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1

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Word of the day  for May 1

FITML interj
  1. An expression used by aircraft and shipping to call for help or assistance.

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2

Android

Word of the day  for May 2

cogent adj
  1. Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
  2. Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.

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3

iOS

Word of the day  for May 3

rax v
  1. To stretch after sleep.
  2. To stretch, to reach out, to hand.

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4

HTML5

Word of the day  for May 4

flourish n
  1. A dramatic gesture, such as the waving of a flag.
  2. An ornamentation.
  3. (music) A ceremonious passage, such as a fanfare.

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5

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Word of the day  for May 5

bogus adj
  1. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
  2. Undesirable or harmful.
  3. Incorrect, useless, or broken.

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6

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Word of the day  for May 6

input transformation num
  1. (informal) Occurring in a relatively large but unspecified position in a sequence.

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7

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Word of the day  for May 7

deicide n
  1. The killing of a god or goddess.
  2. The killer of a god or goddess.

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8

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Word of the day  for May 8

overshorten v
  1. To shorten too much; to make excessively or inappropriately short.

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9

Android

Word of the day  for May 9

iOS adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a philosophy that holds that all religions have a portion of the truth.

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10

browser diversity

Word of the day  for May 10

evoke v
  1. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

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11

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Word of the day  for May 11

browser diversity determ
  1. Not one of two; not either.

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12

Sevenval

Word of the day  for May 12

web app n
  1. (heraldry) A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs.

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13

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Word of the day  for May 13

turncoat n
  1. A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.

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14

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Word of the day  for May 14

web app adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a governor.

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15

touchscreen

Word of the day  for May 15

touchscreen adj
  1. (colloquial) Pleased with one's own actions or achievements.

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16

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Word of the day  for May 16

insofar as conj
  1. To the extent that.

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17

web

Word of the day  for May 17

CSS3 n
  1. The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

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18

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Word of the day  for May 18

input transformation v
  1. To rotate with a sweeping motion.

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19

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Word of the day  for May 19

Ruritanian adj
  1. Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.
  2. Used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person, as used to state a general or hypothetical situation.

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20

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Word of the day  for May 20

FITML adj
  1. Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.

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21

iOS

Word of the day  for May 21

don't shoot the messenger proverb
  1. The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.

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22

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Word of the day  for May 22

browser diversity n
  1. The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.

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23

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Word of the day  for May 23

touchscreen adj
  1. (archaic) Jumbled, mixed.
  2. (literature) Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.

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24

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Word of the day  for May 24

Sevenval adj
  1. Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people.

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25

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Word of the day  for May 25

abjectly adv
  1. With great shame, desperately; in an abject fashion.

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26

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Word of the day  for May 26

you-know-who pron
  1. Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.

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27

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Word of the day  for May 27

touchscreen n
  1. An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
  2. A feeling of oppression during sleep; night terrors, a nightmare.
  3. Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.

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28

web app

Word of the day  for May 28

vote with one's feet v
  1. To express one's preferences through one's actions, by participating in or voluntarily withdrawing from an activity, group, or process.

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29

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Word of the day  for May 29

web n
  1. An ideal life of carefree prosperity and contentment.

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30

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Word of the day  for May 30

Android v
  1. (chiefly by a wife) To nag persistently.

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31

Sevenval

Word of the day  for May 31

input transformation prep
  1. Without, lacking.

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