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What's The Definition Of Uncle Vanya?a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type a dance performed by one person; dance solo a decorative glass made in a mold in which powdered glass of various hues is mixed, blended, and fused a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot a friend to the last degree a judge of elegance or matters of taste a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven a modern style of French cooking that emphasizes the use of the finest and freshest ingredients simply and imaginatively prepared, often with fresh herbs, the artful arrangement and presentation of food, and the use of reduced stocks in place of flour-thi a philanthropist a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry a short running step a simple walking step in which the whole foot is put down softly on the ground a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other a tidbit a variant reading after death after me, the deluge (attributed to Louis XV, adapted from après nous le déluge “after us the deluge,” credited to Madame de Pompadour: said in reference to signs of the approaching Revolution) always faithful: motto of the U.S. Marine Corps always ready: motto of the U.S. Coast Guard an acceptable person, esp. a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited an incorrigible child, as one whose behavior is embarrassing an indispensable condition; requisite as (stated or shown) below: used in a book, text, etc as a sign of respect (usually describing an honorary college or university degree) at or to which; the end toward which something tends at the present time bad faith; intent to cheat or deceive classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word cooked on a skewer Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns divine law down with father of his country first edition for one's country from the founding of the city (Rome, ab. 753 b. c.) good evening guardian of a place hail to victory: a salute used by the Nazis here lies (often used to begin epitaphs on tombstones) homesickness I came, I saw, I conquered in being; in actuality; in actual existence (contrasted with in posse) in the future let the welfare of the people be the supreme law: a motto of Missouri Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: motto of the French Revolution look for the woman: advice offered facetiously in any situation, esp. one of doubt or mystery Mexican Americans collectively never despair not disclosed note well; take notice noting an artist, architect, or the like, not competing or not qualified to compete for the prizes in an exhibit or competition on the threshold; at the outset please; if you please secret of secrets see above (used esp. to refer a reader to parts of a text) see after or further (used esp. to refer a reader to parts of a text) see before (used esp. to refer a reader to parts of a text) see below (used esp. to refer a reader to parts of a text) see you soon; goodbye; so long son of nobody; bastard strange to say; marvelous to relate temporarily; for the time being the back of the page the final argument of kings (a resort to arms): motto engraved on the cannon of Louis XIV the golden mean the highest or chief good the necessary changes having been made the outermost of the 10 concentric spheres of the universe, making a complete revolution every 24 hours and causing all the others to do likewise the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu the sorrowful mother the subspecies of the genus Homo in which modern humans are classified the wine of a particular region, usually available only in the region where the wine is made; local wine through my fault; my fault (used as an acknowledgment of one's responsibility) time, devourer of all things to pray to, toward, or at the end two-track; an oblique movement of a horse in which the forehand and hindquarters move on two distinct parallel tracks and the body is maintained uniformly in the direction of the movement under the word or heading until we meet again; good-bye for the present with full, round voice abbreviation: the imaginary number √̅-1 abbreviation: the theoretical intrinsic rate of increase of a population, equivalent to the difference between the birth and death rates divided by the number of individuals in the population adjective: absent adjective: alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions) adjective: always the same adjective: and husband (used chiefly in legal abstracts of title) adjective: appealing to one's prejudices, emotions, or special interests rather than to one's intellect or reason adjective: black; noting the black numbers in roulette adjective: blameless in life; innocent adjective: bottled adjective: calling oneself thus; self-styled adjective: cooked and served in a wrapping of foil or oiled paper adjective: cut to stand straight in an even row on top, often as a crew cut adjective: dead adjective: dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a man or boy adjective: dear; beloved: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl adjective: easily the first or best adjective: eighth adjective: ever upward: motto of New York State adjective: extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable adjective: fierce adjective: first among equals adjective: former: used esp. in reference to a retired officeholder adjective: from, or in pursuance of, a vow adjective: garnished adjective: having experience or practical knowledge of a thing; expert; versed adjective: in bad faith; not genuine adjective: in dishabille; not fully or carefully dressed adjective: intimate; cozy adjective: irrational or foolish adjective: just in time adjective: misunderstood; misapprehended adjective: more lasting than bronze adjective: mortally ill adjective: not of sound mind adjective: noting any odd number, esp. in roulette adjective: of another kind adjective: of his, her, its, or their own kind; unique adjective: of no legal force adjective: of the faith: a phrase used in the Roman Catholic Church to qualify certain teachings as being divinely revealed, belief in them therefore being obligatory adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the norteamericano adjective: of, pertaining to, or characterized by concepts of art, society, etc., associated with the end of the 19th century adjective: placed at the intersection of four numbers so as to share in any that wins adjective: prepared for all things adjective: prepared in mind and resources: motto of South Carolina adjective: ready for either alternative adjective: real; authentic; genuine adjective: religious; devout; pious adjective: religious; observant adjective: sad; sorrowful; melancholy adjective: sane; of sound mind adjective: smoked adjective: steamed adjective: ten adjective: welcome adjective: whether willing or not; willy-nilly adjective: written in a major key; major adjective: written in a minor key; minor adverb: according to custom adverb: according to fact; actually adverb: all of a sudden; unexpectedly; suddenly adverb: among other persons adverb: among other things adverb: and all this (or that) sort of thing adverb: and wife (used chiefly in its abbreviated form, in legal abstracts of title) adverb: anew; afresh; again; from the beginning adverb: apropos of nothing; with reference to nothing in particular adverb: as a friend adverb: as a whole adverb: as much as suffices; enough adverb: as much as this; to this extent adverb: at bottom or to the bottom; thoroughly; in reality; fundamentally adverb: at full length adverb: at great cost or expense adverb: at no time; never: from the fact that the Greeks did not reckon dates by calends adverb: at or in the beginning; at first adverb: at or toward the back; from behind; in the rear adverb: at pleasure; at will adverb: at the right moment adverb: because of this adverb: by divine law adverb: by human law adverb: by one's own volition; on one's own initiative adverb: by plane (used esp. as a designation on matter to be sent by airmail) adverb: by that name adverb: by that very fact adverb: by the entire extent of the heavens; diametrically adverb: by the grace of God adverb: by the law itself; by operation of law adverb: by the month adverb: by virtue and arms: motto of Mississippi adverb: by virtue of law adverb: carelessly; recklessly adverb: during life adverb: for a still stronger reason; even more certain; all the more adverb: for an unforeseen need or contingency adverb: for girls and boys adverb: for glory adverb: for life adverb: for memory (used in diplomacy to recall rights that have lapsed for a long time) adverb: for merit adverb: for the greater glory of God: motto of the Jesuits adverb: for, among, or composed of three persons collectively (usually used following the word it modifies) adverb: forever adverb: from the beginning adverb: from the heart; sincerely adverb: from the most remote antiquity adverb: from the outside adverb: from the very beginning; from the source or origin adverb: grievously; fatally adverb: here and there: used in bibliographic references to indicate that the writer has drawn upon material scattered throughout the source cited