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Word association #14: Night

strinesian — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:07:42 GMT

NIGHT

–noun 1. the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise. 2. the beginning of this period; nightfall. 3. the darkness of night; the dark; black as night. 4. a condition or time of obscurity, ignorance, sinfulness, misfortune, etc.: the long night of European history known as the Dark Ages. 5. (sometimes initial capital letter) an evening used or set aside for a particular event, celebration, or other special purpose: a night on the town; poker night; New Year's Night. –adjective 6. of or pertaining to night: the night hours. 7. occurring, appearing, or seen at night: a night raid; a night bloomer. 8. used or designed to be used at night: to take a night coach; the night entrance. 9. working at night: night nurse; the night shift. 10. active at night: the night feeders of the jungle. —Idiom 11. night and day, unceasingly; continually: She worked night and day until the job was done.

Word association #13: Black

strinesian — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:57:51 GMT

BLACK

–adjective 1. lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it. 2. characterized by absence of light; enveloped in darkness: a black night. 3. (sometimes initial capital letter) a. pertaining or belonging to any of the various populations characterized by dark skin pigmentation, specifically the dark-skinned peoples of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. b. African-American. 4. soiled or stained with dirt: That shirt was black within an hour. 5. gloomy; pessimistic; dismal: a black outlook. 6. deliberately; harmful; inexcusable: a black lie. 7. boding ill; sullen or hostile; threatening: black words; black looks. 8. (of coffee or tea) without milk or cream. 9. without any moral quality or goodness; evil; wicked: His black heart has concocted yet another black deed. 10. indicating censure, disgrace, or liability to punishment: a black mark on one's record. 11. marked by disaster or misfortune: black areas of drought; Black Friday. 12. wearing black or dark clothing or armor: the black prince. 13. based on the grotesque, morbid, or unpleasant aspects of life: black comedy; black humor. 14. (of a check mark, flag, etc.) done or written in black to indicate, as on a list, that which is undesirable, sub-standard, potentially dangerous, etc.: Pilots put a black flag next to the ten most dangerous airports. 15. illegal or underground: The black economy pays no taxes. 16. showing a profit; not showing any losses: the first black quarter in two years. 17. deliberately false or intentionally misleading: black propaganda. 18. British. boycotted, as certain goods or products by a trade union. 19. (of steel) in the form in which it comes from the rolling mill or forge; unfinished. –noun 20. the color at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to white, absorbing all light incident upon it. 21. (sometimes initial capital letter) a. a member of any of various dark-skinned peoples, esp. those of Africa, Oceania, and Australia. b. African-American. 22. black clothing, esp. as a sign of mourning: He wore black at the funeral. 23. Chess, Checkers. the dark-colored men or pieces or squares. 24. black pigment: lamp black. 25. Slang. black beauty. 26. a horse or other animal that is entirely black. –verb (used with object) 27. to make black; put black on; blacken. 28. British. to boycott or ban. 29. to polish (shoes, boots, etc.) with blacking. –verb (used without object) 30. to become black; take on a black color; blacken. –adverb 31. (of coffee or tea) served without milk or cream.

Word association #12: White

strinesian — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:07:22 GMT

WHITE

–adjective 1. of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light. 2. light or comparatively light in color. 3. (of human beings) marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, as of many Caucasoids. 4. for, limited to, or predominantly made up of persons whose racial heritage is Caucasian: a white club; a white neighborhood. 5. pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage. 6. silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair. 7. snowy: a white Christmas. 8. lacking color; transparent. 9. (politically) ultraconservative. 10. blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below. 11. Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering; alwite. 12. wearing white clothing: a white monk. 13. Slang. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's very white of you. 14. auspicious or fortunate. 15. morally pure; innocent. 16. without malice; harmless: white magic. 17. (of wines) light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red. 18. British. (of coffee) containing milk. –noun 19. a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color. 20. a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible. 21. quality or state of being white. 22. lightness of skin pigment. 23. a person whose racial heritage is Caucasian. 24. a white material or substance. 25. the white part of something. 26. Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen. 27. the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye. 28. whites, a. white or nearly white clothing. b. top-grade white flour. 29. white wine: Graves is a good white. 30. a type or breed that is white in color. 31. Usually, whites. a blank space in printing. 32. (initial capital letter) a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White. 33. Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies. 34. white fabric. 35. Archery. a. the outermost ring of the butt. b. an arrow that hits this portion of the butt.

the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.

d. Archaic. a target painted white.

36. Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored. 37. (often initial capital letter) a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party. –verb (used with object) 38. Printing. a. to make white by leaving blank spaces (often fol. by out). b. to whiten (areas of artwork) in retouching preparatory to photoengraving (often fol. by out).

39. Archaic. to make white; whiten.

Word association #11: Wine

strinesian — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:34:56 GMT

WINE

–noun 1. the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less. 2. a particular variety of such fermented grape juice: port and sherry wines. 3. the juice, fermented or unfermented, of various other fruits or plants, used as a beverage, sauce, etc.: gooseberry wine; currant wine. 4. a dark reddish color, as of red wines. 5. Pharmacology. vinum. 6. something that invigorates, cheers, or intoxicates like wine. 7. British. a. a social gathering at which wine is the major beverage. b. a party, esp. one held by university students, for drinking wine. 8. Obsolete. intoxication due to the drinking of wine. –adjective 9. dark red in color. –verb (used with object) 10. to supply with wine: He wined his cellar with rare vintages. –verb (used without object) 11. to drink wine.

Word association #10: Alcohol

strinesian — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:56:28 GMT

ALCOHOL

- Noun 1. A colorless volatile flammable liquid, C2H5OH, synthesized or obtained by fermentation of sugars and starches and widely used, either pure or denatured, as a solvent and in drugs, cleaning solutions, explosives, and intoxicating beverages. Also called ethanol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol. 2. Whiskey, Gin, Vodka ro any intoxicating liquor containing alcohol. 3. Any of a series of hydroxyl compounds, the simplest of which are derived from saturated hydrocarbons, have the general formula CnH2n+1OH, and include ethanol and methanol.

Word association #9: Whiskey

strinesian — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:46:10 GMT

WHISKEY

–noun 1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol. 2. a drink of whiskey. 3. a word used in communications to represent the letter W. –adjective 4. made of, relating to, or resembling whiskey.

- Synonyms: whisky, liquor, spirit.

World association #8: SPIRIT

strinesian — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:24:18 GMT

SPIRIT

–noun 1. the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul. 2. the incorporeal part of humans: present in spirit though absent in body. 3. the soul regarded as separating from the body at death. 4. conscious, incorporeal being, as opposed to matter: the world of spirit. 5. a supernatural, incorporeal being, esp. one inhabiting a place, object, etc., or having a particular character: evil spirits. 6. a fairy, sprite, or elf. 7. an angel or demon. 8. an attitude or principle that inspires, animates, or pervades thought, feeling, or action: the spirit of reform. 9. (initial capital letter) the divine influence as an agency working in the human heart. 10. a divine, inspiring, or animating being or influence. Num. 11:25; Is. 32:15. 11. (initial capital letter) the third person of the Trinity; Holy Spirit. 12. the soul or heart as the seat of feelings or sentiments, or as prompting to action: a man of broken spirit. 13. spirits, feelings or mood with regard to exaltation or depression: low spirits; good spirits. 14. excellent disposition or attitude in terms of vigor, courage, firmness of intent, etc.; mettle: That's the spirit! 15. temper or disposition: meek in spirit. 16. an individual as characterized by a given attitude, disposition, character, action, etc.: A few brave spirits remained to face the danger. 17. the dominant tendency or character of anything: the spirit of the age. 18. vigorous sense of membership in a group: college spirit. 19. the general meaning or intent of a statement, document, etc. (opposed to letter): the spirit of the law. 20. Chemistry. the essence or active principle of a substance as extracted in liquid form, esp. by distillation. 21. Often, spirits. a strong distilled alcoholic liquor. 22. Pharmacology. a solution in alcohol of an essential or volatile principle; essence. 23. any of certain subtle fluids formerly supposed to permeate the body. 24. Surveying. a. Spirit level. Also called surveyor's level. an instrument for observing levels, having a sighting device, usually telescopic, and capable of being made precisely horizontal. b. an observation made with this instrument. 25. the Spirit, God. –adjective 26. pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove. 27. of or pertaining to spiritualist bodies or activities. –verb (used with object) 28. to animate with fresh ardor or courage; inspirit. 29. to encourage; urge on or stir up, as to action. 30. to carry off mysteriously or secretly (often fol. by away or off): His captors spirited him away. —Idiom 31. out of spirits, in low spirits; depressed: We were feeling out of spirits after so many days of rain. —Synonyms: life, mind, consciousness, essence, apparition, phantom, shade, goblin, hobgoblin , genius, enthusiasm, energy, zeal, ardor, fire, enterprise, attitude, mood, humor, nature, drift, tenor, gist, essence, sense, complexion, intention, significance, purport.

