Tuesday, December 30, 2008

flik·er

flik·er
[flik-er] - verb.
to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light.

Monday, December 8, 2008

thorn

thorn
[thawrn] - noun.
a sharp excrescence on a plant, esp. a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.

Friday, December 5, 2008

grill

grill
[gril] - verb.
to broil on a gridiron or other apparatus over or before a fire.Add Image

Thursday, December 4, 2008

i·ris

i·ris
[ahy-ris] - noun.
any plant of the genus Iris, having showy flowers and sword-shaped leaves.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

prick·le

prick·le
[prik-uhl] - noun.
a sharp point.

Monday, December 1, 2008

ship

ship
[ship] - noun.
a sailing vessel square-rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a spanker on the aftermost mast.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

soap

soap
[sohp] - noun.
a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.

Monday, November 24, 2008

grass

grass
[gras, grahs] - noun.
such plants collectively, as when cultivated in lawns or used as pasture for grazing animals or cut and dried as hay.

Friday, November 21, 2008

gaze

gaze
[geyz] - verb.
to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.

Friday, November 14, 2008

dropl·et

drop·let
[drop-lit] - noun.
a little drop.

Monday, November 10, 2008

lick

lick
[lik] - verb.
to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often fol. by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.

Friday, November 7, 2008

col·or

col·or
[kuhl-er] - noun.
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

blue·ber·ry

blue·ber·ry
[bloo-ber-ee, -buh-ree] - noun.
the edible, usually bluish berry of various shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium, of the heath family.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

peace

peace
[pees] - noun, verb
the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

e·lec·tion

e·lec·tion*
[i-lek-shuhn] - noun
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.

*Note: The view expressed here is non-partisan and purely for documentary purposes.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

red

red
[red] - noun
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nm.

Friday, October 17, 2008

dog

dog
[dawg, dog] - noun
any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

rose

rose
[rohz] - noun
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

chain

chain
[cheyn] - noun
a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

cloud

cloud
[kloud] - noun
a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air,
usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.

Friday, October 10, 2008

rain·drop

rain·drop
[reyn-drop] – noun
a drop of rain.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

jel·ly·fish

jel·ly·fish
[jel-ee-fish] – noun, plural
any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, esp. one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.


Wednesday, October 8, 2008

pho·tog·ra·phy

the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.

-in more generalized terms-

to write with light.