adverb: in a certain year of one's age adverb: in a vacuum adverb: in absence adverb: in all; completely; entirely; wholly adverb: in body; in substance adverb: in conclusion; finally adverb: in extremity adverb: in one's own right adverb: in or according to the old-fashioned manner or style adverb: in or by few words; with brevity adverb: in or with the family; at home adverb: in order to please the mob adverb: in ordinary language; not written or sent in code or cipher adverb: in place; in the proper place adverb: in succession; in a series or set adverb: in the manner of the ancients adverb: in the open air adverb: in the same book, chapter, page, etc adverb: in transit; on the way adverb: no one contradicting; unanimously adverb: no one dissenting; unanimously adverb: now adverb: of one's own accord: used of certain documents issued by the pope without counsel from others adverb: on or to the left-hand side adverb: out of the depths (of sorrow, despair, etc.) adverb: point for point adverb: sincerely yours adverb: so throughout: used esp. as a footnote to indicate that a word, phrase, or idea recurs throughout the book being cited adverb: so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim adverb: that is to say adverb: that is to say; namely (used esp. to introduce examples, details, etc adverb: the name having been changed adverb: to or toward the bottom; thoroughly; fully adverb: to that which is alive adverb: to the city (Rome) and the world: the form of address of papal bulls adverb: to the fullest extent; literally adverb: to the right adverb: tomorrow; in the (indefinite) future adverb: with all one's might adverb: with an even mind; with composure adverb: with equal pace or progress; side by side adverb: with full authority adverb: with just so many words; in these words adverb: with pleasure adverb: with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus adverb: with what spirit or intention? adverb: within the walls, as of a city adverb: word for word and letter for letter; in exactly the same words adverb: yes auxiliary verb: we cannot conjunction: and interjection: “Behold the man!”: the words with which Pilate presented Christ, crowned with thorns, to his accusers. John 19:5 interjection: (used after a person has sneezed or as a toast.) interjection: (used as an exclamation of astonishment, dismay, or anger) interjection: alas; oh interjection: attention interjection: enough; stop interjection: good night interjection: good-bye interjection: good; all right interjection: hello; goodbye; so long; see you later interjection: I am present interjection: in the name of Allah interjection: let's go; hurry up interjection: make haste slowly interjection: not at all interjection: peace (used as a word of greeting or farewell) interjection: so much the better interjection: thank you interjection: thank you very much interjection: thanks to God interjection: thou too: a retort by one charged with a crime accusing an opponent who has brought the charges of a similar crime interjection: to your health interjection: to your health (used as a toast) intransitive verb: he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, esp. when the exact birth and death dates are unknown intransitive verb: he died; she died intransitive verb: he speaks; she speaks noun noun: a 15th-century English ballad describing the battle of Otterburn between the Percys and the Douglases noun: a bacterium used in genetically altered form in the biological control of budworms, gypsy moth larvae, Japanese beetles, and other insect pests noun: a ballad (1819) by Keats noun: a ballad opera (1728) with text by John Gay and music arranged by John Pepusch noun: a ballet (1870) by Délibes noun: a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky noun: a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky noun: a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker noun: a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky noun: a bargain noun: a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win noun: a biography (1791) by James Boswell noun: a bistro or small café noun: a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula noun: a blessing recited over a cup of wine or over bread on the Sabbath or on a festival noun: a body of Ashkenazic-oriented commentaries on the Shulhan Arukh, written by the Polish Talmudic scholar Moses Isserles (c1520–72) and incorporated by him into the code noun: a book of philosophical observations (1854) by Thoreau noun: a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman noun: a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson noun: a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton noun: a booth or hut roofed with branches, built against or near a house or synagogue and used during the Jewish festival of Sukkoth as a temporary dining or living area noun: a boss; employer noun: a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives noun: a bronze statue (1879–89) by Rodin noun: a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others noun: a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss noun: a bull noun: a bullring noun: a businessman noun: a canopy under which the Jewish marriage ceremony is performed noun: a cantor of a synagogue noun: a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times noun: a chanson de geste (c1100) relating Roland's brave deeds and death at Roncesvalles and Charlemagne's revenge noun: a chivalric romance in verse (1590–96) by Edmund Spenser noun: a Christmas tree noun: a citizen or inhabitant of the U.S., esp. as distinguished from the peoples of Spanish-speaking America noun: a code of maritime law compiled in the Middle Ages: it drew upon ancient law and has influenced modern law noun: a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac noun: a collection (1779–81), by Samuel Johnson, of biographical and critical essays on 52 English poets noun: a collection (a. d. 105–15) by Plutarch of short biographies of the leading political figures of ancient Greece and Rome noun: a collection of 100 tales (1353) by Boccaccio noun: a collection of 305 poems compiled in the 6th century b.c. by Confucius noun: a collection of fables, many concerning former lives of the Buddha noun: a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest noun: a collection of pastoral poems (42–37 b.c.) by Vergil; Eclogues noun: a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound noun: a collection of short stories (1914) by James Joyce noun: a comedy (1594–95?) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1594–95) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1595?) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1599?) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1602?) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1604) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1610) by Ben Jonson noun: a comedy (1611) by Shakespeare noun: a comedy (1666) by Molière noun: a comedy (1695) by William Congreve noun: a comedy (1707) by George Farquhar noun: a comedy (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith noun: a comedy (1836) by Gogol noun: a comedy (1892) by Oscar Wilde noun: a comedy (1895) by Oscar Wilde noun: a comedy (1898) by G. B. Shaw noun: a comedy (1902) by Sir James M. Barrie noun: a comedy (1903) by G. B. Shaw noun: a comedy (1905) by G. B. Shaw noun: a comedy (1913) by G. B. Shaw noun: a comedy (1933) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a comedy (411 b. c.) by Aristophanes noun: a comedy (414 b. c.) by Aristophanes noun: a comedy (423 b. c.) by Aristophanes noun: a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes noun: a comedy (c200 b.c.) by Plautus noun: a comedy (c300 b.c.) by Menander, extant only as a fragment noun: a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve noun: a comedy of manners (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan noun: a comic opera (1790) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart noun: a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais noun: a comic opera (1866) by Bedřich Smetana noun: a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism noun: a compilation and translation of French Arthurian romances by Sir Thomas Malory, printed by Caxton in 1485 noun: a compilation of the discourses, maxims, and aphorisms of Confucius, dating from the 4th century b.c. noun: a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it noun: a cookie or cracker noun: a cotton fabric made in various degrees of fineness and often printed, woven, or embroidered in patterns, esp. a cotton fabric of plain weave, used for sheets and for a variety of other purposes; muslin noun: a count noun: a count: a title of nobility in Germany, Austria, and Sweden, equivalent in rank to an English earl noun: a countess noun: a currency exchange noun: a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues noun: a custodian or guardian of morals; censor noun: a custom house; customs noun: a customs officer or official noun: a cutlet or chop noun: a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson noun: a dance (1944) choreographed by Martha Graham, with musical score by Aaron Copland noun: a dandified or effeminate man noun: a decorative figure, usually bearing an inscription, that is hung on the eastern wall in Jewish homes or synagogues to indicate the direction to face in prayer noun: a decree of the senate of ancient Rome noun: a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy noun: a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education noun: a dining room noun: a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire noun: a director of a theatrical or cinematic production noun: a disputatious exchange, sometimes of a slapstick nature, between the chorus and the characters, or among the characters themselves, usually following the parodos and preceding the agon noun: a double meaning; ambiguity noun: a drama (1596–97?) by Shakespeare noun: a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare noun: a drama (1612–13?) by Shakespeare noun: a drama (1636) by Corneille noun: a drama (1941) by Federico García Lorca noun: a drama (413?b.c.) by Euripides noun: a drama (429?b.c.) by Euripides noun: a drama in blank verse (1678) by Dryden noun: a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley noun: a drama in verse (1935) by Maxwell Anderson noun: a dramatic poem (1835) by Robert Browning, based on the life of the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus (1493?