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flagitious

Posted on August 3, 2016August 1, 2016 by admin

flə jI shəs adjective viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. The former head of the army was charged with crimes against humanity and will be punished for his flagitious acts.

fissure

Posted on August 2, 2016August 1, 2016 by admin

fI shər noun 1. a narrow crevice or other opening, esp. one caused by splitting. Steam issued from the fissures in the earth. “Republican Fissures Deepen as Feuding Candidates Rip Up Loyalty…

critical mass

Posted on August 1, 2016July 26, 2016 by admin

krI tih kəl maes noun 1. the minimum mass of fissionable material necessary to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. 2. the amount or number necessary or sufficient to cause an effect or…

deliquesce

Posted on July 29, 2016July 31, 2016 by admin

de lə kwes intransitive verb 1. to melt away; dissolve. The old local order has been broken up or is now being broken up all over the earth, and everywhere societies deliquesce, everywhere men are afloat amidst the wreckage of their flooded conventions, and still tremendously unaware of the thing that has happened.(H.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia) 2. to dissolve gradually and change into a liquid by absorbing moisture from the air….

coagulate

Posted on July 29, 2016July 28, 2016 by admin

ko aeg yə leIt transitive verb to cause (a liquid) to thicken into a semisolid mass. Enzymes coagulate the milk in the cheese-making process. intransitive verb of a liquid, to become thicker;…

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