| account |
an arrangement wherein a bank or other financial institution holds a customer's deposited funds so that the funds are safe but can be accessed at any time by the customer, or the conception of this arrangement as a container for the funds that are kept. [2/16 definitions] |
| action |
a legal proceeding wherein one party demands its right or claims that wrong has been done by another party; a lawsuit. [1/8 definitions] |
| analogy |
a statement of logic wherein one set of paired items has the same relationship between its two members as two items of another set. [1/5 definitions] |
| cakewalk |
an amusement at a carnival or fair, wherein people march to music and compete for the prize of cake. [1/5 definitions] |
| caramelize |
to cook (food containing natural sugar) to the point wherein liquids and natural sugar are released and create a sweet and nutty-tasting brown syrup. [1/2 definitions] |
| caramelized |
(of a vegetable or other food containing natural sugar) cooked to the point wherein liquids and natural sugar are released and create a sweet and nutty-tasting brown syrup. |
| clinic |
a type of instruction, like a class, wherein a group of people meet to learn about a specialized topic. [1/4 definitions] |
| dialectic |
the Hegelian theory of change, wherein one force or entity creates its opposite and the conflict between the two produces a new force or entity. [1/6 definitions] |
| honor system |
an arrangement wherein participants in a particular program, such as students in a school, are trusted to perform various tasks or duties without direct supervision. |
| nuclear winter |
a hypothesized result of a major nuclear war, wherein massive cloud covers of dust and smoke would block out sunlight, lowering the earth's temperature and destroying most living things. |
| Oceania |
the region of the earth wherein are located the central, western, and southern Pacific islands, including Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The region is sometimes considered to additionally include Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the Malay Archipelago. |
| pecking order |
a social order or ranking among a group of animals such as chickens, wherein the strongest actively intimidates the others, the second strongest intimidates all but the strongest, and so forth. [1/2 definitions] |
| pigeon drop |
a swindle wherein a person gives over personal money in response to a fraudulent promise that such funds will bring large returns or profit. |
| president |
(often cap.) the chief executive officer of a republic wherein supreme political power is exercised by elected representatives acting in the name of the people. [1/3 definitions] |
| stigmatism |
the condition of a lens, and an eye functioning normally, wherein a light ray coming from a point is focused upon clearly. [1/2 definitions] |
| stop-time |
in jazz, a technique wherein the rhythm instrumentalists stop playing to allow a soloist to continue for a time. |
| stratopause |
the zone between the mesosphere and stratosphere wherein temperatures drop as altitude increases, about thirty-one to thirty-five miles above the earth. |