–1541) noun: a drink of brandy, liqueur, etc., taken after a meal to aid the digestion noun: a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd noun: a farm, country estate, or other rural retreat maintained by a wealthy owner as a facility for rest and recreation noun: a fashion; manner; style noun: a female cook or chef noun: a female folk healer noun: a female friend noun: a female shop assistant; shopgirl noun: a fiancé or bridegroom noun: a fiancée or bride noun: a fine or noble gesture, often futile or only for effect noun: a first attempt noun: a folk healer or medicine man who uses herbs or hallucinogenic plants, magic, and spiritualism to treat illness, induce visions, impart traditional wisdom, etc noun: a food forbidden for use by Jews during the festival of Passover, esp. a baked food, as bread or cake, made with leaven or a leavening agent noun: a foreman or supervisor noun: a former copper or bronze coin of France issued from 1795 to 1801 and from 1814 to 1815, the 10th part of a franc, equal in value to 10 centimes noun: a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus noun: a fraternal organization made up of immigrants from the same region noun: a free translation (first published in 1859) by Edward FitzGerald of a group of quatrains by the Persian poet Omar Khayyám noun: a friend, esp. a male friend noun: a gentile who performs tasks for Jews in the home or synagogue on the Sabbath or on a holy day that are forbidden Jews on such occasions, as turning on the lights or heat noun: a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains noun: a genus of bright-red sponges of the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, used in experiments on the dissociation and reintegration of sponge cells noun: a genus of chiefly large cats that includes the snow leopard, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and lion, most having the ability to roar noun: a genus of corals forming small, encrusting colonies, found in shallow waters off both coasts of the U.S. noun: a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt noun: a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived noun: a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor noun: a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan noun: a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads noun: a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa noun: a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles noun: a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid noun: a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend noun: a genus of giant clams inhabiting reefs in the South Pacific, attaining a diameter of 4 ft. (1.2 m) or more, and weighing over 500 lb. (227 kg) noun: a genus of green freshwater protozoans having a reddish eyespot and a single flagellum, found esp. in stagnant waters noun: a genus of hominids of eastern Africa, assumed from a number of now lost skull fragments to have been a form of archaic Homo: no longer in technical use noun: a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx noun: a genus of rod-shaped bacteria that are pathogenic for plants noun: a genus of rod-shaped or spherical bacteria found in the soil noun: a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials noun: a genus of tiny, freshwater crustaceans having a transparent body, used in biological research and as food for tropical fish noun: a girl or woman who is not Jewish noun: a goblin; demon; spirit noun: a godfather noun: a good female friend noun: a good friend noun: a grammatical construction of French consisting of the present tense of an auxiliary, either avoir or être, followed by a past participle and corresponding in function to both the English present perfect and the English simple past tenses noun: a gratuity; tip noun: a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris noun: a Greek statue of Venus in marble, c200 b.c., found in 1820 on Melos and now in the Louvre, Paris noun: a green baby lima bean noun: a group of artists active in Germany, esp. in or near Munich, during the early 20th century, whose works were characterized by the use of Fauve color and forms distorted for structural or emotive purposes noun: a group of Dutch artists of the early 20th century whose theories and works influenced the development of contemporary architecture and applied arts noun: a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians noun: a hairdresser noun: a handkerchief noun: a harvest; crop noun: a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc noun: a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper noun: a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper noun: a historical novel (1827) by James Fenimore Cooper noun: a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper noun: a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père noun: a historical novel (1859) by Dickens noun: a historical novel (1880) by Lew Wallace noun: a history in six volumes (1776–88) by Edward Gibbon noun: a horse used in battle; charger noun: a hospital noun: a Jewish celebration in honor of the Sabbath that takes place on Friday evening or Saturday afternoon and usually includes a program of songs, a lecture, and refreshments noun: a Jewish council offering advice on or having authority over certain community affairs noun: a Jewish fellowship, esp. an informal one that meets regularly for discussion or prayer noun: a Jewish prayer book designed for use chiefly on days other than festivals and holy days; a daily prayer book noun: a Jewish prayer book designed for use on festivals and holy days noun: a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance noun: a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe noun: a judge in a Jewish religious court noun: a kidney bean noun: a landscape garden having winding paths and irregular planting noun: a large cask for maturing, storing, and transporting wine noun: a lark noun: a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy noun: a Latin hymn in honor of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven noun: a Latin hymn on the Day of Judgment, commonly sung in a Requiem Mass noun: a legal document, executed by a rabbi or Jewish court of law, dissolving the marriage bond between husband and wife noun: a library noun: a little song; ditty noun: a liturgical prayer consisting of all or part of Psalms 113–118, recited on Passover, Shavuoth, Sukkoth, Hanukkah, and Rosh Hodesh noun: a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor noun: a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, often sung in unison usually at the close of a service noun: a liturgical prayer or hymn expressing the faith of Israel in God, usually sung responsively by the cantor and congregation at the close of the evening service on the Sabbath and festivals noun: a liturgical prayer that is recited in standing position at each of the three daily services and consists of three opening blessings, three closing blessings, and one intermediate blessing on the Sabbath and holy days and 13 intermediate blessings on othe noun: a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God noun: a local festival or fair in Spain or Spanish America, usually held in honor of a patron saint noun: a long covered wagon for carrying baggage, goods, military supplies, etc.; a van or tumbril noun: a long narrative poem (1928) by Stephen Vincent Benét, about the U.S. Civil War noun: a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy noun: a loose-fitting blouse for women noun: a love song noun: a lover; suitor noun: a luncheon or light meal, esp. one at which eggs, meat, etc., are served noun: a machine gun noun: a Madonna painted by Raphael for the Church of St. Sixtus at Piacenza, Italy noun: a maid-servant noun: a main road; highway noun: a male cook or chef noun: a man noun: a man of the world; a sophisticate noun: a man who is a