| acey-deucy |
a form of backgammon that assigns a special value to a throw of a one or a two. |
| agreement |
an arrangement that determines a course of action to be followed by all parties to a transaction, or a document that describes this arrangement. [1/5 definitions] |
| amenable |
capable of or open to a test or judgment. [1/3 definitions] |
| annotation |
an explanatory or critical note added to a text; commentary. [1/2 definitions] |
| answering machine |
a device connected to a telephone that records an incoming message from a caller when the telephone is not answered. |
| Arab League |
a confederation of nations sharing a common Arabic language and culture, formed in 1945 to promote economic, military, and political cooperation among its members, and now grown to a total of twenty-one. |
| barbican |
a defensive tower at the entrance to a town or fortified castle. |
| belay |
in mountain climbing, to fasten (a rope) either to a person or to a thing offering a secure support. [1/6 definitions] |
| bicentennial |
pertaining to a two-hundred-year anniversary. [1/4 definitions] |
| bugle1 |
a horn similar to a trumpet or cornet, but usu. without keys or valves. [1/4 definitions] |
| colonial |
of or pertaining to a territory ruled by a distant country; of or pertaining to a colony or colonies. [1/5 definitions] |
| complication |
an element or factor, often unexpected, that adds complexity to a thing or situation. [1/3 definitions] |
| cordless phone |
a telephone that consists of a battery-operated handset that communicates across short distances via radio waves to an electrically-powered unit that must be connected to a telephone line in order to function. |
| Creole |
(l.c.) a mixed language developed when two groups having different languages, after an extensive period of time and interaction, combine the vocabulary, grammar, and usage of the two languages into a third dialect in which one of the first is usu. dominant. [1/6 definitions] |
| crown prince |
the male heir to a throne. |
| crown princess |
a female heir to a throne. [1/2 definitions] |
| decoy |
something or someone used to lure, entice, or misdirect, as into danger or a trap, esp. an artificial bird or animal used to lure live birds or animals within gunshot or into a trap. [1/3 definitions] |
| dipteran |
of or pertaining to a two-winged insect; dipterous. [1/2 definitions] |
| ensnarl |
to draw into a tangle or intrigue; embroil. |
| entrain1 |
to load onto a train. [1/2 definitions] |
| enucleate |
to remove from a sac, used esp. in reference to a tumor or an organ such as an eye. [1/2 definitions] |