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.