advised |
up-to-date, as on plans or developments; informed. [1/2 definitions] |
amusement park |
an outdoor place offering games, rides on merry-go-rounds and roller coasters, and the like, and refreshments. |
Anglo-Saxon |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anglo-Saxons or their language, culture, or the like. [1/5 definitions] |
archiblast |
the outer layer of an embryo in a very early, two-layered stage of development. [1/2 definitions] |
Armenian |
the Indo-European language of Armenia. [1/3 definitions] |
Aryan |
a person belonging to or claiming to be a descendant of the prehistoric peoples who spoke the hypothetical parent language of Indo-Europeans. [1/4 definitions] |
au courant |
in the current (French); knowledgeable about current events or other matters of the moment; up-to-date. |
AV |
abbreviation of "audio-visual," having both sound and a picture, as does film. |
Bactrian camel |
a two-humped camel that is native to central Asia and that is stockier and hairier than an Arabian camel. (Cf. dromedary.) |
Baltic |
of, designating, or pertaining to a group of Indo-European languages that includes Lithuanian and Old Prussian. [1/2 definitions] |
bee fly |
any of several two-winged flies that resemble bees and that feed on pollen and nectar. |
bicentenary |
a two-hundred-year anniversary; bicentennial. [1/2 definitions] |
bicentennial |
pertaining to a two-hundred-year anniversary. [2/4 definitions] |
biennial |
a plant with a two-year life cycle. [1/5 definitions] |
bikini |
a very brief, two-piece bathing suit for women, or underpants cut like the bottom half of this bathing suit. |
biped |
a two-footed animal. [2 definitions] |
biting midge |
any of several tiny two-winged biting insects, similar to gnats, that attack in swarms. |
Boston cream pie |
a two-layer cake with a custard filling and chocolate icing. |
breadthwise |
in the side-to-side direction. |
brig |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails. [1/2 definitions] |
brigantine |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails on the front mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail. |