OT- Word of the day.

[Iansidious]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
Im-post,1: A: A tax or customs duty. B: To classify (imported-goods) for the purpose of determining custums duties. Latin: In - on + ponere - to lay, place.

Im-post,2: The top section of a pillar or wall, serving as support for an arch.

Thanks Narf. I will use that (hopefully.If I get the tiles I need) on mom tonight in srabble. I did find another meaning to your word.

horseracing handicap weight: the weight a horse must carry, including that of the jockey, in a handicap race

[Iansidious]

All these words!*drools* My favorite would have to be lackadaisical. What a fun word just to pronounce . And to Slynky-lol .
On to today's word!

Today's Word:
Trompe l' oeil (trump loy. Don't ask me. Thats how it's pronounced )

1. 3-D painting technique: a technique used in realistic paintings to trick the eye, especially through the use of perspective to create an illusion of three-dimensionality
2. artistic work that tricks the eye: a painting or other artistic object that uses trompe l’oeil

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Diageotropism (let me break that down for you. di*a*ge*ot*ro*pism)


n
horizontal growth: a response of a plant to gravity in which a part of the plant adopts a horizontal position

[ August 01, 2004, 20:55: Message edited by: Iansidious ]

[Kamog]

recalcitrant

adjective
1. refusing to obey authority, etc.
2. hard to handle

[Iansidious]

Today's Word:
Rhebok (ree bok. sounds like the shoe.)

n
antelope of southern Africa: a straight-horned antelope that lives in upland meadows and rocky outcrops in southern Africa. It has brownish-gray woolly hair. Rheboks are related to reedbucks.
Latin name: Pelea capreolus

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Kamog:
recalcitrant

adjective
1. refusing to obey authority, etc.
2. hard to handle

As in nearly every teenager .

[Iansidious]

Originally posted by Slynky:

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Originally posted by Kamog:
recalcitrant

adjective
1. refusing to obey authority, etc.
2. hard to handle

As in nearly every teenager .

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