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Meta:Word of the day archive/2013/07
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- 2013-07-01:The husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father.
stepfather • stepdad
- 2013-07-02:A coin worth 25 cents.
quarter
- 2013-07-03:An angle indicating the amount of rotation of an object around its longitudinal axis. For an airplane, it indicates whether its nose points up or down.
pitch • tilt
- 2013-07-04:A dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Holland, a region of the Netherlands.
Hollandic • Hollandish
- 2013-07-05:A perennial plant of the species Aegopodium podagraria that grows in shady places and is often considered to be a weed.
goutweed • bishop's weed • ground elder • herb gerard • snow-in-the-mountain
- 2013-07-06:Having formally promised to be married.
engaged • betrothed
- 2013-07-07:A type of aspirin that releases nitric oxide in the body.
nitroaspirin
- 2013-07-08:Be (or stay) silent!
shh
- 2013-07-09:A plant that grows on another plant but does not obtain nutrients from it.
epiphyte • air plant
- 2013-07-10:A person who owns or operates a ranch.
rancher • stockgrower
- 2013-07-11:A brown blemish on the skin associated with aging and exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
age spot • liver spot
- 2013-07-12:To deprive a person of their private property for public use.
expropriate
- 2013-07-13:To complete (a form, a questionnaire, etc.) by writing the requested information.
fill in • fill out
- 2013-07-14:Bark of several Eurasian and North American birch trees of the genus Betula.
birchbark
- 2013-07-15:A hybrid resulting from the crossing of a male leopard with a lioness.
leopon
- 2013-07-16:A family of near-passerine birds found worldwide except in Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar and polar regions.
pisculet • sapsucker • woodpecker • wryneck
- 2013-07-17:A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.
chump • fall guy • gull • fool • patsy
- 2013-07-18:To get an injury to a ligament or a joint caused by a sudden overstretching.
to sprain
- 2013-07-19:(For a garment) Not tight or close.
loose
- 2013-07-20:The obtention of a more important, responsible or better paid job or rank.
promotion
- 2013-07-22:A carnivorous quadruped of the species Proteles Lalandii, resembling the fox and hyena.
aardwolf
- 2013-07-23:A plant of the genus Solidago.
goldenrod • Aaron's rod
- 2013-07-24:(Of a boat) Toward the stern.
abaft • aft
- 2013-07-25:A condition where the voltage in a circuit is above its upper design limit.
overvoltage
- 2013-07-26:The use of bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections.
phage therapy
- 2013-07-27:Inflammation of a tendon.
tendonitis • tendinitis
- 2013-07-28:A rare species of sedge native to parts of Europe.
starved wood sedge
- 2013-07-29:(Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition.
caveat
- 2013-07-30:The total inability to perceive colors.
achromatopsia • monochromacy • total color blindness