hairdresser noun: a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980 noun: a married woman; a wife noun: a meanspirited know-it-all noun: a member of a criminal organization or syndicate who serves as an adviser to the leader noun: a member of the German people, esp. one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe noun: a member of the Italian national police force, organized as a military unit and charged with maintaining public security and order as well as assisting local police noun: a memoir (1933) by Gertrude Stein noun: a metrical narrative, esp. in medieval French literature noun: a Mexican packsaddle formed of stuffed leather cushions noun: a Middle High German epic of c1200, related to the Scandinavian Volsunga Saga and telling of the life of Siegfried, his marriage to Kriemhild, his wooing of Brunhild on behalf of Gunther, his murder by Hagen, and the revenge of Kriemhild noun: a midwife noun: a minor official of a synagogue, having limited ceremonial or administrative functions noun: a misunderstanding; mistake noun: a mixture of chopped nuts and apples, wine, and spices that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover: traditionally regarded as symbolic of the mortar used by enslaved Israelites in Egypt noun: a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope noun: a monochrome painting executed in ink noun: a mosque noun: a mural (c1500 b.c.) from Minoan Crete noun: a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner noun: a narrative poem (1593) by Shakespeare noun: a narrative poem (1594) by Shakespeare noun: a narrative poem (1812, 1816, 1818) by Byron noun: a narrative poem (1820) by John Keats noun: a narrative poem (1847) by Longfellow noun: a narrative poem (1927) by Robinson Jeffers noun: a narrative style of painting developed from the 12th to the 14th century, characterized chiefly by continuous illustrations often executed on long scrolls noun: a native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico noun: a new wave, trend, movement, phase, etc., esp. in an art form noun: a newly poor person noun: a notice posted in a public place; poster noun: a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life noun: a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe noun: a novel (1731) by Antoine François Prévost noun: a novel (1749) by Henry Fielding noun: a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne noun: a novel (1766) by Goldsmith noun: a novel (1795–1829) by Goethe noun: a novel (1811) by Jane Austen noun: a novel (1813) by Jane Austen (written 1796–97) noun: a novel (1815) by Jane Austen noun: a novel (1818) by Jane Austen noun: a novel (1819) by Sir Walter Scott noun: a novel (1821) by Sir Walter Scott noun: a novel (1831) by Victor Hugo noun: a novel (1832) by Stendhal noun: a novel (1838) by Dickens noun: a novel (1839) by Stendhal noun: a novel (1840–41) by Dickens noun: a novel (1844–45) by Alexandre Dumas père noun: a novel (1846) by Emily Brontë noun: a novel (1847) by Charlotte Brontë noun: a novel (1847) by Herman Melville noun: a novel (1848) and play (1852) by Alexandre Dumas fils noun: a novel (1850) by Charles Dickens noun: a novel (1851) by Herman Melville noun: a novel (1851) by Nathaniel Hawthorne noun: a novel (1852) by Charles Dickens noun: a novel (1857) by Anthony Trollope noun: a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert noun: a novel (1859) by George Eliot noun: a novel (1861) by Charles Dickens noun: a novel (1861) by George Eliot noun: a novel (1862–69) by Leo Tolstoy noun: a novel (1862) by Victor Hugo noun: a novel (1866) by Feodor Dostoevsky noun: a novel (1868) by Louisa May Alcott noun: a novel (1870) by Jules Verne noun: a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot noun: a novel (1871) by Dostoevsky noun: a novel (1871) by Louisa May Alcott noun: a novel (1875–76) by Leo Tolstoy noun: a novel (1876) by Mark Twain noun: a novel (1877) by Henry James noun: a novel (1878) by Thomas Hardy noun: a novel (1880) by Dostoevsky noun: a novel (1881) by Henry James noun: a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson noun: a novel (1884) by Mark Twain noun: a novel (1886) by Henry James noun: a novel (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson noun: a novel (1886) by Thomas Hardy noun: a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei noun: a novel (1889) by Mark Twain noun: a novel (1891) by Thomas Hardy noun: a novel (1895) by Stephen Crane noun: a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy noun: a novel (1897) by H. G. Wells noun: a novel (1897) by Rudyard Kipling noun: a novel (1899) by Frank Norris noun: a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad noun: a novel (1900) by Theodore Dreiser noun: a novel (1901) by George Barr McCutcheon about the romantic and melodramatic adventures of military and courtly figures in the fictional kingdom of Graustark noun: a novel (1902) by Henry James noun: a novel (1903) by Henry James noun: a novel (1903) by Jack London noun: a novel (1903) by Samuel Butler noun: a novel (1904) by Joseph Conrad noun: a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair noun: a novel (1911) by Edith Wharton noun: a novel (1913–27) by Marcel Proust noun: a novel (1913) by D. H. Lawrence noun: a novel (1914) by André Gide noun: a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham noun: a novel (1916) by James Joyce noun: a novel (1918) by Willa Cather noun: a novel (1919) by W. Somerset Maugham noun: a novel (1920) by D. H. Lawrence noun: a novel (1920) by Edith Wharton noun: a novel (1922–39) by James Joyce noun: a novel (1924) by E. M. Forster noun: a novel (1924) by Thomas Mann noun: a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald noun: a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka noun: a novel (1925) by Sinclair Lewis noun: a novel (1925) by Theodore Dreiser noun: a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway noun: a novel (1926) by Franz Kafka noun: a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse noun: a novel (1927) by Sinclair Lewis noun: a novel (1927) by Thornton Wilder noun: a novel (1927) by Virginia Woolf noun: a novel (1928) by D. H. Lawrence noun: a novel (1929) by Erich Maria Remarque noun: a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway noun: a novel (1929) by Thomas Wolfe noun: a novel (1929) by William Faulkner noun: a novel (1932) by William Faulkner noun: a novel (1933) by André Malraux noun: a novel (1933) by Nathanael West noun: a novel (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald noun: a novel (1934) by John O'Hara noun: a novel (1935) by John Steinbeck noun: a novel (1935) by Thomas Wolfe noun: a novel (1936) by Margaret Mitchell noun: a novel (1937) and play (1938) by John Steinbeck noun: a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck noun: a novel (1940) by Carson McCullers noun: a novel (1940) by Ernest Hemingway noun: a novel (1940) by Richard Wright noun: a novel (1940) by Thomas Wolfe noun: a novel (1942) by Albert Camus noun: a novel (1946) and play (1950) by Carson McCullers noun: a novel (1946) by Robert Penn Warren noun: a novel (1947) by Albert Camus noun: a novel (1948) by Norman Mailer noun: a novel (1948) by William Faulkner noun: a novel (1951) by J. D. Salinger noun: a novel (1952) by Ernest Hemingway noun: a novel (1954) by William Golding noun: a novel (1957) by Albert Camus noun: a novel (1958) by Boris Pasternak noun: a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs noun: a novel (1960) by Harper Lee noun: a novel (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut noun: a novel (1963) by Sylvia Plath noun: a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo noun: a novel (1970) by Toni Morrison noun: a novel (1975) by E. L. Doctorow noun: a novella (1913) by Thomas Mann noun: a novella (1924) by Herman Melville noun: a painting (1548) by Tintoretto noun: a painting (1642) by Rembrandt noun: a painting (1653) by Rembrandt noun: a painting (1871) by James McNeill Whistler noun: a painting (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh noun: a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh noun: a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne noun: a painting (1907) by Pablo Picasso noun: a painting (1912) by Marcel Duchamp noun: a painting (1926) by Georgia O'Keeffe noun: a painting (1930) by Edward Hopper noun: a painting (1930) by Grant Wood noun: a painting (1931) by Salvador Dali noun: a painting (1937) by Pablo Picasso noun: a painting, statue, or other representation of Christ crowned with thorns noun: a pamphlet (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: first statement of the principles of modern communism noun: a Parashah chanted or read on the Sabbath noun: a peaceful person noun: a peasant or farmer noun: a person certified by a rabbi or Jewish court of law to slaughter animals for food in the manner prescribed by Jewish law noun: a person from the same town, geographical area, region, etc., as another; compatriot noun: a person of great wit or intellect noun: a person of outstanding virtue and piety noun: a person under monastic vows noun: a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds noun: a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country noun: a person who is willingly or blindly the tool of another person noun: a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche noun: a person who supports or works toward political independence, esp. one supporting radical changes in an existing government or from an existing system of government noun: a person, esp. a terrorist, who makes, places, or detonates plastic bombs noun: a person, usually young, who adopted the unconventional manner and dress of some Western youth groups, as rockers or punk-rock fans noun: a personal or private diary noun: a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine noun: a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire noun: a philosophical treatise (1621) by Robert Burton noun: a philosophical work (1781) by Immanuel Kant noun: a philosophical work (a. d.523?) by Boethius noun: a philosophical work in poetic form (1883) by Friedrich Nietzsche noun: a picaresque novel (1715–35) by Le Sage noun: a piece of parsley, celery, or similar green vegetable that is dipped in salt water and eaten at the Seder meal on Passover noun: a pimp; mack noun: a pl. of Sefer Torah noun: a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue noun: a play (1553?) by Nicholas Udall: the earliest known English comedy noun: a play (1825) by Pushkin noun: a play (1867) by Henrik Ibsen noun: a play (1879) by Henrik Ibsen noun: a play (1881) by Henrik Ibsen noun: a play (1888) by Strindberg noun: a play (1890) by Henrik Ibsen noun: a play (1892) by Ibsen noun: a play (1897) by Anton Chekhov noun: a play (1901) by Anton Chekhov noun: a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki noun: a play (1904) by Chekhov noun: a play (1920) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a play (1921) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a play (1921) by Luigi Pirandello noun: a play (1923) by G. B. Shaw noun: a play (1923) by Sutton Vane noun: a play (1924) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a play (1924) by Sean O'Casey noun: a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a play (1934) by Lillian Hellman noun: a play (1938) by Jean Giraudoux noun: a play (1938) by Robert E. Sherwood noun: a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder noun: a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman noun: a play (1942) by Thornton Wilder noun: a play (1945) by Jean-Paul Sartre noun: a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams noun: a play (1946) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a play (1947) by Tennessee Williams noun: a play (1949) by Arthur Miller noun: a play (1952) by Samuel Beckett noun: a play (1955) by Tennessee Williams noun: a play (1956) by Eugene O'Neill noun: a play (1962) by Edward Albee noun: a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust noun: a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot noun: a poem (1612) by John Donne noun: a poem (1632) by John Milton noun: a poem (1728–42) by Pope, satirizing various contemporary writers noun: a poem (1750) by Thomas Gray noun: a poem (1807) by Wordsworth noun: a poem (1819) by Keats noun: a poem (1820) by Shelley noun: a poem (1854) by Tennyson, celebrating the British cavalry attack on the Russian position at Balaklava during the Crimean War noun: a poem (1855) by Robert Browning noun: a poem (1876) by Mallarmé: source of Debussy's musical composition Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune (1892–94) noun: a poem (1893) by W. B. Yeats noun: a poem (1898) by Oscar Wilde noun: a poem (1917) by T. S. Eliot noun: a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot noun: a poem (1923) by Robert Frost noun: a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens noun: a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan noun: a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge noun: a point between two extremes; the golden mean noun: a political satire (1945) by George Orwell noun: a portion of horseradish or other bitter herb that is eaten at the Seder meal on Passover noun: a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci noun: a position in which a skier leans forward but keeps the heels in contact with the skis noun: a position or attitude resolved upon or taken in advance noun: a pot, esp. an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc noun: a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary noun: a private hunting preserve noun: a private Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism noun: a programmatic symphony (1830–31) in five movements by Hector Berlioz noun: a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human noun: a prose satire (1509) by Erasmus, written in Latin and directed against theologians and church dignitaries noun: a public square or plaza, esp. in the center of a city or town noun: a publication giving statistical information on European royalty noun: a quick deterioration or breakdown, as of a situation or circumstance noun: a raspberry noun: a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties noun: a rectangular piece of cloth with fringes at the four corners and a hole in the center for the head, worn under the clothes by Orthodox Jewish males noun: a red liberty cap, worn by extremists during the French Revolution noun: a refreshment, as a soft drink noun: a religious autobiography (1864) of Cardinal John Henry Newman noun: a religious ceremony, observed by Jews at the conclusion of the Sabbath or a festival, that consists of blessings over wine, spices, and the light of a candle noun: a report of a transaction or proceedings noun: a revolutionary workers' anthem, first sung in France in 1871 noun: a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue noun: a ritual bath to which Orthodox Jews are traditionally required to go on certain occasions, as before the Sabbath and after each menstrual period, to cleanse and purify themselves noun: a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl noun: a Romani man noun: a Romani woman noun: a romantic drama (1610?) by Shakespeare noun: a romantic novel (1774) in epistolary form by Goethe noun: a sacred book of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, believed by members of the church to be an abridgment by a prophet (Mormon) of a record of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden plates, and discovered and translated (1827– noun: a Sanskrit drama written in the 6th century or earlier by Kalidasa noun: a satiric comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare noun: a satiric comedy (1907) by John Millington Synge noun: a satirical comedy (1945) by Jean Giraudoux noun: a satirical comedy (422 b.c.) by Aristophanes noun: a satirical novel (1872) by Samuel Butler noun: a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days noun: a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution noun: a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid noun: a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth noun: a series of poems by Tennyson, based on Arthurian legend noun: a series of poems in three books (1? b.c) by Ovid noun: a shed or other above-ground building where a winemaker stores wine in casks noun: a short novel (1881) by Henry James noun: a short novel (1884) by Leo Tolstoy noun: a short novel (1898) by Henry James noun: a short novel (1902) by Joseph Conrad noun: a short story (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe noun: a short story (1846) by Edgar Allan Poe noun: a short story (1865) by Mark Twain noun: a short story (1900) by Mark Twain noun: a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka noun: a short story (1936) by Ernest Hemingway noun: a skullcap worn, esp. during prayer and religious study, by Jewish males, esp. those adhering to Orthodox or Conservative tradition; yarmulke noun: a slip of the tongue noun: a slope or hillside with vineyards noun: a smuggler of Mexican workers into the U.S. noun: a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven noun: a song noun: a song cycle (1827) by Franz Schubert, consisting of 24 songs set to poems of Wilhelm Müller noun: a sonnet sequence (1850) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning noun: a species of rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the large intestine of humans and other animals, sometimes pathogenic noun: a story (1843) by Dickens noun: a story for children (1865) by Lewis Carroll noun: a story for children (1871) by Lewis Carroll: the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland noun: a strawberry noun: a street urinal for public use, esp. one enclosed by a low wall, screen, or the like noun: a study (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville of American political institutions noun: a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music noun: a swastika, esp. that used as the emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich noun: a symphony (1949) by Leonard Bernstein noun: a symphony (1962) by Dimitri Dimitrievich Shostakovich noun: a synagogue noun: a tapered, usually ornamented rod, usually of silver, with the tip of the tapered part forming a fist with the index finger extended, used by