advances (noun)
41QWERTY phenomenon — noun The tendency to continue to use the first available product or system despite the fact that recent advances, technology and/or ideas could provide better alternatives …
42environment division — noun The part of a COBOL program that specifies the hardware on which it is designed to run, the symbolic names to be used by files, and certain other specifications 1964 Franz Alt, Advances in computers …
43Geneva mechanism — noun A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a… …
44wheeler-dealer — noun A shrewd and often unscrupulous person who advances his own interests by scheming; a hustler. Seated at separate tables to underscore their differing levels of involvement with indicted savings and loan wheeler dealer Charles Keating, the… …
45simp — noun /sɪmp/ A simple person lacking common sense; a fool or simpleton. Pimps and simps would fall in from here and there and everywhere, grabbing thousand dollar advances from the madames and leaving their lady friends in pawn …
46conspiracy theorist — noun One who believes in, follows, or advances a conspiracy theory …
47wild pitch — noun A play where the pitcher throws a non catchable pitch and a runner advances. Jones uncorked a wild pitch, which went to the screen …
48emperor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ reigning ▪ future ▪ late VERB + EMPEROR ▪ be, become ▪ …
49monkey\ business — noun slang informal 1. Any unethical, illegitimate, or objectionable activity that is furtive or deceitful, e.g., undercover sexual advances, cheating, misuse of public funds, etc. There is a lot of monkey business going on in that firm; you d… …
50sexual harassment — noun the repeated making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks to a person, especially in a workplace …
