noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri- ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.” —Montreal Gazette EARLS WHO BECAME WORDS (OR PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS) 11 Whodunit The battle rages,...

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... from gamba (leg). ● “North Korea will no doubt try to gain maximum advantage by playing South Korea,America and Japan off against each other. If it fails to get the result—and the cash—it wants ... Economist 22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (1934–1996) Hasta Mañana These three possibilities for the word ano...

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