Monday, December 13, 2010

Meaning for English words

* Aboriginal means indigenous or earliest known.


* Aloft means overhead or high up.


* Artillery means the branch of the army concerned with the use of canons.

* Beridden means confined to bed because of illness, injury.


* China clay is a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
Another name for china clay is Kaolin.

Kaolin is used in ceramics, medicine, coated paper, as a food additive, in toothpaste, as a light diffusing material in white incandescent light bulbs, and in cosmetics. It is generally the main component in porcelain.


* Compatible means capable of existing.

* Concussion means shock caused by the impact of a collision, blow.

* Confine means prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment or illness or discipline.

2 ) To enclose within bounds.

* Consul means an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country to represent his goverment's commercial interests & assists the citizens there.

* Consulate means a residence or official premises of a consul.

* Crockery means a kind of earthenware.

* Crown means a type of headgear worn by a monarch as a symbol of soverignty, often made by a precious metal & ornamented with valuable gems.

* Cuneiform means wedge shaped characters used for writing by ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians.

* Discrepancy means disagrement or divergence between facts.

* Earthenware is a common ceramic material, which is used extensively for pottery tableware and decorative objects.

* Electromagnetic radiation (often abbreviated E-M radiation or EMR) is a form of energy exhibiting wave like behavior as it travels through space.

These waves are classified according to their frequencies like radio waves, Micro waves, Infrared radiation, Visible light, Ultra violet radiation, X rays & Gamma rays.

They have both electric & magnetic field components.

* Eminence means high rank or state or repute

* Enclave means a country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another. A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit.

* Fatigue means physical or mental weariness.

* Feasible means capable of being accomplished.

* Fornication means voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.

* Fugitive means run away from law or justice.

* Furrow means a long, narrow, shallow trench made in the ground by a plow.


* Gazette means a newspaper or a printed sheet published periodically.

* Generic means relating to entire group or class.

* Grimace means facial expression that indicates disapproval

* Grin means to smile broadly as an indication of pleasure.


* Groove means long, narrow cut in the surface.

* Hack means to break up the surface.

* Hike means rise or increase.

* Inmate means a person confined in a prison,hospital or in a hostel.

* Intent means aim or goal.

* Invade means to enter forcefully and affect injuriously or destructively.

* Janitorial means one who attends to the maintenance or cleaning of a building.

* Loom means a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.

* Manifest means prove

* Maternity means state of being a mother.

* Monotonous means uniformity in sound or tone or pitch. * Myopia means short-sight.

* Myriad means Lot of , many, innumerable, plenty of, utter most & etc. * Obsolete means no longer in use.

* Outlaw means a person or group or a thing excluded from the benefits & protection of law. He is a lawless person or habitual criminal , especially one who is fugitive from the law. * Persist means fixed or unmoved or stand firm.

* Photoluminescence is a process in which a substance absorbs photons (electromagnetic radiation) and then re-radiates photons.

* Plaque means a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal.

* Porcelain is a strong, vitreous, translucent ceramic material.

* Pottery means articles made of baked clay or a place where earthen pots or vessels are made.


* Pranks means a trick of an amusing and playful.

* Refrain means avoid or abstain.

* Render means submit or present or surrender something or someone to another.

* Slut means prostitute.

* Solicit means request.


* Spill means to cause or allow to fall liquid from a container.

* Sterility means inability to reproduce because of congenital or some disorders.

* Stoneware means a hard, opaque, vitrified ceramic ware.

* Toast means sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.

* Trench means excavation or depression in the ground.

* Usher means One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium , just like door keeper.

* Vintage means a kind of wine from particular grapes.

* Vitrify means convert into glass.

* Vulnerable means capable of being wounded easily or capable of being affected easily.

* Weft means woven fabric or garment.

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