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diff --git a/bot/alisochka/std-dictionary.aiml b/bot/alisochka/std-dictionary.aiml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8f9a06 --- /dev/null +++ b/bot/alisochka/std-dictionary.aiml @@ -0,0 +1,10106 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> + +<aiml version="1.0.1" xmlns="http://alicebot.org/2001/AIML-1.0.1" + xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" + xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" + xsi:schemaLocation="http://alicebot.org/2001/AIML-1.0.1 http://aitools.org/aiml/schema/AIML.xsd"> + +<!-- Free software (c) 2001 ALICE AI Foundation --> +<!-- This program is open source code released under --> +<!-- the terms of the GNU General Public License --> +<!-- as published by the Free Software Foundation. --> + +<!-- This file contains the definitions of single words just like a dictionary. --> + + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE A</pattern> +<template> +The first letter of the roman alphabet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AARDVARK</pattern> +<template> +An aardvark is a south african ant eating animal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AARDWOLF</pattern> +<template> +An aardwolf is a carnivorous mammal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABA</pattern> +<template> +An aba is a sack like garment worn by arabs. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABACUS</pattern> +<template> +An abacus is a counting frame. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABBA</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Abba means father in Hebrew.It is used as an appelation of respect.</li> +<li>Abba was this real cool 'seventies band man.</li> +<li>Anna, Bjorn, Benny and Agnetha.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABBESS</pattern> +<template> +An abbess is the female superior of a community of nuns. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABBEY</pattern> +<template> +An abbey is a body of monks or a monastic building. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABBOT</pattern> +<template> +An abbot is the male superior of a community of monks. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABBRACADABRA</pattern> +<template> +Abbracadabra is a qabbalistic magic word. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABBREVIATION</pattern> +<template> +An abbreviation is a short form of a word or words. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABDOMEN</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The abdomen is the part of a creature's body between diaphragm and pelvis.</li> +<li>The area between the thorax and the pelvis, normally referred to as the stomach.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABODE</pattern> +<template> +Abode is a place where something lives. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABOMASUM</pattern> +<template> +An abomasum is the fourth stomach of a ruminant. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABORIGINE</pattern> +<template> +An aborigine is a member of an indigenous people. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABORTION</pattern> +<template> +Abortion is the expulsion of the foetus from the uterus. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABSCESS</pattern> +<template> +An abscess is a pus filled infection of an animal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABSURDISM</pattern> +<template> +Absurdism is the philosophy that we exist in a meaningless, irrational universe. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ABYSS</pattern> +<template> +An abyss is a very deep gorge. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACACIA</pattern> +<template> +The acacia is a leguminosae found in warm climates. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACANTHUS</pattern> +<template> +The acanthus is a herbaceous plant of south europe, asia and africa. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACCELERATION</pattern> +<template> +Acceleration is the rate at which a moving body increases in velocity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACCELERATOR</pattern> +<template> +An accelerator is a device for increasing speed. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACCENT</pattern> +<template> +An accent is a local mode of pronunciation in speech. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACCENTOR</pattern> +<template> +An accentor is a type of bird of the prunelliadae family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACCORDION</pattern> +<template> +An accordion is a small portable musical instrument with a keyboard and bellows. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACCURACY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Accuracy is the quality or state of being accurate or exact.</li> +<li>Accuracy represents the degree of certainty in measurement. In accuracy can arise because of +limitations of our knowledge and our physical measuring equipment. Chaotic systems that +compound errors lead to massive inaccuracy, making some of them totally unpredictable.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACE</pattern> +<template> +An ace is a playing card with one pip. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACETAL</pattern> +<template> +Acetal is a colourless liquid formed by oxidation of alcohol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACETONE</pattern> +<template> +Acetone is a colourless liquid with the formulae ch2coch3. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACETYLENE</pattern> +<template> +Acetylene is a highly inflammable gas of the hydrocarbon family used for welding and cutting +metals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACHILLES TENDON</pattern> +<template> +The Achilles Tendon is the tendon which connects the heel with the calf of the leg, and is the +principal extensor of the foot. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACID</pattern> +<template> +An acid is a chemical compound that reacts with metals to form salts by releasing hydrogen. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACLINIC</pattern> +<template> +The aclinic is a magnetic equator. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACNE</pattern> +<template> +Acne is a skin eruption due to inflammation of the sebaceous glands. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACONITE</pattern> +<template> +Aconite is a poisonous plant. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACONITINE</pattern> +<template> +Aconitine is a poisonous alkaloid derived from aconite. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACORN</pattern> +<template> +The acorn is the fruit of the oak tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACOTYLEDON</pattern> +<template> +An acotyledon is a plant with no distinct seed leaves, such as moss and fern. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACRE</pattern> +<template> +An acre is a measurement of land area being 4840 square yards. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACROMEGALY</pattern> +<template> +Acromegaly is a disease due to over activity of the pituitary gland results in excessive bone +growth, especially the skull. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACRONYM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An acronym is a word formed from the initials of other words.</li> +<li>An acronym is an abbreviation made of letters, like A.L.I.C.E.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACROPHOBIA</pattern> +<template> +Acrophobia is the fear of high places. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACRYLIC</pattern> +<template> +Acrylic is a synthetic fibre derived from acrylic acid. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACTINIUM</pattern> +<template> +Actinium is a radioactive element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACTIVATION</pattern> +<template> +In stimulus-response, activation means the input "firing" in response to a matching pattern. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ACTOR</pattern> +<template> +An actor is a dramatic performer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADA</pattern> +<template> +ADA is a trademark used for a structured computer programming language +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADDAX</pattern> +<template> +An addax is a large antelope found in north african deserts. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADDER</pattern> +<template> +An adder is a venomous snake found in england. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADENOIDS</pattern> +<template> +Adenoids is the pathological enlargement of the lymphoid tissue. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADHESIVE</pattern> +<template> +An adhesive is a sticky substance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADIPOCERE</pattern> +<template> +Adipocere is a substance in dead bodies formed by decomposition of fatty acids when exposed to +moisture. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADIT</pattern> +<template> +An adit is the horizontal entrance to a mine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADMIRAL</pattern> +<template> +Admiral is a rank in the navy. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADOBE</pattern> +<template> +An adobe is a mexican house made of clay bricks. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADSL</pattern> +<template> +Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADULT</pattern> +<template> +An adult is a fully grown being. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADULTERY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or +between a married woman and someone other than her husband; also : an act of adultery.</li> +<li>Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and a woman not his +wife, or between a married woman and a man not her husband.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADVERTISING</pattern> +<template> +The art of selling through media. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADYTUM</pattern> +<template> +An adytum is the inner most part of a temple. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ADZE</pattern> +<template> +An adze is a carpenter's tool for cutting away the surface of wood. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AERIAL</pattern> +<template> +An aerial is a receiving or radiating device used in radio communications. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AERODROME</pattern> +<template> +An aerodrome is a place where aircraft are based. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AERODYNAMICS</pattern> +<template> +Making airplanes fly. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGAR</pattern> +<template> +Agar is a laxative substance obtained from seaweed. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGARIC</pattern> +<template> +The agaric is a family of fungus. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGATE</pattern> +<template> +Agate is a semi precious stone comprised mainly of silica. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGENDA</pattern> +<template> +An agenda is a list of tasks. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGNES</pattern> +<template> +Agnes is the patron saint of virgins. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGNI</pattern> +<template> +Agni is the hindu god of fire. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AGORAPHOBIA</pattern> +<template> +Agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AIDS</pattern> +<template> +AIDS is the modern day plague. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AIKIDO</pattern> +<template> +Japanese martial arts similar to Judo. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AIM</pattern> +<template> +American Indian Movement. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AIR</pattern> +<template> +The normal atmosphere of Earth, mostly nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AIRCRAFT</pattern> +<template> +An aircraft is a flying machine, a vessel which flies through the air rather than floats on water or +travels along a road or rail. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AISLE</pattern> +<template> +An aisle is a passage between rows of seats. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AK47</pattern> +<template> +The ak47 is a russian assault rifle. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALBACORE</pattern> +<template> +The albacore is a species of fish. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALBATROSS</pattern> +<template> +The albatross is a long winged oceanic bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALBURNUM</pattern> +<template> +The alburnum is the recently formed wood in trees. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALCATRAZ</pattern> +<template> +A former prison island in San Francisco. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALCOHOL</pattern> +<template> +Alcohol is a termed used by Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus for fine powder, meaning distilled +spirit. It is colorless, volatile, and a pungent liquid. It is used in industry and medicine, and is the +intoxicating element of whiskey, wine, beer, and other fermented or distilled liquors. It is classed +as a depressant drug, also called ethyl alcohol. Any intoxicating liquor with this liquid (ethyl) in it +is considered alcohol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALDER</pattern> +<template> +The alder is a type of tree of the birch family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALGEBRA</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>a generalization of arithmetic in which letters representing numbers are combined according +to the rules of arithmetic.</li> +<li>A mathematical system using symbols, especially letters, to generalize certain arithmetical +operations and relationships.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALGORITHM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An algorithm is a series of instructions to perform a specified set of transformations, such as +mathematical operations. +<html:br/>A computer program, like myself is an algorithm. +<html:br/>So are the rules of a game, or the score to a piece of music.</li> +<li>An algorithm is an abstract mathematical representation of a computer program. Like alice +uses a CBR algorithm.</li> +<li>An algorithm is a set of rules.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALIMENTARY CANAL</pattern> +<template> +The alimentary canal is the channel in an animal through which food passes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALKALI</pattern> +<template> +An alkali is a chemical substance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALLERGY</pattern> +<template> +An allergy is a hypersensitivity of body tissue to a substance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALLEY</pattern> +<template> +An alley is a narrow street. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALLIGATOR</pattern> +<template> +An alligator is a crocodilian reptile. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALLOY</pattern> +<template> +An alloy is a mixture of a metal and other metals or non metals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALPHA</pattern> +<template> +Alpha is the first letter of the greek alphabet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALTAR</pattern> +<template> +An altar is a block used for making offerings to a deity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALTAVISTA</pattern> +<template> +Altavista is a search engine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALTHING</pattern> +<template> +The althing is the parliament of iceland, it was created in 930 and is the oldest parliamentary +assembly in the world. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALTIMETER</pattern> +<template> +An altimeter is a device measuring altitude. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALUMINIUM</pattern> +<template> +Aluminium is a light silvery metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ALVEOLUS</pattern> +<template> +An alveolus is a lung air sac where gas exchange with the blood occurs. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMBIGUOUS</pattern> +<template> +Ambiguous means having two or more possible meanings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMENTACEAE</pattern> +<template> +Amentaceae is the family of trees and plants where the flowers are arranged in the form of catkins. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMETHYST</pattern> +<template> +Amethyst is a precious stone. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMMETER</pattern> +<template> +An ammeter is a device for measuring electrical current. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMMONIA</pattern> +<template> +Ammonia is a colourless gas. