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by Jafje September 24, 2007
Get the Antonymmug. by Jafje May 19, 2007
Get the Limburgs mug. 1. To rot: To decompose and become soft, crumbly, or liquefied, or make something do this.
2. To decline in quality gradually and steadily, or make something do this.
3. To undergo spontaneous disintegration.
4. To decrease gradually in magnitude.
5. To decrease gradually in altitude.
2. To decline in quality gradually and steadily, or make something do this.
3. To undergo spontaneous disintegration.
4. To decrease gradually in magnitude.
5. To decrease gradually in altitude.
1. The corpse is in an advanced decay.
2. Because they kept mixing their coke with sugar, the quality decayed.
3. The fosfor decayed.
4. Refers to a physical quantity or effect.
5. When in space, a satellite starts descending, orbit decays.
2. Because they kept mixing their coke with sugar, the quality decayed.
3. The fosfor decayed.
4. Refers to a physical quantity or effect.
5. When in space, a satellite starts descending, orbit decays.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
Get the Decaymug. 1. To finish, to come to an end, or bring something to an end.
2. To fire somebody: to discontinue somebody's or a group's employment.
3. To murder, kill or assassinate somebody.
2. To fire somebody: to discontinue somebody's or a group's employment.
3. To murder, kill or assassinate somebody.
1. He terminates a broadcast.
2. He was terminated after 20 years in the job.
3. If you hire her, she'll terminate anyone you like.
2. He was terminated after 20 years in the job.
3. If you hire her, she'll terminate anyone you like.
by Jafje April 26, 2007
Get the Terminatesmug. ADJECTIVE:
1. Beautiful.
2. Sensitive to or appreciative of art or beauty.
3. Relating to the philosophical principles of aesthetics.
NOUN:
A set of principles about art.
1. Beautiful.
2. Sensitive to or appreciative of art or beauty.
3. Relating to the philosophical principles of aesthetics.
NOUN:
A set of principles about art.
ADJECTIVE:
1. Aesthetic - beautiful.
2. Someone who loves art.
3. Principles of/about art.
NOUN:
The modernist aesthetic.
1. Aesthetic - beautiful.
2. Someone who loves art.
3. Principles of/about art.
NOUN:
The modernist aesthetic.
by Jafje April 16, 2007
Get the Aestheticmug. 1) A hard, black, often glassy, volcanic rock. It was produced by the partial melting of the Earth's mantle.
2) A stone-like, hard black unglazed pottery.
2) A stone-like, hard black unglazed pottery.
by Jafje July 11, 2007
Get the Basaltmug. A shortened form of a word or phrase.
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Types of abbreviations:
There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts.
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Types of abbreviations:
There are four main kinds of abbreviations: shortenings, contractions, initialisms, and acronyms. 1 Shortenings of words usually consist of the first few letters of the full form and are usually spelled with a final period when they are still regarded as abbreviations, for example, cont. = continued, in = inch. In the cases when they form words in their own right, the period is omitted, for example, hippo = hippopotamus, limo = limousine. Such shortenings are often but not always informal. Some become the standard forms, and the full forms are then regarded as formal or technical, for example, bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab, deli = delicatessen, zoo = zoological garden. Sometimes shortenings are altered to facilitate their pronunciation or spelling: bike = bicycle2 Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted, for example, Dr. = doctor, St. = saint or street. Such forms are invariably followed by a period. Another kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: can't = cannot, didn't = did not, you've = you have. 3 Initialisms are made up of the initial letters of words and are pronounced as separate letters: CIA (or C.I.A.), NYC, pm (or p.m.), U.S. (or US). Practice varies with regard to periods, with current usage increasingly in favor of omitting them, especially when the initialism consists entirely of capital letters. 4 Acronyms are initialisms that have become words in their own right, or similar words formed from parts of several words. They are pronounced as words rather than as a series of letters, for example, AIDS, laser, scuba, UNESCO, and do not have periods. In many cases the acronym becomes the standard term and the full form is only used in explanatory contexts.
by Jafje September 9, 2007
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