preferment

31 01 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) preferment;
  - the act of preferring;
  - “the preferment went to the younger candidate”;

2. (n.) preferment;
  - the act of making accusations;
  - “preferment of charges”;

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temerity

31 01 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) audaciousness, audacity, temerity;
  - fearless daring;


   


courser

31 01 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) courser;
  - a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey;

2. (n.) charger, courser;
  - formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle;

3. (n.) courser;
  - a dog trained for coursing;

4. (n.) courser;
  - swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles;

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unlawful

31 01 2010

Adjectives
1. (adj.) improper, unconventional, unlawful;
  - not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention;
  - “an unconventional marriage”; “improper banking practices”;

2. (adj.) unlawful;
  - contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law;
  - “unlawful measures”; “unlawful money”; “unlawful hunters”;

3. (adj.) unlawful;
  - not morally right or permissible;
  - “unlawful love”;

4. (adj.) unlawful, wrongful;
  - having no legally established claim;
  - “the wrongful heir to the throne”;

5. (adj.) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw, outlawed, unlawful;
  - contrary to or forbidden by law;
  - “an illegitimate seizure of power”; “illicit trade”; “an outlaw strike”; “unlawful measures”;

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confidant

30 01 2010

Nouns
1. (n.) confidant, intimate;
  - someone to whom private matters are confided;

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