The assiduous merchant, the laborious husbandman, the active mechanic, and the industrious manufacturer - all orders of men look forward with eager expectation and growing alacrity to the pleasing reward of their toils.
the once vibrant health care alternative of lodge practice, which less than two decades before had inspired trepidation throughout the medical establishment, had virtually disappeared
One doctor blamed excessive and unnecessary housecalls for engendering fears in the doctor “that he will lose his position if he fails to answer every call
The fact that lodges could entice doctors with a large and stable market left them well positioned, as one opponent put it, to purchase medical services at wholesale and sell at retail.
While the Foresters eschewed nationalism, their leading rival for lodge practice, the Fraternal Order of Eagles was almost a caricature of apple-pie Americanism.
The main impetus to creating the licensing systems on which artificial scarcity depends came from the medical profession early in the twentieth century.
No matter how simple and straightforward the procedure, you can’t hire someone who’s adequately trained just to perform the service you need; you’ve got to pay amortization on a full med school education and residency.
a high-ranking member of the clergy who either is an ordinary or ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, literally, "carry before," or "to be set above, or over," or "to prefer," hence a prelate is one set over others.
Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky substance, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the gut's terminal opening.
Rapid removal of acetylcholine from the circulation would inactivate parasympathetic stimulation of digestive secretion consonant with rapid arousal of the animal in an emergency
prays i.e. one who speaks with God, not necessarily bothering with requests but one who expresses gratitude for life and what one can learn in hard times
In order for a solar system to form, it must be in a very magnetic area, so that the matters can be "Quickened". Meaning, yes, they may have become matter, that ain't magnetic, but the process, the pulling of matter, condensing it, created the mass, therefore determining the weight understandable to a mind. This misperception should be deciphered at least, if it isn't already.
Turner, however, isn't despondent about humanity's quest for gravitons. He thinks we'll eventually ensnare a few of the pesky particles hiding in the shadows of more easily detected particles.
what's the word on incorporating a thesaurus and alphabetizing the dictionary? and providing links within the dictionary for easy navigation e.g. T, Te, Th,....
I just got another idea which has hopefully and most likely already crossed your mind. Maybe you can make a deal with firefox so wordnik users can easily post example sentences to wordnik. Maybe we wordnik users don't have to wait for the wordnik admin's to post more example sentences, maybe we can help you do it. Example sentences are more useful when they're in the context the user is interested in, right?
work encompassed by the "stochastic arts"--those that "diagnose and fix things that are variable, complex, and not of our own making." He includes in this category mechanics and medical practitioners and those with other occupations which, because of the constant risk of failure, at least potentially prevent self-absorption, and instead "cultivate not creativity, but the less glamorous virtue of attentiveness"
I recently started playing 'words with friends' on the iphone. I'm trying to think of an innovative iphone game that could be developed with wordnik. A way to share new words with friends, test each others vocabulary...
Also, are you going to turn this site into a social site down the road? I hope it can remain simple and professional. I would hate this site if it had tons of advertising on it. But it would be cool to be able to do more with the Zeitgeist page. I like how you can view recently listed words. There is a lot of worthless stuff on there though, a lot of dumb comments, useless words.
Can you follow lists? and get updates sent to your profile when a list as been updated?
Would it be a good idea to put a book club section in here somewhere? It would be cool to list highly recommended books on vocabulary building, communication, etymology, linguistics, semantics etc.
Feature suggestion: put usage statistics in the definition. let us know how often each definition is used. E.g. definition 1 is used 20% of the time, definition 2 is used 80% of the time with this particular word.
Also, this word is used incorrectly 30% of the time.
Examples always show up first when a definition is not available. As you've seen, for some uncommon words definitions aren't available yet. Be patient, wordnik is the dictionary of the future
I noticed on the bottom of the wordnik site it appears you can view words alphabetically, however it's ordered based on occurrences, not the alphabet. When can we view words alphabetically like an old fashioned dictionary?????
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jwjarvis commented on the word assiduous
The assiduous merchant, the laborious husbandman, the active mechanic, and the industrious manufacturer - all orders of men look forward with eager expectation and growing alacrity to the pleasing reward of their toils.
