Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

A

n. the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen

bark

n. the sound made by a dog

bark

n. a noise resembling the bark of a dog

bark

n. tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

tone

n. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

bark, barque

n. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

inch, in

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

tone, pure tone

n. a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

tone, tone of voice

n. the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

A, ampere, amp

n. the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

A, angstrom, angstrom unit

n. a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

A, vitamin A, axerophthol, antiophthalmic factor

n. any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes

indium, In, atomic number 49

n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

shade, tincture, tint, tone

n. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

timber, quality, tone, timbre

n. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

strain, tone, tenor

n. the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"

step, tone, whole step, whole tone

n. a musical interval of two semitones

note, tone, musical note

n. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

tone, tonicity, tonus

n. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"

feeling, feel, look, smell, spirit, atmosphere, tone, flavor, flavour

n. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

Indiana, Hoosier State, IN

n. federate state in the United States of America

bark, tan with bark tannins

v. tan (a skin) with bark tannins

bark, speak in an unfriendly tone

v. speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone"

bark, make barking sounds

v. make barking sounds; "The dogs barked at the stranger"

skin, bark

v. remove the bark of a tree

bark, cover with bark

v. cover with bark

tone, change to a color image

v. change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"

tone, change the color tone of

v. change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"

stretch, tone, strengthen, tone up

v. give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

in, inward, inwards

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

high-pitched

adj. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; "a high-pitched roof"

in

adj. holding office; "the in party"

in

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

in

adj. directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

in

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

high, high-pitched

adj. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

bit, morsel

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

molecule

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

style, expressive style

n. a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"

stress, emphasis, accent, accentuation

n. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

intonation, pitch contour

n. rise and fall of the voice pitch

vein

n. a distinctive style or manner; "he continued in this vein for several minutes"

rosiness, flush, bloom, blush

n. a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health

hue, chromaticity

n. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength

value

n. relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe

pigment

n. dry coloring matter (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint etc)

dye, dyestuff

n. a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

stain

n. (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

position, attitude, posture

n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"

bearing, carriage, posture

n. characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

soundness

n. a state or condition free from damage or decay

mood, climate

n. the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

environment

n. the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"

surroundings, milieu

n. the environmental condition

quality

n. an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

grumble, growl, rumble

v. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff"

bellow, bawl

v. shout loudly and without restraint

snap, snarl, speak abruptly, speak angrily, speak sharply

v. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"

roar, thunder

v. utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"

shell, pod

v. take something out of its shell or pod, such as peas or beans

shuck

v. remove the shucks from, as of certain vegetables

husk, remove the husk from

v. remove the husks from; "husk corn"

mince, moderate, soften

v. make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"

tame, chasten, subdue

v. overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

temper, harden

v. harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"

spread, become distributed

v. become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"

leaning, atilt, canted, tilted, tipped

adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

sloping, aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped

adj. having an oblique or slanted direction

bevel, cant, beveled, bevelled

adj. having the slant of a bevel: "a bevel edge"; "a cant buttress"

low-pitched

adj. set at a low angle or slant; "a low-pitched roof"

oblique

adj. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

pitched

adj. set at a slant; "a pitched rather than a flat roof"

modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode

adj. in the current fashion or style

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

mod, modern, up-to-date, up to date

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

inward, arriving, inbound

adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

entering, ingoing

adj. "incoming class"; "the ingoing administration"; "ingoing data"

designate

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

elect

adj. elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"

future, succeeding, next

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

inflowing, influent

adj. flowing inward

inpouring

adj. pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

prosperous, flourishing, thriving, booming, roaring, palmy, prospering

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

triple-crown

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

eminent

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

hitless, no-hit

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

made

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

productive

adj. yielding positive results

self-made

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

winning, victorious

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

winning

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

atonicity, atony

n. lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

low, low-pitched

adj. used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

bass, deep

adj. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

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