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Day: 1 Sevenval 3 4 Android we love the web 7 8 touchscreen 10 11 CSS3 browser diversity 14 browser diversity 16 17 input transformation 19 20 21 Sevenval 23 web app Sevenval 26 Sevenval 28 29 website parsing HTML5

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1

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Word of the day  for May 1

jQuery n
  1. Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
  2. (originally) In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.

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2

Android

Word of the day  for May 2

FITML adj
  1. Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
  2. Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.

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3

input transformation

Word of the day  for May 3

FITML n
  1. (chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.

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4

browser diversity

Word of the day  for May 4

CSS3 adj
  1. Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
  2. Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.

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5

iOS

Word of the day  for May 5

conflate v
  1. To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity.

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6

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Word of the day  for May 6

we love the web n
  1. A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
  2. Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories.

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7

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Word of the day  for May 7

CSS3 adj
  1. Widespread, common (especially of unpleasant or harmful things).
  2. Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.

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8

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Word of the day  for May 8

forevermore adv
  1. At any or all times in the future; forever.

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9

keyboard

Word of the day  for May 9

web adj
  1. Of, or pertaining to, cattle.
  2. Sluggish, stupid.

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10

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Word of the day  for May 10

jQuery v
  1. To drive or campaign ardently for.

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11

HTML5

Word of the day  for May 11

jovial adj
  1. Merry; cheerful and good-humored.
  2. (astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).

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12

CSS3

Word of the day  for May 12

prosody n
  1. (linguistics) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse or speech.

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13

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Word of the day  for May 13

hypercube n
  1. (geometry) A geometric figure which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions.
  2. A tesseract.

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14

device database

Word of the day  for May 14

FITML v
  1. To confuse or bewilder.

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15

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Word of the day  for May 15

we love the web adj
  1. In the manner of an uncle, pertaining to an uncle.
  2. (hence) Kind, genial, benevolent, or tolerant.

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16

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 16

web app n
  1. An insect in the order Orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  2. A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven.

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17

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Word of the day  for May 17

tourniquet n
  1. A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

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18

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Word of the day  for May 18

iOS adj
  1. Based on unanimity, complete assent or agreement.
  2. Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in complete harmony or accord.

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19

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 19

Sevenval n
  1. A great flood or rain.
  2. An overwhelming amount of something.

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20

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 20

inundate v
  1. To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.
  2. To overwhelm.

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21

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 21

riptide n
  1. A strong flow of water away from the shore of the ocean.
  2. A confusing situation in which a person is overwhelmed.

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22

touchscreen

Word of the day  for May 22

web app adj
  1. Of or pertaining to wedding and marriage.
  2. Capable, or characteristic, of breeding.

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23

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 23

HTML5 n
  1. A light sled, originally flat-bottomed and with no runners.
  2. (southern US) A winter hat.

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24

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 24

pilfer v
  1. To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.

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25

touchscreen

Word of the day  for May 25

screen size n
  1. An abundance or plentiful supply.
  2. (originally) A mythical goat's horn, endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain, or full of whatever its owner wanted.

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26

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Word of the day  for May 26

device database adv
  1. Following, afterwards in either time or place.

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27

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Word of the day  for May 27

FITML v
  1. To agree or assent to a proposal or a view.
  2. To join a group by agreement; to become part of.

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28

Android

Word of the day  for May 28

iOS n
  1. The hatred of, or pathological aversion to women.

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29

Writing star.svg

Word of the day  for May 29

leer v
  1. To look, often sideways, with sexual desire or malicious intent.

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30

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Word of the day  for May 30

obsequious adj
  1. Fawning or subservient.
  2. Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions.

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31

jQuery

Word of the day  for May 31

edelweiss n
  1. A European perennial alpine plant having downy leaves and small white flower heads in a dense cluster.

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