parting (noun)
41cup and ball — noun 1. : a bilboquet having a cup; also : the game of maneuvering the bilboquet so as to catch the ball in the cup 2. : the cross parting in columnar igneous rocks in which one face of the parting is concave and the other convex (as in the… …
42gift — noun 1 sth that you give to sb ADJECTIVE ▪ generous, kind, thoughtful (esp. AmE) ▪ Thank you all for your kind gifts. ▪ expensive, lavish, precious …
43trick — noun 1》 a cunning or skilful act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone. ↘a mischievous practical joke. ↘a skilful act performed for entertainment. ↘an illusion: a trick of the light. ↘[as modifier] intended to mystify or …
44aubade — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan aubada, from alba, auba dawn, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin, feminine of albus white more at alb Date: circa 1678 1. a song or poem greeting the dawn 2. a. a …
45crotch — noun Etymology: probably alteration of 1crutch Date: 1563 1. a pole with a forked end used especially as a prop 2. an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or members • crotched adjective …
46curfew — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French coverfeu, signal given to bank the hearth fire, curfew, from coverir to cover + fu, feu fire, from Latin focus hearth Date: 14th century 1. the sounding of a bell at evening < the Curfew tolls the …
47watershed — noun /ˈwɔːtəʃɛd,ˈwɔtɚʃɛd/ a) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest. b) A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage… …
48tenacity — noun /təˈnæs.ɪ.ti,təˈnæsətʲi/ a) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose. Our opponents may be younger, faster and less out of shape than we are, but we have… …
49rhubarb — noun /ˈɹʊuˌbɑː(ɹ)b/ a) Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially R. rharbarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks, that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous). Rhubarb is of …
50aubade — noun a) A song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn. b) A morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning. Ant: serenade, nocturne …
