| burn out |
to become extinguished or stop functioning because of excessive friction or heat. [1/4 definitions] |
| burst |
to break, open up, or explode suddenly, usu. because of internal pressure. [1/8 definitions] |
| buyer's market |
a market or economy in which prices are relatively low because of an abundance of goods or services. (Cf. seller's market.) |
| buzzword |
a fashionable, short-lived word or phrase that originates either in media use or in a specialized group, and that is intended to impress or exclude the hearer, because of its apparent profundity or significance. |
| by reason of |
because of. |
| by virtue of |
because of. |
| call out |
to expose (someone) to a group or to the public because of known or suspected misconduct or socially unacceptable comment. [1/3 definitions] |
| camp2 |
the style of something such as clothing, decoration, art, or the like that is considered amusing because of its consciously pretentious showiness or outlandishness. [1/2 definitions] |
| carbon monoxide |
a colorless, odorless, combustible, and very poisonous gas, produced by the incomplete combustion of material containing carbon, such as gasoline, because of insufficient air. |
| celibate |
abstaining from sexual relations, esp. because of having taken a vow. [1/4 definitions] |
| chicken out |
(informal) to refrain from doing an intended thing because of fear; to lose one's courage to do something. |
| chlorosis |
an abnormal yellowing or color loss in green plant tissue because of insufficient light or nutrition, genetic disorder, or disease that results in deficient chlorophyll production. [1/2 definitions] |
| choke |
(informal) to lose the ability to perform well because of stress or anxiety. [1/9 definitions] |
| choke up |
to lose the ability to speak because of intense emotion or stress. [1/2 definitions] |
| civil war |
(cap.)The U.S. war (1861-1865) between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy), which had seceded from the Union because of conflict over states' rights and the practice of slavery. [1/2 definitions] |
| collapse |
to become suddenly incapacitated or unconscious because of disease or exhaustion. [1/7 definitions] |
| command |
to dominate because of position; overlook. [2/12 definitions] |
| complex |
difficult to analyze or understand because of being complicated. [1/5 definitions] |
| confused |
having difficulty perceiving or understanding because of conflicting or otherwise incomprehensible information; perplexed; puzzled. |
| continental drift |
the theory that the earth's continents shift their positions because of currents in the molten magma of the earth's mantle. |
| convection |
the motion or transmittal of heat through a liquid or gas because of the natural rising of the heated parts and sinking of the cooled parts. |