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| blasé |
unstimulated or unimpressed, usu. due to a feeling that one has already experienced more or better. |
| cadre |
in the military, a core group of experienced personnel who can set up and train a new unit. [1/2 definitions] |
| comment |
a judgment or statement about something, intentionally implied or able to be drawn from something that is witnessed or experienced. [1/8 definitions] |
| culture shock |
the anxiety, irritation, or confusion experienced by someone exposed to a culture with customs or behaviors different from those of his or her own culture. |
| darshan |
in Hinduism, an instance of seeing or being in the presence of the divine, thought to be experienced through seeing a very holy person, sacred object, or holy place. [1/2 definitions] |
| devil |
a person who has experienced good or bad luck. [1/8 definitions] |
| diet1 |
anything supplied or experienced on a regular basis. [1/6 definitions] |
| extrasensory |
outside of what can be perceived or experienced by the senses. |
| feel |
a quality, as of a texture, experienced through touching or feeling. [1/15 definitions] |
| fresh |
newly made, gained, or experienced. [1/11 definitions] |
| growing pains |
difficulties experienced during periods of major growth, such as emotional upheavals during adolescence or confusion and inefficiency in a new organization. [1/2 definitions] |
| hangover |
the unpleasant aftereffects, such as headache or nausea, of drinking too much alcohol, usu. experienced after sleep. |
| hot flash |
a feeling of heat flooding over the body, esp. experienced by women during menopause. |
| landlubber |
one who is not familiar with the sea or experienced in seamanship. |
| mutual |
felt, experienced, or possessed equally by each for the other or others, as among two or more persons. [1/4 definitions] |
| mystical |
of, relating to, or stemming from mysticism or the ecstasy experienced by mystics. [1/3 definitions] |
| old hand |
one who is experienced, usu. in a specified field, practice, or endeavor. |
| phantasmagoria |
a quickly changing series of illusory or fantastic images, as experienced in dreams. [1/2 definitions] |
| practice teacher |
a college student who teaches elementary or secondary school under the supervision of an experienced teacher; student teacher. |
| psychedelic |
characteristic of or similar to the images or sounds that are experienced in such a hallucinatory state. [1/3 definitions] |
| rapture of the deep |
the early stage of nitrogen narcosis, a condition experienced by deep-sea divers under increased air pressure that resembles the sensation of intoxication. |
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