Word of the Day

A room used as a barrier between outdoors and indoors.

demimondaine

to go quickly in a direct course

The state or quality of being rich; richdom; wealth.

characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort : painstaking

knowledge that is gained by having many experiences in life

of, relating to, or based on assumption

able to speak a language easily and very well —often + in

A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.

To have snow fall from the sky.

a principal mountain mass

of, relating to, or being the earliest epoch of the Tertiary or the corresponding series of rocks

countable

a masterly performance or move

not able to be ascribed or credited to a source : not capable of being attributed

the act or an instance of oversimplifying; especially : the reduction of a problem to a false simplicity by ignoring complicating factors

wig; especially : toupee

the microenvironment in which an organism lives

Any lizard of the family Lacertidae.

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

a stupid or dull-witted person : dolt

of or relating to biotechnology

a doctor who treats injuries and diseases of the foot —called also (chiefly British) chiropodist

a person who belongs to another region, culture, or group : foreigner, stranger