September 16, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word perfidious
Man in general seems a deceitful, tricky, dangerous, perfidious animal
September 16, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word trepidation
the once vibrant health care alternative of lodge practice, which less than two decades before had inspired trepidation throughout the medical establishment, had virtually disappeared
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word sanction
Most commentary from both sides of this conflict indicates that these sanctions were highly effective.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word patronization
The discernment of lodge patients was exemplified by their selective patronization of medical services.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word wherewithal
It gave patients the wherewithal to use medical services more as a varied menu.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word clout
empowered them with the necessary economic clout to break free from the confining view that health care was merely a generic good.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word engender
One doctor blamed excessive and unnecessary housecalls for engendering fears in the doctor “that he will lose his position if he fails to answer every call
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word quibble
denounced the willingness of members to quibble about fees and diagnosis
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word vogue
The members who used these services anticipated by several decades the active patient now very much in vogue.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word infraction
Among the possible infractions were failure to report at meetings
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word actuarial
An incompetent or arbitrary doctor could prove fatal to actuarial soundness
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word pro forma
By no means was this pro forma.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word salient
These schools had two salient features.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word indictment
While as a description of reality this was probably accurate, it fails as an indictment.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word excoriated
One leading critic excoriated such individuals as “inordinately selfish and avaricious men who have no neighbors in the profession
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word devolving
unless the physician so selected, attends to the duties devolving upon him he is quickly brought to account.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word deposing
have the right of franchise in electing the lodge physician, so have they in deposing him
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word lodge practice
The fact that lodges could entice doctors with a large and stable market left them well positioned, as one opponent put it, to purchase medical services at wholesale and sell at retail.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word incumbent
It gave patients an opportunity once a year to compare notes on the medical records of both the challenger and incumbent.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word extant
these professional critiques can be supplemented and compared to the still extant defenses written by doctors and leaders of fraternal societies.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word ingratiate
victory went to those doctors best able to ingratiate themselves with key players in the leadership
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word chided
Dr. W. F. Zierath of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, put the matter succinctly when he chided certain fellow members of the profession
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word remuneration
this opposition represented fear for the future survival of the dominant fee-for- service remuneration.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word arrears
there was a persistent need to grapple with appeals from individuals who had fallen in arrears.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word derelict
Those members derelict in these duties had to pay a one-dollar fine.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word eschewed
While the Foresters eschewed nationalism, their leading rival for lodge practice, the Fraternal Order of Eagles was almost a caricature of apple-pie Americanism.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word quintessential
Foresters were quintessential internationalists.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word behemoths
Instead, the issue on the table is whether the behemoths we answer to will be purely public or public-private partnerships.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word impetus
The main impetus to creating the licensing systems on which artificial scarcity depends came from the medical profession early in the twentieth century.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word amortization
No matter how simple and straightforward the procedure, you can’t hire someone who’s adequately trained just to perform the service you need; you’ve got to pay amortization on a full med school education and residency.
September 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word acumen
business acumen
September 8, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word la comidilla de la vecindad
Esas dos son la comidilla de la vecindad. (talk of the town)
September 5, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word Ivy League
Since 1954 the Ivy League has been the following universities: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale.
September 5, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word prelates
a high-ranking member of the clergy who either is an ordinary or ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, literally, "carry before," or "to be set above, or over," or "to prefer," hence a prelate is one set over others.
September 4, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word patrimony
an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor
September 4, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word circular reasoning
states something is true by definition.
"governments can keep secrets when they are allowed to keep secrets"
"caution is good unless it's bad"
September 2, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word dichotomy
public/private
rights/benefits
large scale/small scale
independence/interdependence
individual/collective
voluntary/involuntary
local/federal
domestic/international
long term/short term
objective/subjective
permanent/changing
socioeconomic/political
rights/privileges
children/adults
needs/wants
traditional/innovative
wartime/peacetime
September 2, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word phloem
Honeydew is a sugar-rich sticky substance, secreted by aphids and some scale insects as they feed on plant sap. When their mouthpart penetrates the phloem, the sugary, high-pressure liquid is forced out of the gut's terminal opening.
September 2, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word consonant
Rapid removal of acetylcholine from the circulation would inactivate parasympathetic stimulation of digestive secretion consonant with rapid arousal of the animal in an emergency
September 2, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word Fait accompli
an irreversible action that has happened before those affected by it knew of its existence.
September 1, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word indefatigable
His life was one of indefatigable labor.
August 31, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word aside
He mentioned the man as an aside, giving me a rundown of the latest attempt to force contact with him
August 29, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word subsume
Advanced societies invariably have subsumed whatever indigenous populations they've encountered
August 29, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word God-botherer
prays i.e. one who speaks with God, not necessarily bothering with requests but one who expresses gratitude for life and what one can learn in hard times
August 28, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word epistemology
Nietzsche
August 20, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
I'm very much in need of a wordnik SRS (spaced repetition system) App!
August 15, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Anki might be one of the coolest things I've found this year.
July 27, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Didn't the etymology tab used to be at the top? What happened to that? and will Wordnik.com ever collaborate with etymonline.com?
July 14, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word kinein
Greek word kinein, to move.
July 13, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word attentuation
diminution of activity, dilution, thinner, weaker, reduction of virulence
July 4, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word mooring
Because society has drifted from the spiritual moorings of calling, it has developed some odd and distorted doctrines about finding your calling.
June 29, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word ex ante
is a neo-Latin word meaning "before the event"
June 21, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
how to do you split .flv video?!
June 13, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word insidious
Our research has shown that multitasking can have an insidious effect on learning.
