http://dictionary.blogtopper.com Get Your Electonic Dictionary Word of the Day Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:08:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dictionary Word of the Day. denizen: an inhabitant. provender: food or provisions. robustious: boisterous; vigorous. Electronic Dictionary Words of the day. Be a Wiz kid, with the electronic dictionary. [tags]electronic, dictionary[/tags] http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/provender-robusious-denizen/23 concatenation: a chain; a succession. supercilious: disdainfully arrogant. prima facie: at first view. Words of the Day Electronic Dictionary Stop the Nasty Hacks http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/concatenation-superilious-prima-facie/22 Increase your vocabulary with our Word of the Day Website thaumaturgy \THAW-muh-tuhr-jee\, noun: The performance of miracles or magic. Of course, none of these improbable meetings ever took place in reality. But within the realm of showbiz thaumaturgy, they're perfectly acceptable examples of latter-day digital compositing, wherein it's possible to have anything ... http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/electronic-dictionary-thaumaturgy-word-of-the-day/21 BlogTopper's Word of the Day susurrus \su-SUHR-uhs\, noun: A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur. Still, the breeze is soothing, as is the susurrus of the branches. -- Michael Finkel, "Tree Surfing and Other Lofty Pleasures", The Atlantic, March 1998 And there came, like the dry susurrus of wind before thunder peals and lightning, ... http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/susurrus-word-of-the-day/20 3 Words of the Day for Today. Electronic Dictionary. dapple: a small contrasting blotch; also, to mark with spots. pugnacious: combative; quarrelsome. capitulate: to surrender under agreed conditions. Dapple Pugnacious and Capitulate Word of the Day http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/dapple-pugnacious-and-capitulate-word-of-the-day/19 3 Words for Today's Word of the Day. Electronic Dictionary umbrage: offense; resentment. incipient: beginning to exist or appear. dapple: a small contrasting blotch; also, to mark with spots. http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/umbrage-incipient-and-dapple/18 Electronic Dictionary. Words of the Day emolument: the wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor. palindrome: a word, verse, phrase, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. deprecate: to disapprove of; also, to belittle. bivouac: a usually temporary encampment; also, to encamp. http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/emolument-palindrome-deprecate-bivouac/17 emolument \ih-MOL-yuh-muhnt\, noun: The wages or perquisites arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation. The record indicates that few grandees who pleaded poverty to avoid service were left without substantial maintenance grants and emoluments and that the Crown gladly financed their luxurious military lifestyles. -- Fernando Gonzales de Leon, "Aristocratic draft-dodgers ... http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/electronic-word-of-the-day-emolumen/16 Electronic Word of the Day: Billingsgate billingsgate \BIL-ingz-gayt; -git\, noun: Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language. Chaney would yell at him in his own particular patois -- an unapologetic stream of billingsgate far more creative than Marine drill instructors or master rappers. -- George Vecsey, "Learning at Temple: Se Habla Chaneyism", New York ... http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/electroni-word-of-the-day-billingsgate/15 Words of the Day Electronic Dictionary cerebration: the act or product of thinking. forfend: to avert; also, to protect or preserve deleterious: injurious to health; harmful; injurious. [tags]Words of the Day, Cerebration, Forfend, Deleterious[/tags] http://dictionary.blogtopper.com/words-of-the-day-cerebration-forfend-deleterious/13