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 wholeSample 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 curseSample 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...