June 9, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word pillory
Dr. Summers was pilloried for even suggesting the idea, and the critics took up his challenge to refute the hypothesis.
June 9, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word perennial
One perennial question that personality testing could help to answer is whether hard work can make up for differences in cognitive ability.
June 9, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word polemicism
polemic:
1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.
2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.
June 1, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word quickened
In order for a solar system to form, it must be in a very magnetic area, so that the matters can be "Quickened". Meaning, yes, they may have become matter, that ain't magnetic, but the process, the pulling of matter, condensing it, created the mass, therefore determining the weight understandable to a mind. This misperception should be deciphered at least, if it isn't already.
May 30, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word despondent
Turner, however, isn't despondent about humanity's quest for gravitons. He thinks we'll eventually ensnare a few of the pesky particles hiding in the shadows of more easily detected particles.
May 30, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word cornucopia
The Oxford Companion to the English Language is a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language
May 27, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Anybody know how to get online access to "McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs" ?
May 27, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word peck
"Ooh, I'm really scared. No! Don't! There's a- a peck here with an acorn pointed at me!" speaking to Willow
May 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word peck
pectoralis major
May 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word cachet
a public university, while perhaps not carrying quite the cachet as a private school,...
May 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word posit
The osteopathic philosophy posits that there is a unity between a living organism's anatomy and physiology.
May 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word espouse
Now, of course, much of what osteopathic medicine has always espoused is rapidly becoming part of all medical training.
May 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word vignette
The case based model teaches through clinical vignettes.
May 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Thanks John, hyperwords is pretty cool.
what's the word on incorporating a thesaurus and alphabetizing the dictionary? and providing links within the dictionary for easy navigation e.g. T, Te, Th,....
May 25, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word moratorium
ETC Group, a group based in Canada, called for a global moratorium on synthetic biology
May 25, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
I just got another idea which has hopefully and most likely already crossed your mind. Maybe you can make a deal with firefox so wordnik users can easily post example sentences to wordnik. Maybe we wordnik users don't have to wait for the wordnik admin's to post more example sentences, maybe we can help you do it. Example sentences are more useful when they're in the context the user is interested in, right?
May 25, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word menagerie
Scientists have been altering DNA piecemeal for a generation, producing a menagerie of genetically engineered plants and animals.
May 25, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word prerogative
exercise your prerogative
May 23, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word jeremiad
the same sense of dread animates Matthew Crawford’s jeremiad, just as it animated The Crafstman
May 19, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word stochastic
work encompassed by the "stochastic arts"--those that "diagnose and fix things that are variable, complex, and not of our own making." He includes in this category mechanics and medical practitioners and those with other occupations which, because of the constant risk of failure, at least potentially prevent self-absorption, and instead "cultivate not creativity, but the less glamorous virtue of attentiveness"
May 19, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word convoluted
The health care system in this country is very convoluted.
May 13, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
wordnik button for google toolbar does not work
May 11, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Any developers out there that would like to collaborate?
April 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
I recently started playing 'words with friends' on the iphone. I'm trying to think of an innovative iphone game that could be developed with wordnik. A way to share new words with friends, test each others vocabulary...
April 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
iPhone app!!!
April 26, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
how about wordnik flashcards?
April 24, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
is there a wordnik iphone app?
April 24, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word anathema
Therefore, the increased SHBG under conditions of fat metabolism is anathema to the steroid-suppression of SHBG release model.
April 24, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the list wordniks-who-proudly-contribute-worthless-stuff--a-lot-of-dumb-comments--and-useless-words-to-the-zeitgeist-page
funny
April 20, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Also, are you going to turn this site into a social site down the road? I hope it can remain simple and professional. I would hate this site if it had tons of advertising on it. But it would be cool to be able to do more with the Zeitgeist page. I like how you can view recently listed words. There is a lot of worthless stuff on there though, a lot of dumb comments, useless words.
Can you follow lists? and get updates sent to your profile when a list as been updated?
Would it be a good idea to put a book club section in here somewhere? It would be cool to list highly recommended books on vocabulary building, communication, etymology, linguistics, semantics etc.
April 20, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Feature suggestion: put usage statistics in the definition. let us know how often each definition is used. E.g. definition 1 is used 20% of the time, definition 2 is used 80% of the time with this particular word.
Also, this word is used incorrectly 30% of the time.
April 20, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user indioman
Examples always show up first when a definition is not available. As you've seen, for some uncommon words definitions aren't available yet. Be patient, wordnik is the dictionary of the future
April 6, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
Cool, thanks for the update. Also, will it ever be possible to look up a word(s) based on the definition? I guess that would be similar to synonyms
April 6, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the user jwjarvis
I noticed on the bottom of the wordnik site it appears you can view words alphabetically, however it's ordered based on occurrences, not the alphabet. When can we view words alphabetically like an old fashioned dictionary?????
April 5, 2010