Word association #7: LEVEL

strinesian — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:59:34 GMT

LEVEL

–adjective 1. having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface. 2. being in a plane parallel to the plane of the horizon; horizontal. 3. equal, as one thing with another or two or more things with one another. 4. even, equable, or uniform. 5. filled to a height even with the rim of a container: a level teaspoon of salt. 6. mentally well-balanced; sensible; rational: to keep a level head in a crisis. –noun 7. a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface. 8. Surveying. a. Also called surveyor's level. an instrument for observing levels, having a sighting device, usually telescopic, and capable of being made precisely horizontal. b. an observation made with this instrument.

spirit level.

9. an imaginary line or surface everywhere at right angles to the plumb line. 10. the horizontal line or plane in which anything is situated, with regard to its elevation. 11. a horizontal position or condition. 12. an extent of land approximately horizontal and unbroken by irregularities. 13. a level or flat surface. 14. a position with respect to a given or specified height: The water rose to a level of 30 feet. 15. a position or plane in a graded scale of values; status; rank: His acting was on the level of an amateur. They associated only with those on their own economic level. 16. an extent, measure, or degree of intensity, achievement, etc.: a high level of sound; an average level of writing skill. 17. Linguistics. a major subdivision of linguistic structure, as phonology, morphology, or syntax, often viewed as hierarchically ordered. 18. Mining. the interconnected horizontal mine workings at a particular elevation or depth: There had been a cave-in on the 1500-foot level. –verb (used with object) 19. to make (a surface) level, even, or flat: to level ground before building. 20. to raise or lower to a particular level or position; to make horizontal. 21. to bring (something) to the level of the ground: They leveled the trees to make way for the new highway. 22. Informal. to knock down (a person): He leveled his opponent with one blow. 23. to make equal, as in status or condition. 24. to make even or uniform, as coloring. 25. Historical Linguistics. (of the alternative forms of a paradigm) to reduce in number or regularize: Old English “him” (dative) and “hine” (accusative) have been leveled to Modern English “him.” 26. to aim or point (a weapon, criticism, etc.) at a mark or objective: He leveled his criticism at the college as a whole. 27. Surveying. to find the relative elevation of different points in (land), as with a level. –verb (used without object) 28. to bring things or persons to a common level. 29. to aim a weapon, criticism, etc., at a mark or objective. 30. Surveying. a. to take a level. b. to use a leveling instrument.

31. to speak truthfully and openly (often fol. by with): You're not leveling with me about your trip to Chicago. 32. Obsolete. to direct the mind, purpose, etc., at something. –adverb 33. Obsolete. in a level, direct, or even way or line. —Verb phrase 34. level off, a. Aeronautics. to maintain a constant altitude after a climb or descent. b. to become stable; reach a constant or limit.

to make even or smooth.

—Idioms 35. find one's or one's own level, to attain the place or position merited by one's abilities or achievements: He finally found his level as one of the directors of the firm. 36. one's level best, one's very best; one's utmost: We tried our level best to get here on time. 37. on the level, Informal. honest; sincere; reliable: Is this information on the level?

—Synonyms: flush, even, flat, smooth, flatten, raze, demolish, destroy, equalize, direct.