the reader of a scroll of the Torah as a place marker noun: a tavern selling pulque noun: a teacher in a Jewish school noun: a teacher in a Jewish school, esp. a heder noun: a three-part drama (Part 1, 1591–92; Part 2, 1590?; Part 3, 1590?) by Shakespeare noun: a three-part tragedy (1931) by Eugene O'Neill, including Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted noun: a title of respect corresponding to Mr. noun: a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton noun: a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being noun: a tragedy (1606–07?) by Shakespeare noun: a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare noun: a tragedy (1608?) by Shakespeare noun: a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster noun: a tragedy (1667) by Racine noun: a tragedy (408?b.c.) by Euripides noun: a tragedy (415 b.c.) by Euripides noun: a tragedy (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus noun: a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles noun: a tragedy (c457 b.c.) by Aeschylus noun: a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus noun: a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare noun: a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c. noun: a translation of the Psalms by John Eliot and others: the first book published (1640) in America noun: a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution noun: a treatise on statecraft (1513) by Niccolò Machiavelli noun: a trilogy of novels (1939) by John Dos Passos, consisting of The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money noun: a trilogy of short novels (1939) by Katherine Anne Porter noun: a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides noun: a triweekly periodical (1709–11) written, edited, and published by Richard Steele with the collaboration of Joseph Addison noun: a tube or drinking straw with a strainer at one end, esp. for drinking maté noun: a U.S. battleship blown up in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February 15, 1898: this incident stimulated popular support in the U.S. for the Spanish-American War noun: a union, association, or society noun: a verse drama (1935) by T. S. Eliot noun: a verse play (1948) by Christopher Fry noun: a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia noun: a voice and nothing more noun: a volume of poems (1892) by Rudyard Kipling, including Gunga Din, Danny Deever, and Mandalay noun: a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman noun: a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads noun: a white robe used by Jews, esp. Orthodox Jews, as a ceremonial garment for men and as a burial shroud for both sexes: worn during worship on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by a bridegroom during the wedding ceremony, and by the leader of the Seder on Passo noun: a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband noun: a wine vat noun: a winemaker noun: a wise and learned person; sage noun: a woman belonging to a religious order, congregation, etc noun: a woman who cares for children, esp. on kibbutzim in Israel; foster mother noun: a woman who is a hairdresser noun: a woman who makes or composes a pastiche noun: a woman; wife; lady noun: a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based noun: a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque noun: a written authorization or order to pay a specified sum of money to a specified person; bill of exchange noun: a year or period of travel, esp. following one's schooling and before practicing a profession noun: a yell; shout noun: agreement of the people noun: air force noun: an 18th-century Chinese novel by Ts'ao Hsüeh-ch'in, completed by Kao E, in 120 chapters noun: an accomplished fact; a thing already done noun: an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids noun: an allegorical fantasy (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry noun: an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin noun: an altarpiece (1510?–15?) painted by Matthias Grünewald noun: an altarpiece, usually consisting of a painted panel or panels, reliefs, or statues set in an elaborate frame noun: an American 44- gun frigate, famous for its exploits in the War of 1812 and popularly called “Old Ironsides” noun: an American film (1915), directed by D. W. Griffith noun: an American film (1941), directed by and starring Orson Welles noun: an American of Mexican parentage, esp. one who has adopted U.S. customs and attitudes; an Americanized Mexican noun: an amorous glance; ogle noun: an ancient Chinese book of divination, in which 64 pairs of trigrams are shown with various interpretations noun: an antislavery novel (1852) by Harriet Beecher Stowe noun: an architecturally treated fountain or cistern noun: an arrangement whereby a guest or resident pays, usually at a fixed rate, for room, breakfast, and one other daily meal offered in a hotel or boardinghouse; half board noun: an assertion without proof noun: an assistant, esp. to a chef noun: an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority noun: an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews noun: an autobiographical narrative (1883) by Mark Twain noun: an autobiographical work (1822) by Thomas De Quincey noun: an early comedy (1594) by Shakespeare noun: an edible snail noun: an embrace, used in greeting someone noun: an English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the 14th century noun: an English word or expression borrowed into Spanish; a Spanish word showing U.S. influence noun: an engraving (1513) by Albrecht Dürer noun: an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan noun: an epic poem (1667) by John Milton noun: an epic poem (1671) by John Milton noun: an extinct genus comprising the chain corals noun: an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate noun: an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors noun: an extinct genus of ratite birds, best known from the Pleistocene Epoch of Madagascar, having massive legs and rudimentary wings, and growing to a height of 8 ft. (2.4 m) noun: an extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa between one and four million years ago noun: an extinct species of early hominid whose fossil remains were discovered in Ethiopia and have been dated at between 3.5 and 4 million years of age noun: an extinct species of gracile hominid, formerly known as Plesianthropus transvaalensis, that lived in southern Africa about three million years ago noun: an extinct species of large-toothed bipedal hominid that lived in southern Africa c1.5–2 million years ago: formerly classified as the genus Paranthropus noun: an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face noun: an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans noun: an extinct species of very rugged, large-toothed bipedal hominid, formerly known as Zinjanthropus boisei, that lived in eastern Africa one to two million years ago noun: an eyeglass or a pair of eyeglasses noun: an Icelandic saga of the late 13th century, concerning the family of the Volsungs, the theft of the cursed treasure of Andvari, the adventures of Sigurd, his wooing of Brynhild, his enchantment and marriage to Gudrun, and his eventual murder noun: an improviser, esp. a person who extemporizes verse noun: an informal preliminary conference noun: an inn or hotel noun: an inn or restaurant noun: an inn, esp. one in the countryside noun: an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption noun: an officer of the revenue service noun: an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the Torah noun: an opera (1762), with music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck noun: an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck noun: an opera (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart noun: an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart noun: an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart noun: an opera (1805) by Ludwig van Beethoven noun: an opera (1833) by Gaetano Donizetti noun: an opera (1835) by Gaetano Donizetti, based on Sir Walter Scott's novel The Bride of Lammermoor noun: an opera (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi noun: an opera (1866) by Ambroise Thomas noun: an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr noun: an opera (1875) by Georges Bizet noun: an opera (1883) by Léo Delibes noun: an opera (1884) by Jules Massenet noun: an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello noun: an opera (1890) by Pietro Mascagni noun: an opera (1892) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo noun: an opera (1896) by Giacomo Puccini noun: an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini noun: an opera (1900) by Gustave Charpentier noun: an opera (1904) by Giacomo Puccini noun: an opera (1905) by Manuel de Falla noun: an opera (1910) by Giacomo Puccini noun: an opera (1926) by Zoltán Kodály noun: an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin noun: an operetta (1879) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan noun: an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan noun: an oratorio (1801) by Franz Joseph Haydn noun: an outsider; foreigner