Tag: Noun

Noun: Hiatus (hye-AY-tus) Definition: 1. A break in or gap in a material object. 2. An interruption in time or continuity. 3. The occurrence of two...

Noun: Tranche (TRAHNSH) Definition: A division or portion of a pool or whole Sample sentence: The money from the lottery will be doled out to...

Noun: Satiety (suh-TYE-uh-tee) Definition: 1. The quality or state of being fed or gratified to or beyond capacity: fullness. 2. The revulsion or disgust...

Noun; Bon vivant (bahn-vee-VAHNT) Definition: A person having cultivated, refined, and sociable tastes especially in respect to food and drink. Sample sentence: Mr. Murray is...

Noun: Lunette (loo-NET) Definition: Something that has the shape of a crescent or half-moon. Sample sentence: The door was topped with a lunette of small,...

Noun: Spiel (SPEEL) Definition: A voluble line of often extravagant talk: a speech delivered especially to sell or promote something. Sample sentence: Jonathan called...

Noun: Patagium (puh-TAY-jee-um) Definition: 1. The fold of skin connecting the forelimbs and hind limbs of some tetrapods (as flying squirrels). 2. The fold of...

Noun: Malediction (mal-uh-DIK-shun) Definition: A curse Sample sentence: The old woman began calling on the spirits to heap a malediction on the old man.

Noun: Nebbish (NEB-ish) Definition: A timid, meek or ineffectual person. Sample sentence: As a teenager, Lyle was a nebbish who could never stand up to...

Noun: Tragus (TRAY-gus) Definition: The prominence in front of the external opening of the outer ear. Sample sentence: The tragus would not be a good...