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Definition of "win"

1. To achieve victory or finish first in a competition. (verb-intransitive)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

2. To achieve success in an effort or venture: struggled to overcome the handicap and finally won. (verb-intransitive)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

3. To achieve victory or finish first in. (verb-transitive)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

4. To receive as a prize or reward for performance. (verb-transitive)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

5. To achieve or attain by effort: win concessions in negotiations. (verb-transitive)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "therapist"

1. One who specializes in the provision of a particular therapy. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "reconditeness"

1. The character or state of being recondite; profound or hidden meaning. (noun)   The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Definition of "shrimpfish"

1. Any of various small, slender tropical marine fishes of the family Centriscidae, related to the sea horses and pipefish. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "waggie" [wag•gie]

1. The pied wagtail, a small passerine bird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, a subspecies of the white wagtail, found in Britain and Ireland. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "theropod" [theropod]

1. Any of various large carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs of the suborder Theropoda of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, characterized by bipedal locomotion, large jaws, and short forelimbs. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "bird flu"

1. A common term for avian influenza. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "blackhole" [blackhole]

1. Alternative spelling of black hole, especially in the attributive. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

2. A place where traffic is silently discarded. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

3. A bit bucket; a place of permanent oblivion for data. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

4. DNSBL, used to block spamming IP addresses – are often called "blackhole lists" (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

5. A blackhole server, a DNS server that handles reverse lookups of invalid IP ranges (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "tongue-flower"

1. An orchid of the genus Glossodia. (noun)   The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Definition of "diving-suit"

1. Alternative spelling of diving suit. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Definition of "excellence"

1. The state, quality, or condition of excelling; superiority. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

2. Something in which one excels. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

3. Excellency. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Definition of "cumbersome"

1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

2. Troublesome or onerous. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.