A sunshower is an unusual meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining . These conditions often lead to the appearance of a rainbow, if the sun is at a low enough angle . The term "sunshower" is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Britain, but is rarely found in dictionaries.
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amberella commented on the word callipygian
Word of the day
February 13, 2007
amberella commented on the word plum
The Word Plum
by Helen Chasin
The word plum is delicious
pout and push, luxury of
self-love, and savoring murmur
full in the mouth and falling
like fruit
taut skin
pierced, bitten, provoked into
juice, and tart flesh
question
and reply, lip and tongue
of pleasure.
January 22, 2007
amberella commented on the list people-who-became-words
Bowdlerize was on my list, but I couldn't read my hand writing! Oops.
January 5, 2007
amberella commented on the word supertask
In philosophy, a supertask is a task occurring within a finite interval of time involving infinitely many steps (subtasks).
January 5, 2007
amberella commented on the word abulia
a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.
January 4, 2007
amberella commented on the word gork
noun Medicine/Medical Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a patient whose brain has suffered severe and irreversible damage and whose vital functions are being maintained by artificial means.
January 4, 2007
amberella commented on the word wallydrag
a feeble, dwarfed animal or person.
January 4, 2007
amberella commented on the word quixotry
830!How a Massachusetts carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever.
the most points on a single turn (365, for Cresta's play of QUIXOTRY)
January 4, 2007
amberella commented on the word sunshower
A sunshower is an unusual meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining . These conditions often lead to the appearance of a rainbow, if the sun is at a low enough angle . The term "sunshower" is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Britain, but is rarely found in dictionaries.
December 31, 2006
amberella commented on the word geason
a. 1.Rare; wonderful.
December 31, 2006
amberella commented on the word drazel
Draz´el
n. 1.A slut; a vagabond wench.
December 31, 2006
amberella commented on the word akrasia
Akrasia, occasionally transliterated as acrasia (from Greek, "lacking command (over oneself)") is the state of acting against one's better judgement.
December 31, 2006