noun: an overture, op. 26, composed in 1832 by Felix Mendelssohn noun: an overturning; convulsion; turmoil noun: an unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design noun: an uncompleted sequence of tales by Chaucer, written for the most part after 1387 noun: an uncouth person; lowlife noun: an unmarried woman noun: any foot covering, as a shoe or boot; footwear noun: any of certain associations of students formed to promote patriotism, Christian conduct, and liberal ideas but now primarily social fraternities noun: any of the 18 administrative districts into which Italy is divided noun: any of the collection of 613 commandments or precepts in the Bible and additional ones of rabbinic origin that relate chiefly to the religious and moral conduct of Jews noun: anything of little value; junk; garbage noun: assiduity in anticipating or catering to the pleasures of others noun: atmosphere; ambiance noun: beer noun: being; existence noun: blackmail noun: boy; child noun: brother noun: bullfight; corrida noun: Central Europe noun: charity noun: charity or the giving of charity noun: chicken noun: coffee with cream noun: company noun: comrade (used as a term of address especially by Communists) noun: conscientiousness in one's dealings with others noun: crayfish noun: crisis noun: dear; sweetheart: used in referring to or addressing a woman or girl noun: display of cordiality noun: drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, esp. as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art noun: duke noun: either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (Elder Edda or Poetic Edda) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends noun: embarrassment of riches; confusing overabundance noun: enlightenment noun: equality noun: father noun: freedom; independence noun: friend; comrade; companion noun: God; the Lord noun: gourmet noun: hazan noun: hispanism, esp. as directed toward political objectives noun: husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir) noun: I fear the Greeks even when they bear gifts (I fear treacherous persons even when they appear to be friendly). Vergil's Aeneid: 2:49 noun: it is allowed noun: juice; gravy noun: language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue) noun: law of nations; international law noun: leader noun: leader; chief; boss noun: letter of credit noun: liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast day noun: love of one's country; patriotism noun: lunch; luncheon noun: madness; insanity noun: mastery; skill noun: meditation on the name of Amida noun: Mister (used as a title of respect) noun: mother noun: my dear noun: native culture, held to be superior to that of other countries and subordinating the individual to national interests noun: newness; novelty noun: one who has disappeared: used, esp. in Latin America, in referring to a person who has been secretly imprisoned or killed during a government's program of political suppression noun: ornamental wrought-iron work noun: our sea, esp. the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans noun: people of the world; leaders in society; fashionable people noun: perfume noun: piece; morsel noun: pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American noun: rabbinical approval of meats and other foods that comply with the ritual requirements of Jewish dietary laws, usually issued in the form of an endorsing mark or stamp on the products so approved noun: rear guard noun: refined taste; educated palate noun: revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts noun: sauerkraut noun: self-esteem; self-respect noun: shohet noun: sincerity noun: son: sometimes used after a name with the meaning of Jr., as in Dumas fils noun: sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism noun: soup noun: sparkling wine; champagne noun: street level; ground floor noun: strength; force; power noun: strong anti-American sentiment noun: Sukkoth noun: sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence noun: symphonic poem, op. 26, composed in 1899 by Jean Sibelius noun: tea noun: testicles noun: the act or practice of bringing secularized Jews closer to Judaism, esp. Orthodox Judaism, as through seminars, meetings, and religious rituals noun: the Amidah, consisting of 19 blessings, recited on days other than the Sabbath and holy days noun: the ancient nobility, esp. of the ancien régime noun: the autobiography (1925–27) of Adolf Hitler, setting forth his political philosophy and his plan for German conquest noun: the bond of matrimony noun: the Book of Psalms noun: the chapter house of a cathedral noun: the civil code of France, enacted in 1804 and officially designated in 1807 noun: the concluding section of the portion of the Torah chanted or read in a Jewish service on the Sabbath and festivals noun: the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments noun: the day before a Jewish holiday or the Jewish Sabbath noun: the earliest extant verse romance (late 13th century) in the English language noun: the edible starchy root of Psoralea esculenta, a leguminous plant of central North America; breadroot noun: the end of the 19th century noun: the eternal feminine noun: the exact, appropriate word noun: the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; the Pentateuch noun: the flagship of John Paul Jones noun: the forced exile of Jews, esp. from countries where they were most persecuted noun: the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her noun: the French national anthem, written in 1792 by Rouget de Lisle noun: the genus comprising the day lilies noun: the genus to which the now-discredited Piltdown man was assigned noun: the Great Year: a cycle of years, usually a thousand, that begins with a Golden Age, steadily deteriorates, and ends with a universal catastrophe, either a fire or a flood noun: the Hagiographa noun: the heart noun: the Jewish religious service marking the conclusion of Yom Kippur noun: the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth noun: the Jewish service for commemorating the dead, held on Yom Kippur, Shemini Atzereth, the second day of Shavuoth, and the last day of Passover noun: the last of the three prescribed Sabbath meals, taken after Minhah and before the evening service noun: the last resort or the final resource noun: the leading male dancer in a ballet company noun: the legislature of certain states in Germany noun: the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole) noun: the liturgical book, used by bishops, containing regulations and prescriptions that are authoritative in matters not covered in the missal or other service books noun: the Marseillaise noun: the most severe form of excommunication, formerly used by rabbis in sentencing wrongdoers, usually for an indefinite period of time noun: the name of the American B-29 bomber, piloted by Col. Paul Tibbets, Jr., that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945 noun: the national anthem of Israel noun: the number 3 noun: the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present to conduct a communal religious service, traditionally a minimum of 10 Jewish males over 13 years of age noun: the number seven noun: the numbers 1 to 18 in roulette noun: the official authority in Israel for the commemoration of the Holocaust and its victims noun: the official newspaper of the Communist party in the U.S.S. R. noun: the official song of the Nazi party in Germany from 1933 to 1945 noun: the period (1871–1914) between the end of the Franco-Prussian War and the outbreak of World War I, characterized by relative peacefulness in Western Europe and by marked advances and productivity in the arts, literature, technology, etc noun: the period of the reign of Louis XIV of France noun: the person who performs the circumcision in the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child on the eighth day after his birth noun: the political and social system of France before the revolution of 1789 noun: the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim noun: the procedure followed by a government for determining the acceptability to a foreign government of a proposed envoy noun: the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 noun: the Prophets, being the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament noun: the religious service celebrated by Jews every morning noun: the religious service celebrated by Jews in addition to and immediately after the morning service on the Sabbath and festivals noun: the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish spiritual leader Hillel and characterized by its systematic use of interpretive principles and a certain flexibility in interpreting the oral an noun: the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition noun: the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609 noun: the signified noun: the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law noun: the sofa upon which the king of France sat when holding formal sessions of the parliament noun: the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time noun: the star of the north: motto of Minnesota noun: the state; republic; commonwealth noun: the Symphony No. 6 in F