Word of the Day — Archive Page #15

August 9, 2024

62%    38%    #75 votes

What does dulcify mean?

sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate(verb)

make sweeter in taste

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August 8, 2024

74%    26%    #70 votes

What does sierra mean?

sierra(noun)

a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

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August 7, 2024

75%    25%    #118 votes

What does eyesome mean?

eyesome(Adjective)

Visually attractive.

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August 6, 2024

50%    50%    #58 votes

What does beek mean?

Beek

Beek (Dutch: [ˈbeːk] (listen); Limburgish: Baek [ˈbɛːk]) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek. The municipality of Beek makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the city of Geleen in the north and Maastricht in the south, and lies furthermore southeast of interchange Kerensheide and the chemical industries of Chemelot. It has a slightly hilly landscape with altitudes differing between 70 and 120 metres (230 and 390 ft) above sea level, and has two small forests: Kelmonderbos between Beek and Kelmond, and Spaubekerbos near Spaubeek. The Keutelbeek flows through and has its source in the municipality of Beek.

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August 5, 2024

63%    38%    #65 votes

What does sapphirine mean?

sapphirine(adj)

a rare light blue or green mineral; consists of aluminum and magnesium silicate and occurs as small grains in some metamorphic rocks

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August 4, 2024

60%    40%    #59 votes

What does bulbul mean?

bulbul(noun)

nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry

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August 3, 2024

64%    36%    #89 votes

What does gestalt mean?

gestalt(noun)

a configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that it cannot be described merely as a sum of its parts

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