UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

Shoshana

lug 6, 2020 03:30

Tautology - The saying of the same thing over again in different words, needless repetition of an idea

Yuzuaecha

lug 6, 2020 04:07

ultraism -

holding extreme opinions on a subject

Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

lug 6, 2020 05:57

Windage - the effect of the wind in deflecting a missile such as a bullet

Yuzuaecha

lug 6, 2020 06:10

X-CATCHER- In old naval slang, an X-catcher or X-chaser was someone who was good at math—literally someone good at working out the value of x.

Shoshana

lug 6, 2020 06:13

Yasmak - double Muslim veil leaving only eyes uncovered

Yuzuaecha

lug 6, 2020 06:15

cute chan:

baloney- foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense.

ITS SUPPOSED TO BE ALPHABETICAL

Yuzuaecha

lug 6, 2020 06:19

ZACK - An old southern English dialect word meaning “to walk hesitantly.”

Yuzuaecha

lug 6, 2020 06:30

bahuvrihi - compound word whose second part is a noun but that acts as an adjective

Helo_Mek_in_Vegas

lug 6, 2020 07:29

Chocks - (wheel chocks)are wedges of sturdy material placed closely against a vehicle's wheels to prevent accidental movement. Chocks are placed for safety in addition to setting the brakes. (If the rear axle is jacked off the ground with only the parking brake set, the vehicle may roll on the front wheels and fall)

Yuzuaecha

lug 6, 2020 07:41

Density Altitude -

Pressure altitude corrected for nonstandard temperature variations. As temperature and altitude increase, air density decreases. In a sense, it's the altitude at which the airplane "feels" its flying.