major (1807–08) by Ludwig van Beethoven noun: the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn noun: the third symphony (1804) in E♭, opus 55, by Beethoven noun: the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising the Law or Torah, the Prophets or Neviim, and the Hagiographa or Ketuvim, taken as a whole noun: the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel noun: the U.S. B-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945 noun: the U.S. Navy's first nuclear-powered surface ship, a guided-missile cruiser launched in 1959 noun: the use of folk medicine, esp. as practiced by a curandero noun: the utmost extremity noun: the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting noun: the works of a writer, painter, or the like, taken as a whole noun: the world; people; society noun: tomorrow; the (indefinite) future noun: too much of a good thing noun: truth noun: truth; truthfulness noun: unchecked freedom or ease; unrestraint; looseness noun: waltz noun: war noun: wealthy, stylish, sophisticated young people noun: wife (used chiefly in the legal phrase et uxor) noun: wild strawberry noun: without constraint or embarrassment; free and easy plural noun: a collection of pastoral poems (42–37 b.c.) by Vergil plural noun: a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke plural noun: a series of historical novels by James Fenimore Cooper, comprising The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer plural noun: a series of jungle stories in two volumes (1894, 1895) by Rudyard Kipling plural noun: marvels; miracles plural noun: news plural noun: soldiers assigned to a dangerous post plural noun: the Pseudo-Isidorian documents; the collection of documents of the 9th century a.d. that consist chiefly of the Decretals, attributed to Isidore, archbishop of Seville, a.d.600–36, and that were rejected as spurious in the 15th century plural noun: the very words; verbatim plural noun: traditional religious songs that are sung by Jews during the evening meal on Friday and the afternoon meal on Saturday plural noun: trifles preposition: at or in the home of; with preposition: for preposition: from which; following from: used as a point of departure, as for an idea or plan preposition: otherwise called; alias preposition: to the; at the; with the sentence substitute: a conventional greeting, meaning “ peace to you”: used in reply to the greeting shalom aleichem sentence substitute: a new order of the ages (is born): motto on the reverse of the great seal of the United States (adapted from Vergil's Eclogues IV:5) sentence substitute: after this, therefore because of it: a formula designating an error in logic that accepts as a cause something that merely occurred earlier in time sentence substitute: all right; fine sentence substitute: all things change, and we change with them sentence substitute: and you, Brutus!: alleged dying words of Julius Caesar uttered as his friend Brutus stabbed him sentence substitute: as He was with our fathers, may God be with us (motto of Boston) sentence substitute: behold the sign (or proof) sentence substitute: by the sword she seeks quiet peace under liberty: motto of Massachusetts sentence substitute: either a Caesar or nothing; all or nothing sentence substitute: for whose benefit? sentence substitute: gently in manner, firmly in action sentence substitute: German is spoken (here) sentence substitute: God (be) with you sentence substitute: God and my right: motto on the royal arms of England sentence substitute: God enriches: motto of Arizona sentence substitute: God keep you sentence substitute: God wills (it): cry of the Crusaders sentence substitute: gold and silver: motto of Montana sentence substitute: he himself said it sentence substitute: he who transplanted (it) sustains (it): motto of Connecticut sentence substitute: here and everywhere sentence substitute: here rests in peace: a phrase used on tombstones before the name of the deceased sentence substitute: how's it going?; how are you? sentence substitute: I serve: traditional motto of the Prince of Wales sentence substitute: I shall rise again sentence substitute: I sustain the wings: motto of the U.S. Air Force sentence substitute: if you are seeking a pleasant peninsula, look around you: motto of Michigan sentence substitute: in this sign shalt thou conquer: motto used by Constantine the Great, from his vision, before battle, of a cross bearing these words sentence substitute: in wine there is truth sentence substitute: it grows as it goes: motto of the state of New Mexico sentence substitute: it is art to conceal art; true art conceals the means by which it is achieved sentence substitute: it is not pleasing sentence substitute: it will go on sentence substitute: justice to all: motto of the District of Columbia sentence substitute: know thyself sentence substitute: leisure with dignity sentence substitute: let military power be subject to civil authority: motto of Wyoming sentence substitute: let the people rule: motto of Arkansas sentence substitute: let there be justice though the heavens fall sentence substitute: let there be light sentence substitute: Long live the king! sentence substitute: Master, guide us: motto of the city of London sentence substitute: may he or she rest in peace sentence substitute: may she live forever: motto of Idaho sentence substitute: mountaineers (are) always free: motto of West Virginia sentence substitute: nature makes no leap sentence substitute: no one attacks me with impunity: motto of Scotland sentence substitute: nothing is created from nothing sentence substitute: nothing without the divine will: motto of Colorado sentence substitute: O times! O customs! sentence substitute: other times, other customs sentence substitute: peace be with you sentence substitute: peace to you: a conventional Jewish greeting, the reply being aleichem shalom sentence substitute: pray for us sentence substitute: seize the day; enjoy the present, as opposed to placing all hope in the future sentence substitute: shamed be the person who thinks evil of it: motto of the Order of the Garter sentence substitute: She flies with her own wings (motto of Oregon) sentence substitute: so much the worse sentence substitute: Spanish is spoken here sentence substitute: such is war sentence substitute: sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country sentence substitute: that is different sentence substitute: the descent to hell is easy; it is easy to take the downward path. Vergil, Aeneid, 6:126 sentence substitute: the end crowns the work sentence substitute: the gods have deemed otherwise sentence substitute: the life of the land is maintained by righteousness: motto of Hawaii sentence substitute: the times change and we change with them sentence substitute: the useful with the pleasurable sentence substitute: the voice of the people (is) the voice of God sentence substitute: there is no disputing about tastes sentence substitute: Thou art That (the statement, in the Upanishads, that Atman is identical with Brahman) sentence substitute: thus always to tyrants (motto of the State of Virginia) sentence substitute: time flies sentence substitute: to be rather than to seem: motto of North Carolina sentence substitute: to each his own; to each what rightfully belongs to him sentence substitute: to err is human sentence substitute: to understand all is to forgive all sentence substitute: to work is to pray sentence substitute: truth conquers all things sentence substitute: truth is great and will prevail sentence substitute: until we see each other again; good-bye for the present sentence substitute: we who are about to die salute you: said by Roman gladiators to the emperor sentence substitute: what will be, will be sentence substitute: which was to be done sentence substitute: which was to be shown or demonstrated sentence substitute: while I breathe, I hope: a motto of South Carolina sentence substitute: while we are alive, let us live sentence substitute: who shall separate (us)? sentence substitute: woe to the vanquished sentence substitute: work conquers all: motto of Oklahoma symbol: carrying capacity symbol: dextrorotatory; dextro- (distinguished from l-) symbol: having a configuration resembling the dextrorotatory isomer of glyceraldehyde: always printed as a small capital, roman character (distinguished from l-) symbol: having a configuration resembling the levorotatory isomer of glyceraldehyde: printed as a small capital, roman character (distinguished from d-) symbol: isotopic spin symbol: levorotatory; levo- (distinguished from d-) symbol for: kinetic energy transitive verb: he invented it; she invented it verb: he drew (this); she drew (this) verb: he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist verb: he or she painted (it): formerly used on paintings as part of the artist's signature verb: he printed or engraved (this); she printed or engraved (this) verb: he supervised (this); she supervised (this) verb: I direct: motto of Maine verb: I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan verb: to wonder at nothing verb:imperative: see (used esp. to refer a reader to parts of a text) |
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