| arbitrage |
the purchase of a security or commodity in one financial market and its immediate resale in a different market, used as a way to profit from the difference in market prices. [1/3 definitions] |
| assonance |
in poetry, use of the same vowel sounds in the accented syllables but with different consonants, as in "deep" and "feet". [1/2 definitions] |
| assorted |
of different kinds or sorts, collected together; variety. [1/2 definitions] |
| asymmetric |
different, esp. in arrangement of space, on either side of a center line; not symmetrical; unbalanced. |
| atomistic |
consisting of many different elements. [1/2 definitions] |
| auld lang syne |
(cap.) a Scottish song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve in many English-speaking countries. The contemporary melody is also popular in many other countries but may be sung on different occasions and with different lyrics. [1/2 definitions] |
| barista |
a person whose job is to prepare and serve different types of coffee drinks, esp. in a café or coffee house. |
| bend |
to make (something) take on a curved or angular form, or a different form. [1/10 definitions] |
| bicultural |
of or displaying a blend of two different cultures in a single area. |
| Binet-Simon scale |
a series of tests graded according to the mental abilities at different ages of the average population, esp. children, with which the abilities of the individual test-taker can be compared. |
| bird's-eye |
any of various plants that have small brightly colored round flowers with petals of a different color than the center, like an eye. [1/4 definitions] |
| birefringence |
the splitting of a light wave into two perpendicular waves that have different speeds, as in some crystals. |
| bombe |
a frozen dessert consisting of two or more different kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold. |
| bongo2 |
one of a set of two small, connected drums, usu. tuned to different pitches, and played with the fingers. |
| Braille |
(often l.c.) a writing and printing system for blind persons, in which raised dots are grouped into different patterns to represent characters, which are read by touch. [1/2 definitions] |
| broadband |
of, pertaining to, or using a type of high-speed data transmission that allows signals at different frequencies, such as audio and video, to be transmitted simultaneously along a single wire. [1/2 definitions] |
| browse |
to walk about (a shop or other place) in a leisurely way, examining different items but without any specific intentions. [1/6 definitions] |
| by the way |
used to add into a conversation something that is on a different subject. This may simply function as a quick interruption of the original discussion or it may serve to change the direction of the conversation completely. |
| call around |
to make phone calls to different people asking the same question of each. |
| capital letter |
a letter of the alphabet written or printed larger than and in a somewhat different form from its lower-case equivalent and used to designate a proper noun or initiate a sentence. |
| cenotaph |
a monument in memory of a dead person who is buried at a different location. |