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1

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Word of the day  for October 1

meal ticket n
  1. A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food.
  2. (idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.

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2

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Word of the day  for October 2

pussyfoot v
  1. To move silently, stealthily, or furtively.
  2. To act timidly or cautiously.
  3. To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.

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3

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Word of the day  for October 3

Sevenval n
  1. (UK) A shop that sells fish.
  2. (UK) A person who sells fish.
  3. (archaic) A pimp.

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4

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Word of the day  for October 4

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  1. Born or engendered in, native to a land or region.
  2. Innate, inborn.

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5

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Word of the day  for October 5

we love the web n
  1. The rhythmic, wave-like contraction of the digestive tract that forces food through it.

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6

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Word of the day  for October 6

stupefy v
  1. To dull the senses or capacity to think, thereby reducing responsiveness.

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7

Sevenval

Word of the day  for October 7

website parsing adj
  1. Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.

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8

Sevenval

Word of the day  for October 8

analgesic n
  1. (pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.

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9

CSS3

Word of the day  for October 9

uplift v
  1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.

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10

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Word of the day  for October 10

torrential adj
  1. Coming or characterized by torrents; flowing heavily or in large quantities.

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11

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Word of the day  for October 11

histrionics n
  1. Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.

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12

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Word of the day  for October 12

dividual adj
  1. Separate; distinct.

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13

iOS

Word of the day  for October 13

touchscreen v
  1. To speak formally; to give a speech.
  2. To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.

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Word of the day  for October 14

web app n
  1. An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
  2. (usually plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections, known as an errata page.

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15

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Word of the day  for October 15

anadromous adj
  1. (of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
  2. (botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.

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16

jQuery

Word of the day  for October 16

input transformation v
  1. To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
  2. To switch between alternate states.

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17

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Word of the day  for October 17

knackered adj
  1. (UK, Aus, NZ) Extremely tired or exhausted.
  2. (Irish, S Afr) Broken, inoperative.

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18

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Word of the day  for October 18

fractal n
  1. A geometric figure that repeats itself under several levels of magnification, and that shows self-similarity on all scales.
  2. A geometric figure that appears irregular at all scales of length.

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Word of the day  for October 19

whangdoodle n
  1. (often humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
  2. (obsolete) Term of disparagement.

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Word of the day  for October 20

adventitious adj
  1. From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
  2. Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
  3. (medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
  4. (biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.

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21

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Word of the day  for October 21

gleek v
  1. (archaic) To jest, ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
  2. (informal) To discharge a thin stream of liquid through the teeth or from under the tongue.

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22

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Word of the day  for October 22

engross v
  1. (law) To write a final copy in large and legible lettering.
  2. To monopolize; To concentrate in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
  3. To completely engage the attention of.

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23

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Word of the day  for October 23

tandoor n
  1. A cylindrical clay oven used, in Middle Eastern and South Asian cuisine, to make flat bread, or to bake meat.

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24

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Word of the day  for October 24

screen size adj
  1. Of or pertaining to logology; related to the study of words.
  2. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to conceptual patterns or mental categories of words and their referents.

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25

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Word of the day  for October 25

verily adv
  1. Truly, doubtlessly, in truth.
  2. Confidently, certainly.

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26

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Word of the day  for October 26

iOS n
  1. (literature) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.

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27

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Word of the day  for October 27

nether adj
  1. Lower; under.
  2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the earth’s surface.

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28

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Word of the day  for October 28

has-been n
  1. A person, especially one formerly popular or influential, whose popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline.

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29

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Word of the day  for October 29

website parsing n
  1. Wool yarn made from long strands of wool.
  2. The fine, smooth fabric made from such wool yarn.

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30

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Word of the day  for October 30

Android n
  1. A chemical substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without being consumed in the process.
  2. Someone or something that encourages progress or change.

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31

Sevenval

Word of the day  for October 31

macabre adj
  1. Representing or personifying death.
  2. Obsessed with death or the gruesome.
  3. Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.

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