Word for Today :
seder
noun | SAY-der
Definition : a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first or first and second evenings of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt
Word for Today :
seder
noun | SAY-der
Definition : a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first or first and second evenings of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt
Word for Today :
permeate
verb | PER-mee-ayt
Definition
1 : to diffuse through or penetrate something
2 : to spread or diffuse through
3 : to pass through the pores or interstices of
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pandiculation
noun | pan-dik-yuh-LAY-shun
Definition : a stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities (as when fatigued and drowsy or after waking from sleep)
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expiate
verb | EK-spee-ayt
Definition
1 : to extinguish the guilt incurred by
2 : to make amends for
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hypnagogic
adjective | hip-nuh-GAH-jik
Definition : of, relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep
Word for Today :
umbra
noun | UM-bruh
Definition
1
a : a conical shadow excluding all light from a given source; specifically : the conical part of the shadow of a celestial body excluding a light from the primary source
b : the central dark part of a sunspot
2 : a shaded area
Word for Today :
deflagrate
verb | DEF-luh-grayt
Definition
1 : to burn rapidly with intense heat and sparks being given off
2 : to cause (something) to burn in such a manner
Word for Today :
caduceus
noun | kuh-DOO-see-us
Definition
1 : the symbolic staff of a herald; specifically : a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top
2 : a medical insignia bearing a representation of a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top:
a : one sometimes used to symbolize a physician but often considered to be an erroneous representation
b : the emblem of a medical corps or a department of the armed services (as of the United States Army)
Word for Today :
vanilla
adjective | vuh-NILL-uh
Definition
1 : flavored with the extract of the vanilla bean
2 : lacking distinction : plain, ordinary, conventional
Word for Today :
regurgitate
verb | ree-GUR-juh-tayt
Definition
1 : to become thrown or poured back
2 : to throw or pour back or out from or as if from a cavity