The definitions of this mini dictionary came from the unabridged "Websters New International Dictionary" Seventh Addition.
Just so everyone is on the same wave length when you use a word please look it up in the dictionary to make sure you use the correct word for your thoughts.
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Balance - 1).To weigh in a balance; to estimate the weight of ; to ponder. 2). arrange so that opposing forces neutralize each other. 3). Figuratively: a) The imaginary balance by which Justice determines her decision, or by which Fortune determines the uncertain fates of men; hence, the means by which actions, principles, ect., are weighed or estimated
Beautiful - That to which is beautiful; esp.; with the , the abstract or IDEAL essence or principle of that which appeals to aesthetictes and instinct; the characteristics shared by all beautiful things ans all instances of beauty.
Creation - 1). Act of making, producing, fashioning, or bringing into existence, in general. 2). Act of constituting or investing with a new character, title, or the like; appointment. 3). The presentation of a conception in an artistic embodiment; esp., the first dramatic representation of a role.
Creature - Anything created being; anything not self-existent; a creation, whether regarded as the work of God, of the human mind, or of natural forces or conditions. 2). Syn ~ dependent.
Civilized - 1).To reclaim from, or cause to come out of, a savage or barbarous state; to instruct in the rules and customs or civilization and thus elevate in the human scale; educate; refine. 2). To make urbane or polished. 3). Syn ~ Polish, HUMANIZE, URBANIZE.
Delicate - 1). PLEASING THE SENSES, voluptuous, soft and tender. 2). Giving, or adapted to give, gratification to the senses: a). Agreeable; pleasant; COMFORTABLE; ease ful.
Endangered - To subject to an others power; also, to make liable to punishment or arrest.
Experience - 1). The ACTUAL LIVING THROUGH AN EVENT or events; participation in anything through sensation or feeling; the real life as contrasted with the ideal or imaginary; actual enjoyment or suffering; hence, the effect upon the judgement or feelings produced by personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies. 2). Something attained or made as a result of experience.
Exploit -1). Achievement; advantage; success; also, effort to gain advantage. 2). To make use of basely or illegitimately for one's own advantage or profit.
Extinct - 'No longer living or active, without force, superseded ; as, an extinct law; passed away, as , an extinct nation; that has died out; WITHOUT A SURVIVOR; as, an extinct animal or plant; without a qualified heritor; as, an extinct title.
Extinction Coefficient - Specific absorptive index - Absorbency per unit thickness of layer and concentration of solution.
Fair Play - Equitable or impartial treatment; justice.
Fantasy - 1). Act or function of forming images or representations, whether in direct perception or in memory; also an image or impression derived through sensation. 2). Imagination or fancy. 3). a fictive creation.
Idea - 1). A visible representation of a concept, esp. of a abstract PERFECTION. 2). Broadly, any object of the mind existing in apprehension, conception, or thought; a notion, thought, or mental impression. 3). Idea is loosely used for any VAGUE CONCEPTION, supposition, or fancy; it is often employed to express surprise or astonishment. 4). A product of reflection, or mental concentration; a formulated thought or opinion.
Idealism - 1). The practice of forming ideals or of living under their influences; also, that which is idealize. 2). The theory or practice which values ideal or subjective types or aspects of BEAUTY MORE THAN FORMAL or sensible qualities, or that which affirms the pre-eminent value of imagination as compared with faithful copying of nature - opposed to realism.
Idealist - One who idealizes; one whose conduct is influenced more by ideas than by practical consideration; hence, A VISIONARY, A DREAMER.
Idealistic - Of or pertaining to idealists or idealism.
Realism - Preoccupation with FACT or reality; scientific, as opposed to idealistic or speculative or sentimental, attitude, policy, or the like; now esp., the disposition the think and act in the light of things as they are and to repudiate unrealizable or visionary schemes.
System - An organized or methodically arranged set of ideas; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependance or connection; also, a complex of ideas, principles, doctrines, laws. 2). Hence: a hypothesis; a formulated theory. b) THEORY, AS OPPOSED TO PRACTICE.