Word association #6: EVEN

strinesian — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:14:17 GMT

EVEN

–adjective 1. level; flat; without surface irregularities; smooth: an even road. 2. on the same level; in the same plane or line; parallel: even with the ground. 3. free from variations or fluctuations; regular: even motion. 4. uniform in action, character, or quality: to hold an even course. 5. equal in measure or quantity: Add even amounts of oil and vinegar. 6. divisible by two, as a number (opposed to odd). 7. denoted by such a number: the even pages of a book. 8. exactly expressible in integers, or in tens, hundreds, etc., without fractional parts: an even seven miles. 9. Mathematics. (of a function) having a sign that remains the same when the sign of each independent variable is changed at the same time. 10. equally balanced or divided; equal: Check to see if the scales are even. 11. leaving no balance of debt on either side; square: We will not be even until I can repay him for saving my life. 12. calm; placid; not easily excited or angered: an even temper. 13. equitable, impartial, or fair: an even bargain. –adverb 14. evenly: The road ran even over the fields. 15. still; yet (used to emphasize a comparative): even more suitable. 16. (used to suggest that something mentioned as a possibility constitutes an extreme case or an unlikely instance): Even the slightest noise disturbs him. Even if he attends, he may not participate. 17. just (used to emphasize occurrence, coincidence, or simultaneousness of occurrences): Even as he lay dying, they argued over his estate. 18. fully or quite: even to death. 19. indeed (used as an intensive for stressing the identity or truth of something): He is willing, even eager, to do it. 20. exactly or precisely: It was even so. –verb (used with object) 21. to make even; level; smooth (sometimes fol. by out): to even a board with a plane. 22. to place in an even state as to claim or obligation; balance (often fol. by up): to even up accounts. –verb (used without object) 23. to become even: The odds evened before the race. —Verb phrase 24. even out, a. to make or become even, smooth, or flat: The wrinkles will even out when the suit dries. b. to become equal, balanced, stable, etc.: optimistic that the situation would even out eventually.

—Idioms 25. break even, to have one's profits equal one's losses; neither gain nor lose: The company barely broke even last year. 26. get even, to be revenged; retaliate: He vowed to get even for the insult.

— Synonyms: plane, level, tranquil, temperate, composed, peaceful, just.

Word association #5: ODD

strinesian — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:37:18 GMT

ODD

- adjective

1. being one of a pair of which the other is missing an odd glove 2. being the one remaining after the others are paired, grouped, taken, etc. being one or more of a set, series, or group separated from the others a few odd volumes of Dickens 3. having a remainder of one when divided by two; not even: said of numbers 4. numbered with an odd number the odd months 5. in addition to that mentioned in a round number ten dollars and some odd change 6. with a relatively small number over that specified: usually in hyphenated compounds twenty-odd children 7. not the usual, regular, habitual, accounted for, etc.; occasional; incidental odd jobs, at odd moments 8. not usual or ordinary; singular; peculiar; strange 9. queer; eccentric 10. out-of-the-way in odd corners

- Synonyms: Unusual, queer, unique, strange, doubtful, insecure, inexplicit, fragmentary, odd-lot, varied, occasional, single, sole, unpaired, unmatched, alone, uneven, remaining, over and above, additional, exceeding, spare, leftover

Word association #4: STRANGE

strinesian — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:16:56 GMT

STRANGE

- adjective 1. being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; a strange exaltation that was indefinable; a strange fantastical mind; what a strange sense of humor she has 2. not known before; used many strange words; saw many strange faces in the crowd; don't let anyone unknown into the house 3. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; foreign nations; a foreign accent; on business in a foreign city

—Synonyms: bizarre, singular, abnormal, anomalous. Strange, peculiar, odd, queer.

Word association #3: FANTASTIC

strinesian — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:50:00 GMT

FANTASTIC – adjective 1. conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic designs. 2. fanciful or capricious, as persons or their ideas or actions: We never know what that fantastic creature will say next. 3. imaginary or groundless in not being based on reality; foolish or irrational: fantastic fears. 4. extravagantly fanciful; marvellous. 5. incredibly great or extreme; exorbitant: to spend fantastic sums of money. 6. highly unrealistic or impractical; outlandish: a fantastic scheme to make a million dollars betting on horse races. - Synonyms: strange; unusual; bizarre; grotesque; fanciful.

Word association #2: MARVELLOUS

strinesian — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:39:16 GMT

MARVELLOUS

– adjective 1. superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show. 2. such as to cause wonder, admiration, or astonishment; surprising; extraordinary. 3. improbable or incredible: the marvelous events of Greek myth.

—Synonyms 1. wonderful. 2. wondrous, amazing, miraculous. 3. unbelievable

Word association #1: WONDERFUL

strinesian — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:17:15 GMT

WONDERFUL

- adjective 1. excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend. 2. of a sort that causes or arouses wonder; amazing; astonishing: The storm was wonderful to behold.

— Synonyms: awesome, wondrous, miraculous, prodigious, astonishing, amazing, astounding, phenomenal, unique, curious, strange.