elaboration (noun)
51concise — adjective Etymology: Latin concisus, from past participle of concidere to cut up, from com + caedere to cut, strike Date: circa 1590 marked by brevity of expression or statement ; free from all elaboration and superfluous detail < a concise… …
52Spanish profanity — Joder redirects here. For the community in Nebraska, see Joder, Nebraska. This article is a summary of Spanish profanity, referred to in the Spanish language as lenguaje soez (low language), maldiciones (curse words), malas palabras (bad words),… …
53Navajo phonology — is the study of how speech sounds pattern and interact with each other in that language. The phonology of Navajo is intimately connected to its morphology. For example, the entire range of contrastive consonants is found only at the beginning of… …
54Cheikh Anta Diop — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Diop. Cheikh Anta Diop Cheikh Anta Diop Nom de naissance Seex Anta Jóob (en wolof) Naissance …
55Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
56advance — ad·vance 1 vt ad·vanced, ad·vanc·ing: to supply or provide ahead of time: as a: to give (a gift) by way of or as an advancement b: to supply (as money) beforehand in expectation of repayment or other future adjustment advance 2 n: a provision of… …
57savant — savant, ante [ savɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1510; « sachant » XIIe; a. p. prés. de 1. savoir I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Qui sait beaucoup, en matière d érudition ou de science (I, 1o). ⇒ cultivé, docte, éclairé, érudit, instruit , lettré. De savants bénédictins.… …
58development — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. outgrowth, consequence; growth, expansion; change, evolution; [building] project, housing development. See increase, effect, improvement, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Improvement] Syn. gain, rise,… …
59JUDEO-PERSIAN — JUDEO PERSIAN, a form of Persian used by Jews and written in Hebrew characters. The oldest Judeo Persian texts are the earliest known records in the Persian language (see judeo persian Literature below). These consist of the inscriptions of Tang… …
60MISHNAH — (Heb. מִשְׁנָה). The term mishnah is used in a number of different ways (see below), but when used as a proper noun ( the Mishnah ) it designates the collection of rabbinic traditions redacted by Rabbi judah ha nasi (usually called simply Rabbi ) …