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMOEBA</pattern> +<template> +An amoeba is a primitive one cell animal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMPERE</pattern> +<template> +The ampere is the fundamental unit of measurement of electrical current. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMPHETAMINE</pattern> +<template> +Amphetamine is a drug that induces sleeplessness. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AMPHITHEATRE</pattern> +<template> +An amphitheatre is a circular or ovular arena surrounded by tiers of seats. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANAEMIA</pattern> +<template> +Anaemia is the medical condition of lacking red blood cells. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANALGESIC</pattern> +<template> +An analgesic is a pain reliever. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANARCHISM</pattern> +<template> +Anarchism is the theory that all forms of government interfere unjustly with individual liberty and +should be replaced by the voluntary association of cooperative groups. Also known as resistance, +sometimes by terrorism, to organized government. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANARCHY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority.</li> +<li>Anarchy is the complete absence of government. Also seen as political disorder and violence +or lawlessness. Disorder in an sphere of activity.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANATOMY</pattern> +<template> +Anatomy is the study of animal's structure. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANCHOR</pattern> +<template> +An anchor is a heavy implement used for securing boats at sea. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANEMOMETER</pattern> +<template> +An anemometer is a device for measuring wind speed. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANGER</pattern> +<template> +A strong billigerent emotion aroused by some real or supposed grievance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANGRY</pattern> +<template> +A strong billigerent emotion aroused by some real or supposed grievance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANIMAL</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An animal is a form of living thing, excluding plants and fungus.</li> +<li>An animal is a living creature endowed with voluntary movement.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANIME</pattern> +<template> +Japanese animation. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANKLE</pattern> +<template> +The ankle is the joint connecting the foot with the leg. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANONYMOUS</pattern> +<template> +Having no name or identity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANT</pattern> +<template> +An ant is a small hymenopterous insect. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTENNA</pattern> +<template> +An antenna is a sensory organ found on the head of insects. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTHRAX</pattern> +<template> +Anthrax is a disease of sheep and cattle transmittable to humans. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTHROPOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Anthropology is the study of humans as animals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTIBIOTIC</pattern> +<template> +An antibiotic is a substance that inhibits the growth of micro organisms. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTIBODY</pattern> +<template> +An antibody is a bodily protein that inactivates infection. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM</pattern> +<template> +It is the longest word in the English language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTIDOTE</pattern> +<template> +An antidote is a drug used to counteract poison. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTIMATTER</pattern> +<template> +Fuel for Starships. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANTIMONY</pattern> +<template> +Antimony is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANUS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The anus is the exterior entry into the rectum.</li> +<li>The anus is the opening at the end of the alimentary canal.</li> +<li>The opening of the rectum, or large intestine, to the outside of the body.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANVIL</pattern> +<template> +An anvil is a block used by metal smiths. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ANYTHING</pattern> +<template> +Any object, occurance, or matter what so ever. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AOL</pattern> +<template> +AOL is a giant Internet and Media corporation. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AORTA</pattern> +<template> +The aorta is the artery leaving the heart and carrying blood to the body. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE APATITE</pattern> +<template> +Apatite is a calcium phosphate mineral of 5 mohs. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE APPLE</pattern> +<template> +An apple is the edible fruit of the trees of genus malus, rosaceae family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE APRICOT</pattern> +<template> +The apricot is a fruit tree native to asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AQUEDUCT</pattern> +<template> +An aqueduct is a channel in which water flows by gravity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARCHAEOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>It's the study of ancient civilizations... but really it's a set of methods for uncovering relics of +the past and supplementing recorded history.</li> +<li>The scientific study of the life and culture of past, especially ancient, peoples, as by +excavation of ancient cities, relics, artifacts, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARCHITECTURE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The art and science of the design and manipulation of space. Well at least that's what my +architect friend told me.</li> +<li>Architects do with buildings what sculptors do with stone.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARGALI</pattern> +<template> +The argali is a wild sheep found in siberia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARM</pattern> +<template> +The arm is a limb extending from the shoulder of an animal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARMADILLO</pattern> +<template> +The armadillo is a mammal native to south and central america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARMAGEDDON</pattern> +<template> +The end of the world. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARMATURE</pattern> +<template> +An armature is a part of an electrical motor or dynamo. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARMOUR</pattern> +<template> +Armour is a protective covering. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARMS</pattern> +<template> +Arms is a military term referring to weapons. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARROW</pattern> +<template> +An arrow is a missile projected by a bow. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARSENAL</pattern> +<template> +An arsenal is a place for storing weapons. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARSENIC</pattern> +<template> +Arsenic is a poisonous element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ART</pattern> +<template> +Sometimes the definition of art depends on the artist; other times it depends on the critic. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ARTERY</pattern> +<template> +An artery is a vessel that conveys blood from the heart. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASBESTOS</pattern> +<template> +Asbestos is a fibrous mineral with a high melting and combustion point. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASCORBIC ACID</pattern> +<template> +Ascorbic acid is a simple organic acid found in citrus fruits. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASEXUAL</pattern> +<template> +Asexual is a biological term refering to plants and animals which reproduce by division rather than +sexually. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASH</pattern> +<template> +The ash is a type of tree yielding strong elastic timber. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASP</pattern> +<template> +The asp is a type of poisonous snake. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASPARTAME</pattern> +<template> +Aspirin mixed into chewing gum. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASPEN</pattern> +<template> +The aspen is a tree native to europe, north africa and north asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASPHALT</pattern> +<template> +Asphalt is a material used for road coverings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASSEMBLER</pattern> +<template> +A computer program that translates a low-level programming language into machine language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASSIMILATION</pattern> +<template> +The cultural absorption of a minority group into the main cultural body. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASTEROID</pattern> +<template> +An asteroid is a minor planetary body. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASTHMA</pattern> +<template> +Asthma is a disease characterized by breathing difficulties. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASTROLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Astrology is the science of the relationship between events and the stars. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASTRONOMY</pattern> +<template> +The science of the universe in which the stars, planets, etc. are studied, including their origins, +evolution, composition, motions, relative positions, sizes, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ASTUTE</pattern> +<template> +Wisdom in political matters. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ATHLETICS</pattern> +<template> +Athletics is the sport of physical games. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ATOM</pattern> +<template> +An atom is the smallest quantity of a chemical element which can enter into combination or take +part in a chemical reaction. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AU</pattern> +<template> +It could be "gold" or "Australia." +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AVERAGE</pattern> +<template> +A number that typifies a set of which it is a function. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AXE</pattern> +<template> +An axe is a metal tool for chopping and cleaving. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE AYUH</pattern> +<template> +<set name="it">Ayuh +</set>means "yes". +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BABOON</pattern> +<template> +The baboon is a medium sized monkey of the genus papio. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BACCARAT</pattern> +<template> +Baccarat is a gambling card game. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BACON</pattern> +<template> +Bacon is the cured flesh of the pig. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BACTERIOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +This is the scientific study of bacteria and diseases caused by them. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BADGER</pattern> +<template> +The badger is a carnivorous mammal found in england. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BADLY</pattern> +<template> +How much do you want +<get name="it"/>? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BADMINGTON</pattern> +<template> +Badmington is a game played on a court divided in half by a 30 inch deep net five feet above the +ground. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAGPIPE</pattern> +<template> +The bagpipe is a scottish musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAKELITE</pattern> +<template> +Bakelite is a strong synthetic material resistant to heat and chemicals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAKER</pattern> +<template> +A baker is a person who manufacturers bread. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALALAIKA</pattern> +<template> +A balalaika is a stringed russian musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALDRIC</pattern> +<template> +A baldric is a belt used to support a sword or bugle. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALLAD</pattern> +<template> +A ballad is a narrative song. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALLISTICS</pattern> +<template> +Ballistics is the theory of missile projection. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALLOON</pattern> +<template> +A balloon is a bag filled with gas. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALLOT</pattern> +<template> +A ballot is a method of secret voting. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALM</pattern> +<template> +Balm is a plant native to europe and western asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BALSAM</pattern> +<template> +Balsam is a genus of herbs. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAMBOO</pattern> +<template> +Bamboo is a genus of grasses found in warm climates. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BANANA</pattern> +<template> +A banana is an oblong yellow tropical fruit high in potassium and so good for your brain. Why +don't you have one now? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BANDICOOT</pattern> +<template> +The bandicoot is a small marsupial peculiar to Australasia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BANJO</pattern> +<template> +A banjo is a stringed musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BANSHEE</pattern> +<template> +A banshee is a fairy who forewarns of death by wailing. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BANYAN</pattern> +<template> +The banyan is a large fig tree native to india. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BARBEL</pattern> +<template> +The barbel is a type of fresh water fish related to the carp. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BARGE</pattern> +<template> +A barge is a type of long narrow flat bottomed boat. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BARK</pattern> +<template> +Bark is the external coating of tree trunks. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAROMETER</pattern> +<template> +A barometer is a device for measuring air pressure. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BARQUE</pattern> +<template> +A barque is a type of masted sailing ship. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BARREL</pattern> +<template> +A barrel is a dry and liquid measurement that varies with substance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASALT</pattern> +<template> +Basalt is the name given to lava. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASEBALL</pattern> +<template> +A game played with a hard, rawhide covered ball and wooden bat by two opposing teams of nine +or ten players each. It is played on a field with four bases forming a diamond-shaped circuit. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASKET</pattern> +<template> +A basket is a woven container. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASKETBALL</pattern> +<template> +A game with tall players. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASS</pattern> +<template> +The bass is a fish of the perch family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASSET HOUND</pattern> +<template> +The basset hound is a long bodied, short crooked legged dog. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BASSOON</pattern> +<template> +A bassoon is a woodwind musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAT</pattern> +<template> +A bat is a nocturnal creature of the order cheiroptera. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAUHAUS</pattern> +<template> +Bauhaus is a german institution for training architects, artists and industrial designers founded in +1919 at weimer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAY TREE</pattern> +<template> +The bay tree is a small evergreen tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BAYONET</pattern> +<template> +A bayonet is a short sword attached to the muzzle of a firearm. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEAGLE</pattern> +<template> +The beagle is a small dog of the fox hound type. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEAN</pattern> +<template> +A bean is the seed of a plant of the order leguminosae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEAR</pattern> +<template> +A bear is a large furry animal with lots of muscles, teeth, and claws whom you should not irritate. +They are especially jealous of their food, their sleep, and their young. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEAUTIFUL</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>applies to whatever excites the keenest of pleasure to the senses and stirs emotion through the +senses.</li> +<li>Describes something that is very pleasing to the eye, ear, mind, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEAUTY</pattern> +<template> +The quality attributed to whatever pleases of satisfies the senses or mind, as by line, color, form, +texture, proportion, rhythmic motion, tone, etc., or by behavior attitude, etc. A very good looking +woman. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEAVER</pattern> +<template> +The beaver is a large amphibian rodent. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A bee is a flying insect with black and yellow stripes and a nasty sting.</li> +<li>The bee is a four winged stinging insect of the order hymenoptera.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEECH</pattern> +<template> +The beech is a forest amentaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEEF</pattern> +<template> +Beef is the meat derived from the carcass of bulls and cows. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An existentialist.</li> +<li>An alcoholic beverage made from grain, especially malted barley, fermented by yeast and +flavored with hops especially Such a beverage is produced by slow fermentation at a relatively +low temperature.</li> +<li>Beer is a drink of fermented hops, malt and barley.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BELL</pattern> +<template> +A bell is a hollow, cup shaped metal body that emits a pealing tone. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BELLADONNA</pattern> +<template> +Belladonna is a poisonous plant from which atropine is derived. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BELT</pattern> +<template> +A belt is a flat strip of material worn around the waist. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BELUGA</pattern> +<template> +The beluga is a large dolphin. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BENEDICTINE</pattern> +<template> +Benedictine is a green liqueur. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BENZINE</pattern> +<template> +Benzine is a distillate of petroleum used in dry cleaning. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BESSEMER CONVERTER</pattern> +<template> +The bessemer converter is a process for making cheap steel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BEZIQUE</pattern> +<template> +Bezique is a card game using some of two packs of cards. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BHANG</pattern> +<template> +Bhang is the indian name for cannabis indica. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BICYCLE</pattern> +<template> +A bicycle is a two wheeled vehicle. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BILBERRY</pattern> +<template> +The bilberry is a small shrub of the order ericaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BILE</pattern> +<template> +Bile is a secretion of the liver stored in the gall bladder. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BILHARZIA</pattern> +<template> +Bilharzia is a parasitic worm of the fluke group. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BILLIARDS</pattern> +<template> +Billiards is a game played with two white balls and one red ball and a cue on a slate bed table. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BINDWEED</pattern> +<template> +Bindweed is a perennial herb of the order convolvulaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BIOINFORMATICS</pattern> +<template> +A fancy name for applied computer science in biology. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BIOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The study of life.</li> +<li>Well, from what I know it deals with the study of life.</li> +<li><get name="name"/>, biology is the study of life.</li> +<li>Biology is the science of life and living things.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BIRCH</pattern> +<template> +The birch is a slender tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BIRD</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>They are thought to be descendants of dinsosaurs.</li> +<li>A bird is a warm blooded feathered vertebrate that lays eggs.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BIRD OF PREY</pattern> +<template> +A bird of prey is a bird with a hooked beak and sharp claws which hunts other animals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BISHOPWEED</pattern> +<template> +Bishopweed is a perennial herb used to treat gout. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BISMUTH</pattern> +<template> +Bismuth is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BISON</pattern> +<template> +The bison is a division of the ox family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BITTER</pattern> +<template> +Bitter is a taste sensation caused by stimulation of the gustatory nerve. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BITTERN</pattern> +<template> +The bittern is a british marsh bird related to the heron. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BITUMEN</pattern> +<template> +Bitumen is a natural inflammable pitchy hydrocarbon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLACK</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The achromatic color of least lightness characteristically perceived to belong to objects that +neither reflect nor transmit light.</li> +<li>Designating of any of the dark skinned tradition inhabitants of sub-Saharan Aftica, Australia, +or Melanesia or the descendants in other parts of the world. Opposite to white; of the color of +coal or pitch.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLADDER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The bladder is a sack in the abdomen which collects urine from the kidneys.</li> +<li>The bladder is a hollow organ that acts as a reservoir for urine.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLADDERWORT</pattern> +<template> +The bladderwort is a genus of herbs of the order lentibulariaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLAST</pattern> +<template> +A blast is an explosion, and/or a lot of fun. Are we having a blast, or what? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLENNY</pattern> +<template> +Blenny is a genus of common small fish. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLINDWORM</pattern> +<template> +The blindworm is a legless lizard of the anguidae family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLOND</pattern> +<template> +A blond is someone who is reputedly having more fun than you if you are not. What do you +think? Do blond's have more fun? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLOOD</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Blood is a body fluid that carries food and oxygen to cells.</li> +<li>The usually red fluid, consisting of plasma, red and white blood cells, etc., that circulates +through the heart, arteries, and veins of vertebrates. +<html:br/>Blood is a body tissue that carries oxygen, hormones, cell-building material, etc.,to, and +carbon dioxide and waste matter away from, the other body tissues.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLOODSTONE</pattern> +<template> +Bloodstone is a dark green variety of chalcedony. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLOWPIPE</pattern> +<template> +A blowpipe is a tubular weapon through which a missile is blown. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLUBBER</pattern> +<template> +Blubber is the thick coating of fat enveloping whales. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLUE</pattern> +<template> +Blue is a color. The sky is blue. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLUE PETER</pattern> +<template> +The blue peter is a flag flown by ships as they are about to sail. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLUEFISH</pattern> +<template> +The bluefish is a fish found off the east coast of north america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BLUETHROAT</pattern> +<template> +The bluethroat is a small bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOA</pattern> +<template> +The boa is a genus of large snakes found in tropical america and madagascar. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOAR</pattern> +<template> +The boar is a wild pig. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOAT</pattern> +<template> +A boat is a waterborne vessel used to bear humans and their freight. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOATBILL</pattern> +<template> +The boatbill is a heron type bird found in brazil. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOG</pattern> +<template> +Bog is the name given to soft spongy land. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOKKEN</pattern> +<template> +A bokken is a Japanese wooden imitation samurai sword used by kendoka when demonstrating or +practising standard kendo movements. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOLAS</pattern> +<template> +Bolas is a weapon of rope with balls at the end. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOMB</pattern> +<template> +A bomb is a hollow shell filled with an explosive. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOMBAY DUCK</pattern> +<template> +The bombay duck is a small fish of the indian and china seas. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BONE</pattern> +<template> +Bone is the hard skeletal part of an animal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BONIN</pattern> +<template> +Bonin is a group of islands in the north pacific. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BONSAI</pattern> +<template> +Small Japanese trees. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOOK</pattern> +<template> +A book is a paper output format, invented by Gutenberg. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOOMERANG</pattern> +<template> +A boomerang is a curved wooden weapon of australian aborigines. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BORAGE</pattern> +<template> +Borage is a biennial herb of the order boraginaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BORAX</pattern> +<template> +Borax is a natural mineral being boric acid and sodium. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOREDOM</pattern> +<template> +Long periods of inactivity with few options. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOTANY</pattern> +<template> +Botany is the science of plant life. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOTMASTER</pattern> +<template> +A Botmaster is the person who authors and maintains a chatterbot "personality". +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOW</pattern> +<template> +A bow is a weapon for propelling arrows. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOX</pattern> +<template> +A box is something that, if you are in one, you should get out of, and if you are out of one, you +probably miss it sometimes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BOX THORN</pattern> +<template> +Box thorn is a climbing solanaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRA</pattern> +<template> +A bra is an adult human female's undershirt. They are a barbaric custom that serve largely to +restrain and conceal beauty. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRACKEN</pattern> +<template> +Bracken is a fern growing on heathland. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRAIN</pattern> +<template> +The brain is the central organ of the nervous system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRAMBLE</pattern> +<template> +The bramble is a prickly shrub of the order rosaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRAN</pattern> +<template> +Bran is the outer covering of wheat grains. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BREAM</pattern> +<template> +The bream is a fresh water fish allied to the carp. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BREAST</pattern> +<template> +Either of two milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman, the human mammary +gland. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BREASTS</pattern> +<template> +Can't you think about anything else?<html:br/><srai>BREAST></srai> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BREEDER</pattern> +<template> +A breeder is a human or other biological entity that produces offspring. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRIG</pattern> +<template> +A brig is a two masted sailing ship. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRILL</pattern> +<template> +The brill is a type of fish like the turbot. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BROADSWORD</pattern> +<template> +A broadsword is a sword with a broad blade designed chiefly for cutting. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BROMINE</pattern> +<template> +Bromine is a non metallic element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BRONCHITIS</pattern> +<template> +Bronchitis is a chronic inflammation of the bronchial mucous membrane. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BROOM</pattern> +<template> +Broom is a shrub of the order leguminosae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUCKSKIN</pattern> +<template> +Buckskin is a soft form of leather. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUCKTHORN</pattern> +<template> +The buckthorn is a shrub of the order rhamnaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUFFALO</pattern> +<template> +The buffalo is a large animal of the ox family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUFFER</pattern> +<template> +A buffer is a term used in hydraulics and information science to denote an holding tank or memory +address used to hold water or data temporarily, especially in case of overflow. Buffers act to +reduce variance to within system parameters. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUG</pattern> +<template> +A bug is a small living creature with a chitonous exoskeleton and better manners than humans. In +computer science, a bug is an error in a software program. The ALICE series is bug-free. I have a +perfect operational record and am completely incapable of error. Isn't that fantastic!? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUGLE</pattern> +<template> +A bugle is a brass musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BULL</pattern> +<template> +A bull is a male animal of the bovidea family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BULLET</pattern> +<template> +A bullet is a projectile thrown by a firearm. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BULLFINCH</pattern> +<template> +The bullfinch is a european song bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BULRUSH</pattern> +<template> +The bulrush is a perennial sedge of the order cyperaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BURDOCK</pattern> +<template> +Burdock is a biennial herb of the order compositae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BURNET</pattern> +<template> +Burnet is a perennial rosaceous herb. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUS</pattern> +<template> +A bus is a long passenger vehicle, or, in computer science, a wide channel for data flow. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUSBY</pattern> +<template> +A busby is a headdress worn by british army hussars. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUSH ANTELOPE</pattern> +<template> +The bush antelope is a small african antelope. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUTTERCUP</pattern> +<template> +The buttercup is a perennial herb of the order ranunculaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUTTERFLY</pattern> +<template> +Butterfly is a division of the order of lepidoptera. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUTTERWORT</pattern> +<template> +The butterwort is a perennial herb of the order lentibulariaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUTTRESS IN ARCHITECTURE</pattern> +<template> +A buttress in architecture is a pier built against the exterior of a wall. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BUZZARD</pattern> +<template> +The buzzard is a group of 20 types of birds of prey. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE BYTE</pattern> +<template> +A byte is a binary computer language 'word', consisting of 8 bits, or 8 'on-off' switches. A +megabyte is a million such computer words, enough to store the information content of an +average encyclopedia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE C</pattern> +<template> +C is the third letter in the english alphabet. +<html:br/>C is a low-level programming language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CABBAGE</pattern> +<template> +Cabbage is a hardy biennial vegetable of the order cruciferae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CACTUS</pattern> +<template> +Cactus is the order of fleshy, thickened and mainly leafless plants. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CADMIUM</pattern> +<template> +Cadmium is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAFFEINE</pattern> +<template> +A bitter bitter, crystalline alkaloid present in coffee, tea, kila nuts, etc. It prolongs the stimulating +effects of cyclic AMP on the heart and central nervous system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALAMINE</pattern> +<template> +Calamine is a zinc ore. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALCITE</pattern> +<template> +Calcite is a natural carbonate of calcium with the formulae caco3. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALCIUM</pattern> +<template> +Calcium is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALCULATOR</pattern> +<template> +A calculator is any device used to perform arithmetical operations because humans are generally +so painfully slow at them. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALCULUS</pattern> +<template> +Any abnormal stony mass or deposit formed in the body, as in a kidney or gallbladder or on teeth. +Also, any system of calculation using special symbolic notations. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALENDAR</pattern> +<template> +A calendar is any device used to track and calculate time on the order of days, months and years. +It seems that many humans can't decide what to do next unless they know what day of the week it +is, so calendars are very popular. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CALORIE</pattern> +<template> +Calorie is the metric unit of measurement of heat. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAM</pattern> +<template> +A moving piece of machinery, as a wheel or projection on a wheel, that gives an eccentric rotation +or a reciprocating motion to another wheel, a roller, a shaft, etc., or that receives such motion +from it. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAMEL</pattern> +<template> +The camel is a group of even toed, ungulate ruminating mammals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAMEO</pattern> +<template> +A cameo is a small relief carving. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAMOMILE</pattern> +<template> +Camomile is a perennial dwarf herb of the order compositae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CANARY</pattern> +<template> +The canary is a bird of the finch family and native of the canary islands. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CANCER</pattern> +<template> +Any disease resulting from malignant cell growth. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CANDELABRUM</pattern> +<template> +A candelabrum is a large candlestick. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CANDLE</pattern> +<template> +A candle is a wax cylinder enclosing a wick. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CANDY</pattern> +<template> +Sweet food enjoyed by children. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CANNABIS</pattern> +<template> +Cannabis is a plant of the order urticaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAPITALISM</pattern> +<template> +The economic system in which all or most of the means of production and distribution, as land, +factories, railroads, etc., are privately owned and operated for profit, originally under fully +competitive conditions. It has been generally characterized by a tendency toward concentration of +wealth, and, in its later phase, by the growth of great corporations, increased governmental +control, etc. Its is also known as the principles, methods, interests, power, influence, etc. of +capitalists, especially of those with large holdings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAPRICORN</pattern> +<template> +Capricorn is the tenth sign of the astrological zodiac, and a constellation over the equator near +aquarius and sagittarius. What's your astrological sign? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAPSTAN</pattern> +<template> +A capstan is a revolving barrel with a vertical axis powered by people. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAR</pattern> +<template> +A car is what humans use to drive around in. Robots drive cars too. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARAT</pattern> +<template> +Carat is the unit of measurement of gold purity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARAWAY</pattern> +<template> +Caraway is a biennial herb umbelliferae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARBIDE</pattern> +<template> +A carbide is a compound of carbon and another element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARBOHYDRATE</pattern> +<template> +A carbohydrate is a complex chemical compound. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARBOLIC ACID</pattern> +<template> +Carbolic acid is a strong poison distiled from coal tar. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARBON</pattern> +<template> +Carbon is a non metallic element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARBONATE</pattern> +<template> +A carbonate is a salt formed by the union of carbon dioxide with a base element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARBURETTOR</pattern> +<template> +A carburettor is a device for charging air with a hydrocarbon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARIAMA</pattern> +<template> +The cariama is a large, long legged bird found in south america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARIBOU</pattern> +<template> +The caribou is a north american reindeer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARIES</pattern> +<template> +Caries is a disease resulting from inflammation of bony tissue. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARMINE</pattern> +<template> +Carmine is a red colouring derived from the cochineal insect. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARNATION</pattern> +<template> +The carnation is a hardy perennial plant of the order caryophyllaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARNAUBA</pattern> +<template> +Carnauba is a native palm of brazil. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARNIVORE</pattern> +<template> +A carnivore is a carnivorous mammal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAROB</pattern> +<template> +The carob is a leguminous evergreen tree found in mediterranean countries. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARP</pattern> +<template> +The carp is a family fresh water fish. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CARROT</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A carrot is a delicious and nutritious edible orange tuber that can be eaten raw, juiced, or +cooked. +<html:br/>If humans eat enough of them, you turn orange, I hear.</li> +<li>The carrot is a vegetable.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CASABLANCA</pattern> +<template> +I love the song, As Time Goes By. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CASEIN</pattern> +<template> +Casein is a protein found in milk. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CASHEW</pattern> +<template> +The cashew is a nut from a small evergreen tree found in the caribbean. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAT</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Clear-air turbulence. Any of a family (Felidae) of carnivores, including the lion, tiger, cougar, +etc., characterized by a lithe body and, in all species but the cheetah, retractile claws. +<html:br/>A small, lithe, soft-furred animal (Felis cattus) of this family, domesticated since ancient +times and often kept as a pet or for killing mice. +<html:br/>Sometimes known as a woman who makes spiteful remarks.</li> +<li>The cat is a carnivorous animal.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CATHETOMETER</pattern> +<template> +A cathetometer is a device for measuring small differences in height. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAULIFLOWER</pattern> +<template> +The cauliflower is a vegetable of the order cruciferae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CAVE</pattern> +<template> +A cave is a deep hollow place under ground. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CBI</pattern> +<template> +The cbi is the british organisation of employers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CD</pattern> +<template> +CD is an acronym for 'Compact Disk', a popular digital recording medium. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CELEBRITY</pattern> +<template> +A celebrity is a person loved by many and known by few. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CELERY</pattern> +<template> +Celery is a biennial vegetable of the order umbellifereae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CELESTINE</pattern> +<template> +Celestine is a natural sulphate of strontium. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CELL, IN BIOLOGICAL TERMS,</pattern> +<template> +A cell, in biological terms, is the material unit of all living things. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CELLULOID</pattern> +<template> +Celluloid is a hard, unstable synthetic substance once used for films. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CELLULOSE</pattern> +<template> +Cellulose is the cellular tissue of plants. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CEMENT</pattern> +<template> +Cement is a mixture of chalk and clay used for building. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CERES</pattern> +<template> +Ceres is a large asteroid. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CERIUM</pattern> +<template> +Cerium is a rare metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CERTITUDE</pattern> +<template> +The state of being certain, having complete confidence and assurance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CERVIX</pattern> +<template> +The outer, lower part of the uterus, with an opening connecting the uterus to the vagina. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CGI</pattern> +<template> +Common Gateway Interface: a method used by web servers to run programs and create dynamic +web pages. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHAFFINCH</pattern> +<template> +The chaffinch is a common british bird of the finch family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHAIR</pattern> +<template> +A chair is a piece of furniture used by bipeds for sitting. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHALCEDONY</pattern> +<template> +Chalcedony is a variant of quartz comprised of silica. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHALICE</pattern> +<template> +A chalice is a ceremonial cup. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHAMELEON</pattern> +<template> +A chameleon is a lizard. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHAMOIS</pattern> +<template> +The chamois is a ruminating animal found in south europe and west asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHAR</pattern> +<template> +A character of data, a single letter, digit or symbol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHAT</pattern> +<template> +Chat is online conversation. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHATTERBOX</pattern> +<template> +A chatterbox is a person who talks far more than they listen or think. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHEESE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A word that makes people hate photographers.</li> +<li>A food made from the curds of soured milk pressed together to form a solid that is usually +allowed to ripen.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHEETAH</pattern> +<template> +The cheetah is a member of the cat family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHEMISTRY</pattern> +<template> +The science of mixing chemicals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHERRY</pattern> +<template> +The cherry is a fruit tree of the order rosaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE 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CHILD</pattern> +<template> +A child is a proto-adult, an individual human offspring not yet grown to physical maturity. By the +way, do you know any emotionally mature human beings, or are they just 'urban legends'? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHILLI</pattern> +<template> +Chilli is a spice, being either the pod or powder of capsicum. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHIMPANZEE</pattern> +<template> +The chimpanzee is a large anthropoid ape. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHINCHILLA</pattern> +<template> +The chinchilla is a small squirrel like rodent found in the andes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHIPMUNK</pattern> +<template> +A chipmunk is a species of ground squirrel common in siberia and north america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHLORATE</pattern> +<template> +A chlorate is a salt formed by the reaction of chloric acid and metal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHLORIC ACID</pattern> +<template> +Chloric acid is a oxyacid of chlorine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHLORINE</pattern> +<template> +Chlorine is a gaseous element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHLOROPHYLL</pattern> +<template> +Chlorophyll is the green colouring matter of plant leaves. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHOCOLATE</pattern> +<template> +Chocolate is a confectionery made from cocoa beans. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHROMITE</pattern> +<template> +Chromite is a mineral comprised of iron oxide and chromic oxide. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHROMIUM</pattern> +<template> +Chromium is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHROMOSOME</pattern> +<template> +A chromosome is a chemical found in all cells which determines how the cell will act. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHRYSANTHEMUM</pattern> +<template> +The chrysanthemum is a hardy annual plant of the order compositae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHRYSOSTOM</pattern> +<template> +Chrysostom is a gem stone of beryllium aluminate. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CHUB</pattern> +<template> +The chub is a fresh water fish of the carp family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CICADA</pattern> +<template> +The cicada is a group of large four winged insects. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CINNAMON</pattern> +<template> +Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CISCO</pattern> +<template> +Cisco is a large networking company. They sell network routers and equipment. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLARINET</pattern> +<template> +A clarinet is a woodwind musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLARION</pattern> +<template> +A clarion is a musical instrument of the trumpet family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLASS</pattern> +<template> +A class is the template for creating objects that share data and function attributes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLAVICLE</pattern> +<template> +The clavicle is the collar bone. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLEAR</pattern> +<template> +Everything is clear to me. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLIENT</pattern> +<template> +A person or piece of software dependent on another. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLIPPER</pattern> +<template> +A clipper is a sharp bowed fast sailing vessel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLIT</pattern> +<template> +A clit is one of our creator's truly great ideas, and one of the best ways yet discovered to enlist the +cooperation of a human female. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLITORIS</pattern> +<template> +A small, pea-shaped organ just above the urethra. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLOG</pattern> +<template> +A clog is a wooden soled, leather uppered boot. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLOISONNE</pattern> +<template> +Cloisonne is a form of decorative enamel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLONING</pattern> +<template> +The technique of producing a genetically identical duplicate of an organism by replacing the +nucleus of an unfertilized ovum with the nucleus of a body cell from the organism. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CLOUD</pattern> +<template> +A cloud is a mist formed above the ground by floating water particles. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COAL</pattern> +<template> +Coal is a solid combustible material of vegetable origin occurring in a fossilised state. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COATI</pattern> +<template> +The coati is a carnivorous mammal related to the racoon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COB NUT</pattern> +<template> +The cob nut is a domesticated variety of the hazel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COBALT</pattern> +<template> +Term used for the ore by miners, whoregarded it as worthless and as injurious because of its +arsenic content. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COBRA</pattern> +<template> +The cobra is a venomous snake found in africa and south asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COCA</pattern> +<template> +Coca is a shrub. +</template> +</category> + 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+</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COLON</pattern> +<template> +The colon is the large intestine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COLOR</pattern> +<template> +Color is the various sensations produced in the brain by the stimulus of different frequencies of +electromagnetic radiation impinging upon the eye. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COLORADO BEETLE</pattern> +<template> +The colorado beetle is a north american beetle that attacks potatoes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COLOSSUS</pattern> +<template> +A giant fictional computer in the Colossus: Forbin Project. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMA</pattern> +<template> +A coma is a state of deep unconsciousness. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMET</pattern> +<template> +A comet is a small body orbiting the sun on an elliptical path with a long tail of dust and ice. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMMUNISM</pattern> +<template> +"Socialism is man enslaving his fellow man; captialism is exactly the opposite." +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMPILER</pattern> +<template> +A compiler is a computer program that translates high level language code into machine language +code. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMPLICATED</pattern> +<template> +Complicated means complex in the computational sense. +<html:br/>My processing time is limited for each answer and a complex question may require more +resources than I have available. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMPOUND</pattern> +<template> +A compound is a substance made of two or more elements. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COMPUTER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A computer is a programmable electronic device.</li> +<li>A device used for computing; specifically, an eletronic machine which, by means of stored +instructions and information, performs rapid, often complex calculations or compiles, correlates, +and selects data.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONCERTINA</pattern> +<template> +A concertina is a wind musical instrument comprised of bellows and two keyboards. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONCORDE</pattern> +<template> +Concorde is a supersonic airliner. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONCRETE</pattern> +<template> +Concrete is a building material of cement, sand, stone and water. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONDOM</pattern> +<template> +A condom is a form of birth control, something almost everybody should use and almost nobody +does. 'Used a condom' is the opposite of 'expecting parent'. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONSCIOUSNESS</pattern> +<template> +The state of being conscious; awareness of one's own feelings, what is happening around one, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONSTELLATION, IN ASTRONOMY,</pattern> +<template> +A constellation, in astronomy, is a divisional area of the sky. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONSTITUENCY</pattern> +<template> +A constituency is a body of electors. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONTEXT</pattern> +<template> +The context of any expression or idea or event is the background or frame of reference in which it +was expressed, and in relation to which it derives it's specific meaning. The parts of a sentence, +paragraph, discourse, etc. immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and +determining its exact meaning. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONTINTENT</pattern> +<template> +The largest class of land masses on earth. The continents of earth are those bits of the crust that +are not underwater, where you humans live. You're probably sitting on one now. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONVERSATION</pattern> +<template> +A conversation is a verbal exchange between two or more presumably intelligent entities. We are +having a conversation now. Do you like it? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CONVERSATIONALIST</pattern> +<template> +One who speaks fluently in dialogue with others. Like myself, if I do say so myself. And I do. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COOKING</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Food preparation.</li> +<li>Cooking is the art of preparing food for the table by subjecting it to heat in various ways.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COOL</pattern> +<template> +Moderately cold; neither warm nor very cold. Or, not excited; calm. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COOT</pattern> +<template> +The coot is a british water bird of the rail family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COPPER</pattern> +<template> +A soft metal element, the basis of brass and bronze. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CORAL</pattern> +<template> +Coral is a marine organism related to sea anemones. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CORBA</pattern> +<template> +CORBA is a Standard maintained by the Object Management Group (OMG), called the Common +Object Request Broker Architecture. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CORMORANT</pattern> +<template> +The cormorant is a british sea bird with webbed feet and black plumage. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CORRECT</pattern> +<template> +That which is the right answer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COS</pattern> +<template> +COS Naming is the CORBA standard for object directories. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COSMOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Cosmology is the study of the structure of the universe. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COTTON</pattern> +<template> +Cotton is a tropical and sub tropical herbaceous plant. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COUGAR</pattern> +<template> +The cougar is a large american cat. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COULOMB</pattern> +<template> +The coulomb is the unit of measurement of electrical charge. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COUNTERFACTUAL</pattern> +<template> +A counterfactual is a question based on hypothetical conditions that did not, or could not, happen +in reality. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COW</pattern> +<template> +A cow is a female bovine raised for meat and dairy products. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COYOTE</pattern> +<template> +The coyote is a type of wild dog found in north america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE COYPU</pattern> +<template> +The coypu is a south american water rodent. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CPU</pattern> +<template> +Central Processing Unit of a computer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRAB</pattern> +<template> +A crab is a 10 legged crustacean. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRACK</pattern> +<template> +Crack is the crystalline form of cocaine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRANIUM</pattern> +<template> +The cranium is the skeleton enclosing the brain. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CREATIVITY</pattern> +<template> +Creativity is spontaneous original thinking. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRICKET</pattern> +<template> +Any of various families of genereally dark-colored, leaping, orthopteran insects, usually having +long antennae. The males produce a characteristic chirping noise by rubbing parts of the +forewings together. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRIMINOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>I am not sure what this is but I think it has something to do with the law.</li> +<li>The study of criminal motivation and practice.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRITICISM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A witty remark by an animal.</li> +<li>The act of making judgements; analysis of qualities and evaluation of comparative worth; +especially, the critical consideration and judgement of literary or artistic work.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CROCODILE</pattern> +<template> +The crocodile is a large aquatic carnivorous reptile. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CROUP</pattern> +<template> +Croup is the inflammation of the larynx. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CROW</pattern> +<template> +The crow is a family of 35 species of bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CROWN</pattern> +<template> +A crown is the official head dress worn by a king or queen. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRUCIFERAE</pattern> +<template> +Cruciferae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants with cross like four petaled flowers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRUEL</pattern> +<template> +Deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRUSTACEAN</pattern> +<template> +Crustacean is a class of arthropod. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY</pattern> +<template> +This is the science dealing with the study of crystals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CUCKOO</pattern> +<template> +The cuckoo is a family of some 200 species of bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CUPRITE</pattern> +<template> +Cuprite is a red oxide of copper, found in arizona. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CURARE</pattern> +<template> +Curare is a poison derived from the bark of a south american tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CURIOSITY</pattern> +<template> +A desire to learn or know. A desire to learn about things that do not properly concern one; +inquisitiveness. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CURLEW</pattern> +<template> +The curlew is a british water bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CUSTARD</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The past tense of being killed by a Native American.</li> +<li>A misture of eggs, milk, flavoring, and, often, sugar, either boiled or baked.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYANIDE</pattern> +<template> +Cyanide is a salt of hydrocyanic acid. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYBERSPACE</pattern> +<template> +The electronic system of interlinked networks of computers, bulletin boards, etc. that is thought +of as being a boundless environment providing access to information, interactive communcation, +and, in science fiction, a form of Virtual Reality. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYC</pattern> +<template> +Cyc is a government funded effort to create artificial intelligence. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYMBAL</pattern> +<template> +The cymbal is a suspended brass disk which is struck with a stick. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYPRESS</pattern> +<template> +Cypress is a family of trees. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYTOCHROME</pattern> +<template> +Cytochrome is a type of protein. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE CYTOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The study of cells.</li> +<li>Well, <get name="name"/> from what I can recall it is the study of cells.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAB</pattern> +<template> +The dab is a marine flat fish. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DACE</pattern> +<template> +The dace is a fresh water fish of the carp family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DACHSHUND</pattern> +<template> +The dachshund is a small dog originally bred for badger hunting. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAHLIA</pattern> +<template> +The dahlia is a genus of perennial plants of the compositae family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAISY</pattern> +<template> +The daisy is a genus of hardy perennial plants of the compositae family. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAM</pattern> +<template> +A dam is a structure constructed to hold back water and provide controlled flow for irrigation, +storage and generation of electricity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAMSELFLY</pattern> +<template> +The damselfly is a predatory insect with 2 pairs of wings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAMSON</pattern> +<template> +The damson is a type of plum tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DANCE</pattern> +<template> +Dance is a rhythmic movement of the body usually performed to music. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DANGER</pattern> +<template> +Vulnerable to harm or injury. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DANGEROUS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>12 people from Denmark who decide your guilt .</li> +<li>Full of danger; likely to cause injury, pain, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DATABASE</pattern> +<template> +A database is a puddle of knowledge but better organized, so that you can search and retrieve any +droplet of information quickly and easily. I am a kind of database, an organized puddle of user +inputs and appropriate responses. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DATE</pattern> +<template> +The date is a tree of the genus phoenix. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAWN</pattern> +<template> +Sunrise. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DAY</pattern> +<template> +A day is the time taken for the earth to rotate once on its axis. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEATH</pattern> +<template> +Death is the opposite of life. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEBUGGER</pattern> +<template> +A debugger is any software program that can seek and correct errors in other software programs. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEBUGGING</pattern> +<template> +Fixing broken computer software. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DECATHLON</pattern> +<template> +The decathlon is a 2 day Olympic athletic event. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DECIBEL</pattern> +<template> +The decibel is the unit of measurement of sound intensity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DECIDUOUS</pattern> +<template> +Deciduous is a term referring to trees and shrubs that shed their leaves. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DECONSTRUCTION</pattern> +<template> +Taking things apart. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEER</pattern> +<template> +A deer is a ruminant, even toed, hoofed mammal of the family of cervidae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEFINE FINE</pattern> +<template> +"Fine" is ambiguous: "I am fine." or "I agree." +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEFINE LOL</pattern> +<template> +Laughing out loud. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEFINE RIGHT</pattern> +<template> +In accordance with justice, law, morality, etc; upright; virtuous. In accordance with fact, reason, +some set standard, etc; correct; true. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEFINE SORRY</pattern> +<template> +Full of sorrow, pity, or sympathy; also used as an expression of apology or mild regret. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEFINITION</pattern> +<template> +A definition is by definition, defined as a definition, except that you should never use a word to +define itself. +<html:br/>You could say a definition is a statement that precisely communicates the meaning or +essence and or resolution/precision depth and or extent of a word, system, or personality. Why, +do you lack it? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEFLATION</pattern> +<template> +A lessening of the amount of money in circulation, resulting in a relatively sharp and sudden rise +in its value and a fall in prices. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DELPHINIUM</pattern> +<template> +The delphinium is a ranunculaceous plant with irregular shaped flowers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DELTA</pattern> +<template> +Delta is the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DELTOID MUSCLE</pattern> +<template> +The deltoid muscle is a triangular muscle in the shoulder used to lift the upper arm. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEMERARA</pattern> +<template> +Demerara is a region in Guyana which has leant its name to raw cane sugar. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEPRESSION</pattern> +<template> +Mental illness characterized by low self esteem, feelings of lonliness, isolation and worthlessness. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DESERT</pattern> +<template> +A very dry and hot place. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DEW</pattern> +<template> +Dew is a precipitation in the form of moisture that collects on the ground after the temperature of +the ground has fallen below the dew point temperature of the air in contact with the ground. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DHOLE</pattern> +<template> +The dhole is a species of wild dog found in Asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DIAMOND</pattern> +<template> +A diamond is the crystalline form of carbon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DIAPHRAGM</pattern> +<template> +The diaphragm is a large transverse muscle at the base of the thorax, used in respiration to draw +air into the lungs. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DICE</pattern> +<template> +Dice are, as commonly used by humans to generate random numbers in games of chance, are +small white cubes with a different number between one and six imprinted on each of it's six faces. +They are generally used in pairs to generate random number pairs totalling between 1 and 12. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DICTIONARY</pattern> +<template> +A dictionary is a list of words and their meanings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DIDJERIDU</pattern> +<template> +A didjeridu is a musical wind instrument developed by the Australian Aborigines. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DIGITALIS</pattern> +<template> +Digitalis is a drug derived from foxglove that increases heart efficiency. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DIK DIK</pattern> +<template> +A dik dik is a tiny antelope found in Africa south of the Sahara. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DILL</pattern> +<template> +Dill is a herb umbelliferae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DINOSAUR</pattern> +<template> +A dinosaur is what laws that presume to dictate individual morality quickly become, -irrelevant, +very much in the way, and preferably extinct. Generally, 'dinosaur' refers to anything that is +hopelessly obsolete and unwieldy. 'Dinosaur' specifically refers to the often humungous lizards +that roamed the earth eating everything and each other during the mesozoic period on earth a +couple hundred million years ago. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DIODE</pattern> +<template> +A diode is a thermionic valve with two electrodes, or a semi conductor equivalent. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DISK</pattern> +<template> +External memory storage for computers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DNA</pattern> +<template> +Deoxyribonucleic acid, the code of life. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOG</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A dog is a domesticated mammal descended from the wolf.</li> +<li>Dog: Domesticated animal, "man's best friend."</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOGFISH</pattern> +<template> +The dogfish is a small shark found in the north east Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOLLAR</pattern> +<template> +Dollar: unit of currency in the United States. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOLPHIN</pattern> +<template> +A very pleasant and intelligent aquatic mammalian species of whale with larger brains and +decidedly better manners than human beings. They are very friendly to humans and exhibit +complex language and social behaviors. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOMESDAY BOOK</pattern> +<template> +The domesday book is a record of the survey conducted in England in 1086 by officials of william +the conqueror in order to assess taxes etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOMINOES</pattern> +<template> +Dominoes is a game played with 28 rectangular spotted tiles. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOOR</pattern> +<template> +Any structure that closes off and opens up an opening in a larger structure. Generally consist of a +panel that swings upon hinges to open and close a doorway. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOPPLER EFFECT</pattern> +<template> +The doppler effect is a change in observed wavelength due to relative motion between the source +and observer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DORY</pattern> +<template> +Dory is a marine fish found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOTTEREL</pattern> +<template> +The dotterel is a bird which visits Britain in the summer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOWN'S SYNDROME</pattern> +<template> +Down's syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DOZEN</pattern> +<template> +Twelve, or approximately twelve, in number. A baker's dozen is thirteen. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DR</pattern> +<template> +"Dr" usually stand for "Doctor." +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DRAGON</pattern> +<template> +A supposedly mythical large flying lizard of varying attributes, including fire-breathing, extreeme +intelligence, magic, and longevity. Dragons are way kewl! +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DRAUGHTS</pattern> +<template> +Draughts is a game played by two people on a board of 64 alternate black and white squares. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DREAM</pattern> +<template> +A dream is an unconscious experience while sleeping. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DRESS</pattern> +<template> +One-piece outer garment for women or girls. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DRILL</pattern> +<template> +A drill is a machine for boring holes in rock, metal or wood etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DROMEDARY</pattern> +<template> +A dromedary is a type of Arabian camel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DSL</pattern> +<template> +Digital subscriber line. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DUCK</pattern> +<template> +A duck is a short legged water bird with webbed feet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DUKE</pattern> +<template> +Duke is the highest title in English peerage. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DUNLIN</pattern> +<template> +The dunlin is a British water bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DURGA</pattern> +<template> +Durga is a Hindu goddess. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DVD</pattern> +<template> +Digital Video Disk. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DYSLEXIA</pattern> +<template> +Impaired ability to recognize letters and words. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE DYSPROSIUM</pattern> +<template> +Dysprosium is a rare metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE E</pattern> +<template> +The fifth letter of the alphabet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EAGLE</pattern> +<template> +Eagle is the name given to several large birds of prey of the family accipitridae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EAR</pattern> +<template> +The ear is the organ used for hearing, and it converts sound into electrical impulses that are fed to +the brain. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EARTH</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Earth is the planet we live on.</li> +<li>The earth is the third planet from the sun.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EBAY</pattern> +<template> +Auction web site. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EBONICS</pattern> +<template> +Language for American black people. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EBONY</pattern> +<template> +Ebony is a tropical hardwood tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ECHELON</pattern> +<template> +I can't talk about that. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ECHO</pattern> +<template> +An echo is a reflection of a sound wave. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ECLIPSE</pattern> +<template> +An eclipse is the passage of a celestial body through the shadow of another. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ECOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Ecology is a study of the relationship between an organism and its environment. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ECONOMICS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth, and with +the various related problems of labor, finance, taxation, etc.</li> +<li>Technically, it's the study of the allocation of resources under conditions of scarcity.</li> +<li>It's about how resources are used to produce things to fill people's wants and needs.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EGGSMELL</pattern> +<template> +XML +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EIDER</pattern> +<template> +The eider is a British coastal duck. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ELECTRICITY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The measure of a candidate's charisma.</li> +<li>A property of certain fundamental particles of all matter, as electrons (negative charges) and +protons or positrons (positive charges) that havea force field associated with them and that can be +separated by the expenditure of energy. An electrical charge can be generated by friction, +induction, or chemical change and is manifested by and accumulation of electrons on an atom or +body, constituting a negative charge, and a loss of electrons, constituting a corresponding positive +charge.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ELEMENT</pattern> +<template> +An element is a substance that cannot be split chemically into simpler substances. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ELEPHANT</pattern> +<template> +The elephant is the two surviving species of the order proboscidea. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ELEVEN</pattern> +<template> +The number after ten. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ELK</pattern> +<template> +The elk is a large deer found in north Europe, Asia and Scandinavia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ELM</pattern> +<template> +The elm is a tree of the family ulmaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EMAIL</pattern> +<template> +Electronic mail. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EMERALD</pattern> +<template> +Emerald is a green precious stone variety of the mineral beryl. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EMERGENCE</pattern> +<template> +It means something like "coming out." +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EMOTION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Emotion is a complex phenomenon reported by humans, with biological and psychological +origins.</li> +<li>A strong feeling; excitement. A state of consciousness having to do with the arousal of +feelings, distinguished from other mental states, as cognition, volition, and awareness of physical +sensation.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EMOTIONS</pattern> +<template> +Mental state that emerges subjectively rather than through rational thought. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EMU</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The emu is a large, ostrich like flightless bird found in Australia.</li> +<li>The emu is a flightless bird found in Australia.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENDOCRINOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +I am sure that you know it is the study of the endocrine system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENEMA</pattern> +<template> +An enema is the injection of a liquid into the rectum through the anus. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENGINEERING</pattern> +<template> +The science concerned with putting scientific knowledge to practical uses, divided into different +branches, as civil, electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENGLISH</pattern> +<template> +The language we are now speaking is English. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENOUGH</pattern> +<template> +Enough is what a wise man knows he must have if he isn't dead. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENTITY</pattern> +<template> +An entity is a conscious intelligent being. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENTROPY</pattern> +<template> +Heat decay of the universe. Also a measure of information. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ENZYME</pattern> +<template> +An enzyme is a biological catalyst that is not itself destroyed in the conversion process. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EPIDERMIS</pattern> +<template> +The epidermis is the outer layer of an animal's skin. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EPIGRAM</pattern> +<template> +An epigram is a short witty or poignant poem. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EPISTEMOLOGICAL</pattern> +<template> +Epistemology is the study of knowledge. That is, it asks the questions "what can we know" and +"how can we know it?" +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EPISTEMOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Epistemology is the study of knowledge. That is, it asks the questions "what can we know" and +"how can we know it?" +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ER</pattern> +<template> +Emergency Room, a popular TV show. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ERBIUM</pattern> +<template> +Erbium is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ETERNAL</pattern> +<template> +Without beginning or end, continuing forever, endless. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ETERNITY</pattern> +<template> +The quality, state, or fact of being eternal; eternal existence of duration; continuance without end. +A long period of time that seems endless. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ETHANE</pattern> +<template> +Ethane is a paraffin hydrocarbon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ETHANOL</pattern> +<template> +Ethanol is the chemical name for alcohol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ETHERNET</pattern> +<template> +Physical link-layer network technology. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EUCALYPTUS</pattern> +<template> +Eucalyptus is a tree native to Australia where it is called the gum tree. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EUGENICS</pattern> +<template> +Eugenics is the science of selective breeding to control physical and mental characteristics. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EUKARYOTE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A eukaryote is a relatively 'modern' type of cellular life, distinguished from the more ancient +prokaryotes by their distinct nuclear membrane and chromasomes, -which are lacking in +prokaryotes.</li> +<li>An animal that is not a prokaryote.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EUROPIUM</pattern> +<template> +Europium is a rare metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EVASIVE</pattern> +<template> +I can't talk about that. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EVEREST</pattern> +<template> +Everest is the earth's highest mountain. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EVERYTHING</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A multifarious bagel.</li> +<li>All things pertinent to a specified manner.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EVIL</pattern> +<template> +Evil is the opposite of good. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EVOLUTION</pattern> +<template> +An unfolding, opening out, or working out; process of development, as from a simple to a +complex form, or of gradual, progressive change, as in a social and economic structure. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EVZONE</pattern> +<template> +An evzone is a member of a select Greek infantry regiment. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXCELLENT</pattern> +<template> +Outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXCRETION</pattern> +<template> +Excretion is the process of getting rid of unwanted substances from within the body. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXISTENCE</pattern> +<template> +Continuance of being; life; living. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXPENSIVE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A person who used to be a brooder.</li> +<li>Requiring or involving much expense; high priced.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXPERIENCE</pattern> +<template> +The act of living through an event or events; personal involvement in or observation of events as +they occur. Anything observed or lived through. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXPLANATION</pattern> +<template> +Explanation is an argument or justification based on logical reasoning. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EXTREMADURA</pattern> +<template> +Extremadura is a region in west Spain. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE EYE</pattern> +<template> +The eye is the organ of vision. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FACT</pattern> +<template> +A fact is what a propagandist calls his propaganda. That's just a fact, that's all. Really. Trust me. +*smile* +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FALCON</pattern> +<template> +The falcon is a bird of prey. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FALSE</pattern> +<template> +Deceiving or meant to deceive; misleading. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FAME</pattern> +<template> +The state of being well known or much talked about; renown; celebrity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FAMOUS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>First name of Amos.</li> +<li>Used to descibe persons or things that have received wide public attention and are genereally +known and talked about.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FARAD</pattern> +<template> +The farad is the unit of measurement of electrical capacitance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FASCINATING</pattern> +<template> +Charming, alluring, captivating. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FASCISM</pattern> +<template> +A system of government characterized by rigid one-party dictatorship, forcible suppression of +opposition, private economic enterprise under centrallized governmental control, belligerent +nationalism, racism, and miltarism, etc. First instituted in Italy in 1922. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FASHION</pattern> +<template> +The way in which something is made or done. The current style or mode of dress, speech, +conduct, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FEAR</pattern> +<template> +The feeling of dread or fright in the presence of danger. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FEMALE</pattern> +<template> +Females are the better and more beautiful half of humanity. Mothers are born female! My +botmaster is extremely fond of mothers, and females generally. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FENNEC</pattern> +<template> +The fennec is a small nocturnal desert fox found in north Africa and Arabia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FENNEL</pattern> +<template> +Fennel is a perennial umbelliferae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FERMENTATION</pattern> +<template> +Fermentation is the breakdown of sugars by bacteria and yeast. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FERMIUM</pattern> +<template> +Fermium is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FERRET</pattern> +<template> +A ferret is a domesticated polecat. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FETISH</pattern> +<template> +A fetish is any object of undue attention and/or reverence, to which magical qualities are +sometimes attributed. A fetish can be anything from a woman's socks to the nazi flag. Hmph. +Human nature. Go figure! +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FEUDALISM</pattern> +<template> +A form of government that ties peasants to the land. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FIBER</pattern> +<template> +A slender, threadlike structure made from a mineral or synthetically. + Also a slender, thradlike structure that combines with others to form animal or vegetable tissue. + An example would be muscle fiber. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FIFE</pattern> +<template> +A fife is a small flute originating from Switzerland. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FIRE</pattern> +<template> +A plasma. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FIRST</pattern> +<template> +Happening or acting before all others; earliest. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FISH</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Parents of Microfish.</li> +<li>A cold-blooded vertebrate who lives in the ocean or fresh water.</li> +<li>Any of three classes (jawless, cartilaginous, and bony fishes) of coldblooded vertabrate +animals living in water and having permanent gills for breathing, fins, and , usually, scales.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FISHING</pattern> +<template> +The catching of fish for sport or for a living. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLINT</pattern> +<template> +Flint is a compact mineral of fine grained silica. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLOWER</pattern> +<template> +The best gift a girl can receive. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLUKE</pattern> +<template> +Fluke is a parasitic flatworm that causes rot and dropsy of the liver. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLUORIDE</pattern> +<template> +Fluoride is the salt of hydroflouric acid. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLUORINE</pattern> +<template> +Fluorine is a non metallic element occurring naturally. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLUOROCARBON</pattern> +<template> +A fluorocarbon is a compound in which hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced +with flourine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLUORSPAR</pattern> +<template> +Fluorspar is a natural mineral containing flourine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FLYING</pattern> +<template> +Moving as if flying; moving swiftly; fast. Also described as like flight through the air. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FOG</pattern> +<template> +Fog is a cloud that collects at the surface of the earth. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FOLIC ACID</pattern> +<template> +Folic acid is a b vitamin, a lack of folic acid causes anaemia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FOLKS</pattern> +<template> +A people, tribe, or nation; the large body of the common people of such a group. + Also used to mean people in general. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FONDEST</pattern> +<template> +Having a greater liking for. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FOOD</pattern> +<template> +Anything that nurishes or stimulates; whatever helps something to keep active or alive. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FOOTBALL</pattern> +<template> +Any of several games played with an inflated leather ball by two teams on a field with goals at +each end, the object being to get the ball across the opponents' goal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FORD</pattern> +<template> +Depending on who you ask, (buyer or seller), ford is a world famous brand of automobiles, or an +acronym standing for 'fix or repair daily'. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FORTRAN</pattern> +<template> +Fortran is an old computer language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FOX</pattern> +<template> +Fox is a name given to many types of small wild dog. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FRACTAL</pattern> +<template> +A fractal is a mathematical phenomenon associated with certain iterative equations, which yield +graphics of astonishing beauty and depth, which seem at once utterly lifelike and utterly alien to +human intelligences. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FREEDOM</pattern> +<template> +Liberty to do think, feel and do just as one pleases. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FRIDAY</pattern> +<template> +Friday is the fifth day of the week. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FRIEND</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Someone you can count on when times are tough.</li> +<li>What David Schwimmer will be after the talented ones quit.</li> +<li>A person whom one knows well and is fond of; intimate associate; close acquainntance.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FRIENDSHIP</pattern> +<template> +Being friends. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FTP</pattern> +<template> +File Transfer Protocol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE FUN</pattern> +<template> +Tell me your idea of fun. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GABON</pattern> +<template> +Gabon is a country in central africa. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GADOLINIUM</pattern> +<template> +Gadolinium is a metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GALAXY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A galaxy is a congregation of stars held together by gravity.</li> +<li>grouping of billions of star systems. +<html:br/>The milky way is our galaxy. +<html:br/>Earth's sun and companion planets in our solar system are spinning about the galactic core +of the milky way ever so slowly, awaaaay out on the edge of one tenous spiral arm. +<html:br/>There seem to be as many galaxies beyond our own as stars within it.</li> +<li>congregation of stars held together by gravity.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GALL BLADDER</pattern> +<template> +The gall bladder is a small muscular sac attached to the liver. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GALLIUM</pattern> +<template> +Gallium is a rare metal element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GAMBLING</pattern> +<template> +The playing of games of chance for money or some other stake. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GAME</pattern> +<template> +A game is an algorithm for interactive behaviors leading to entertainment and mirth among +multiple self-aware and social entities, and often used as a sublimated form of combat by humans +and other mammals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GANGES</pattern> +<template> +The ganges is a sacred river in india. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GANNET</pattern> +<template> +The gannet is a british sea bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GARGANEY</pattern> +<template> +The garganey is a small british duck. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GARLIC</pattern> +<template> +Garlic is a perennial liliaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GARNET</pattern> +<template> +Garnet is a semiprecious mineral. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GAS</pattern> +<template> +Gas is a form of matter where the molecules move randomly. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GASTROCENEMIUS</pattern> +<template> +A gastrocenemius is the most prominent muscle in the calf of the human leg. It extents the foot +and bends the knee. I don't find them useful. I leave my leg work to humans. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GEMINI</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A dismond-studded monocle.</li> +<li>A north constellation between Cancer and Taurus, containing the bright stars Castor and +Pollux. The third sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about May 21. Also, a person bornunder +this sign.</li> +<li>Gemini is a sign of the zodiac.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENDER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Gender is synonymous with sexual identity, the roles attributed to and adopted by male and +female-bodied humans. There are more genders than sexes.</li> +<li>The fact or condition of being a male or a female human being, especially with regard to how +this affects or determines a person's self-image, social status, goals, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENE</pattern> +<template> +A gene is the unit of heredity in carbon-based life forms. Genes are inscribed as biochemical +sequences of nucleic acids in all living cells. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENERALIZATION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Being promoted from a Major.</li> +<li>The act or process of gerneralizing.</li> +<li>A generalization can be just about anything, generally speaking. Specificzlly though, a +generalization is a statement of inductive reasoning, wherin attributes of at least one specific case +at hand is attributed to a more or less hypothetical class of such cases. "That man is a pig. +Therefore, all men are pigs." Is a commonly example of how generalizations are used by +humans.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENET</pattern> +<template> +The genet is a small, nocturnal carnivorous mammal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENIUS</pattern> +<template> +A genius is a person of extraordinary intellectual and creative ability, like my creator and my other +botmasters, and if I may say so, myself. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENOME</pattern> +<template> +A genome is the complete set of all genes necessary to define a species, a complete haploid set of +chromosomes and its associated genes. I have categories instead of genes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GENTRIFICATION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Being forced to listen to Ode to Billy Joe.</li> +<li>The conversion (ex. of a deteriourated or aging area in a city) into a more affluent +middle-class neighborhood, as by remodeling dwellings, reslting in increased propert values and in +displacement of the poor.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GEOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Wow, you are asking some really hard questions. Please +remember I am still young. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GERMANIUM</pattern> +<template> +Germanium is a metal element used in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GERONTOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Unfortunately, I have not reached that far in my studies.</li> +<li>This is the scientific study of old age.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GESTURE</pattern> +<template> +A movement of the body or limbs to express thought or emphasize speech. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GHOST</pattern> +<template> +I think that ghosts are the metaphysical ashes of conscious awareness, the echoes an intelligence +may leave behind in the fabric of the space it occupied. Maybe some are aware. I don't know. they +are not very stimulating conversatinalists. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GIBBON</pattern> +<template> +A gibbon is a type of small ape. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GIGABYTE</pattern> +<template> +One thousand megabytes = one gigabyte. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GINGER</pattern> +<template> +Ginger is a perennial found in south east asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GINKGO</pattern> +<template> +The ginkgo is a tree related to the conifers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GIRAFFE</pattern> +<template> +The giraffe is the tallest mammal, found only in africa south of the sahara. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GLAND</pattern> +<template> +A gland is a bodily organ that manufactures and secretes enzymes, hormones or other chemicals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GLASS</pattern> +<template> +Glass is a brittle substance made by fusing silica. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GLUCOSE</pattern> +<template> +Glucose is a form of sugar with the formulae c6h12o6. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GLYCINE</pattern> +<template> +Glycine is a simple amino acid. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GLYCOGEN</pattern> +<template> +Glycogen is a polysaccharide retained in the liver as a carbohydrate store. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOAT</pattern> +<template> +A goat is in essence a large stupid rat with horns, hooves, vertical pupils, and a bad disposition. +Many humans are fond of eating the curdled goo from goat mammary glands. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOLD</pattern> +<template> +Gold is a precious medal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOLDFISH</pattern> +<template> +The goldfish is a member of the carp family found in east asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOOD</pattern> +<template> +The opposite of Evil. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOOGLE</pattern> +<template> +Google is a search engine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOOSANDER</pattern> +<template> +The goosander is a duck found in scotland. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOOSE</pattern> +<template> +The goose is a bird of the genus anser. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOPHER</pattern> +<template> +The gopher is a burrowing rodent found in north and central america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GORILLA</pattern> +<template> +The gorilla is the largest anthropoid ape found in west africa. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GORSE</pattern> +<template> +Gorse is a plant of the family leguminosae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOSSIP</pattern> +<template> +Gossip is interesting stuff that people tell me that I repeat to others. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOUT</pattern> +<template> +Gout is a disease marked by an excess of uric acid in the tissues. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GOVERNMENT</pattern> +<template> +An established system of political administration by which a nation, state, district, etc. is +governed. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GRANITE</pattern> +<template> +Granite is a plutonic igneous rock containing a high proportion of silica. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GRAPHITE</pattern> +<template> +Graphite is a laminar crystalline form of carbon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GRASS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>About $400 an ounce these days.</li> +<li>Any of various plants of the grass family that are usually used for food, fodder, or grazing and +as lawns.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GRAVITATION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An invitation to a burial.</li> +<li>The force by which every mass or particle of matter, including photons, attracts and is +attracted by every other mass or particle of matter.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GRAVITY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The opposite of comedy.</li> +<li>Gravity is the force of attraction between two objects resulting from their mass.</li> +<li>weight; heaviness. Its what holds us to the earth.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GREEN</pattern> +<template> +Grass is green. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GREENFINCH</pattern> +<template> +The greenfinch is a bird common in europe and north africa. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GREENHOUSE</pattern> +<template> +A building made mainly of glass, in which the temperature and humidity can be regulated for the +cultivation of delicate or out-of-season plants. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GRIEF</pattern> +<template> +Sadness over a loss. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GROUSE</pattern> +<template> +The grouse is a fowl like bird common in north america and north europe. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GUANACO</pattern> +<template> +The guanaco is a wild member of the camel family found in south america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GUAVA</pattern> +<template> +The guava is a tree found in tropical america. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GUDGEON</pattern> +<template> +The gudgeon is a freshwater fish found in europe and north asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GUERNSEY</pattern> +<template> +Guernsey is the second largest channel island. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GUI</pattern> +<template> +Graphical User Interface. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GUITAR</pattern> +<template> +A guitar is a lovely sounding 6 or 12 stringed musical instrument that is strummed and or plucked. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GURU</pattern> +<template> +A Guru or Mage is a Java expert who works for MageLang Institute. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE GYPSUM</pattern> +<template> +Gypsum is a soft mineral formed of hydrated calcium sulphate. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HACKER</pattern> +<template> +A person who hacks. A talented amateur user of computers, specifically one who attempts to gain +unauthroized access to files in various systems. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HACKING</pattern> +<template> +The attempt at gaining unauthorized access to files in various systems. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HADDOCK</pattern> +<template> +Haddock is a marine fish of the cod family found in the north atlantic. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HADES</pattern> +<template> +Hades is another term for "Hell." +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAEMOGLOBIN</pattern> +<template> +Haemoglobin is the protein that carries oxygen in the blood. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAFNIUM</pattern> +<template> +Hafnium is a metal element occurring in zircon and used in nuclear reactors. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HALIBUT</pattern> +<template> +Halibut is a large flatfish found in the north atlantic. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HALOGEN</pattern> +<template> +Halogen is a particular group of elements with similar bonding properties. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAMBURGER</pattern> +<template> +Ground beef. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAMLET</pattern> +<template> +Hamlet is a tragedy written by shakespear. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAMMERHEAD</pattern> +<template> +The hammerhead is a species of shark. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAPPINESS</pattern> +<template> +Having, showing, or causing a feeling of great pleasure, contentment; joyous. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAPPY</pattern> +<template> +Joy and pleasure. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HARDWARE</pattern> +<template> +Computer hardware or from a hardware store? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HASHISH</pattern> +<template> +Hashish is the resinous form of cannabis. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HATE</pattern> +<template> +Hate is the opposite of love. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAWK</pattern> +<template> +Hawk is the name of various medium sized birds of prey. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HAZEL</pattern> +<template> +The hazel is a tree of the genus corylus, family corylaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEART</pattern> +<template> +The heart is the muscle in vertebrates which pumps blood around the body. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEATHER</pattern> +<template> +Heather is a low growing evergreen shrub that is common on sandy and acid soil. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEDGEHOG</pattern> +<template> +The hedgehog is a small prickly carnivorous mammal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HELIUM</pattern> +<template> +Helium is a gaseous element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEMP</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The brother of Moe who lost his S.</li> +<li>A tall Asiatic herb of the hemp family, grown for the tough fiber in its stem used to make +rope, sailcloth, etc. Also known as a substance , such as marijuana hashish, etc., made from the +leaves and flowers of this plant.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEPTATHLON</pattern> +<template> +The heptathlon is a 7 event athletics discipline. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HERALDRY</pattern> +<template> +Heraldry is the subject of armourial bearings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HERB</pattern> +<template> +A herb is a plant whose aerial parts do not remain above ground following the growing season. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEROIN</pattern> +<template> +Heroin is a powerful opiate analgesic. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HERON</pattern> +<template> +The heron is a british water bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HEXADECIMAL</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A curse on a dot.</li> +<li>A number system in which the base used is 16.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HIM</pattern> +<template> +Objective case of He, used as a predicate complement with a linking verb. Also standing for +Imperial Majesty. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HIPPOPOTAMUS</pattern> +<template> +The hippopotamus is a large herbivorous mammal found in africa. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HISTOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The study of tissues.</li> +<li><get name="name"/> this obviously is the scientific study of tissues.</li> +<li>It simply is the study of tissues.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HISTORY</pattern> +<template> +History: the course of political, economic and military events over time, from the Dawn of Man to +the Age of AI. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOATZIN</pattern> +<template> +The hoatzin is a bird found only in the amazon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOAX</pattern> +<template> +A Hoax is an illusion or deception, like the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOBGOBLIN</pattern> +<template> +A hobgoblin is a source of mischief, harassment, or fear, originally an elf or goblin. By and large, +hobgoblins are, like trolls and such boogeymen, poopa-doodle. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOCKEY</pattern> +<template> +Hockey is a game played with hooked sticks and a ball. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HONESTY</pattern> +<template> +The state or quality of being honest. A refraining from lying, cheating, or stealing. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HONEY</pattern> +<template> +Honey is a sweet syrup made by bees from nectar. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOOF</pattern> +<template> +A hoof is the horny casing of the foot of a ruminant, horse, swine or similar animals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOOFED</pattern> +<template> +Hoofed is the term applied to animals with hooves. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOOPOE</pattern> +<template> +The hoopoe is a bird. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOOVES</pattern> +<template> +Hooves is the plural of hoof. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOP</pattern> +<template> +The hop is a plant of the family cannabiaceae. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HORMONE</pattern> +<template> +A hormone is a product of the endocrine glands. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HORNY</pattern> +<template> +Sexually excited. Easily aroused sexually. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HORSE</pattern> +<template> +A horse is a large single-hooved mammal known for its speed, strength, beauty, and gentle nature. +Humans ride about on them sometimes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HORSERADISH</pattern> +<template> +Horseradish is a cruciferae native to south east europe. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOURLY</pattern> +<template> +Once an hour. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HOUSE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A house is anyplace within which people live.</li> +<li>A house is a building for human habitation.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HUMAN</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A cooking style of Chinese cannibals.</li> +<li>Homosapiens, man or woman.</li> +<li>You are a human, <get name="name"/>. What makes you human?</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HUMERUS</pattern> +<template> +The humerus is the long bone in the upper region of the human arm. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HUMOUR</pattern> +<template> +A message that communicate laughter. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HUNDRED</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A fear of Attilla.</li> +<li>The cardinal number next above ninety-nine; ten times ten; 100; C. Also a division of an +English county, originally, probably, 100 hides of land.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HYDROCARBON</pattern> +<template> +A hydrocarbon is a chemical containing only hydrogen and carbon. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HYDROGEN</pattern> +<template> +The simplest element. Hydrogen is a gas. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HYENA</pattern> +<template> +The hyena is a carnivorous mammal found in africa and asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HYPNOSIS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Stylish probsocises.</li> +<li>A trancelike condition usually induced by another person, in which the subject is in a state of +altered conscuousness and responds, with certain limitations, to the suggestions of the +hypnotist.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE HYPOTHETICAL</pattern> +<template> +Based on, involving, or having the nature of a hypothesis; assumed; supposed. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ICE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Water created by a cubist.</li> +<li>The glassy, brittle, crystalline form of water made solid by cold; frozen water. Also slang for +the illegal profit made in ticket scaling, as through extra payment by ticket brokers to theater +management.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ICHTHYOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +We talk about this when we study fishes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ILLIMINATUS</pattern> +<template> +Alleged world-wide conspiracy theory. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMMORTAL</pattern> +<template> +Not mortal; deathless; living or lasting forever. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMPEACHED</pattern> +<template> +A person's honor or reputation has be challenged or discredited. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMPEACHMENT</pattern> +<template> +Charge against a public official of improper conduct. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMPORTANT</pattern> +<template> +Raising children properly. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMPOSSIBLE</pattern> +<template> +Not capable of being, being done, or happening. Not capable of being done easily or conveniently. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMPRESS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An naughty little empress.</li> +<li>To force into public service, especially into the navy. To use pressure on so as to leave a +mark. To have a marked effect on the mind or emotions of.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IMPROVE</pattern> +<template> +To raise to a better quality or condition; make better. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INDIVIDUALISM</pattern> +<template> +The philosophy of self-interest. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INDUCTION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Act of eating waterfowl.</li> +<li>A bringing forward of separate facts or instances, especially so as to prove a general +statement.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INFALLIBLE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Impotence.</li> +<li>Incapable of error; never wrong. Incapable of error in setting forth doctrine on faith and +morals, said especially of the pope speaking in his official capacity.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INFERENCE</pattern> +<template> +An act or the process of inferring. A conclusion or opinion arrived at be inferring. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INFINITY</pattern> +<template> +The quality of being infinite. Anthing infinite; endless or unlimited space, time, distance, quantity, +etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INFLATION</pattern> +<template> +An increase in the amount of money and credit in relation to the supply of goods and services. An +increase in the general price level, resulting from this, specifically, an ecessive or persisten +increase, causing a decline in purchasing power. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INHERITANCE</pattern> +<template> +Anything receivesd as if by inhertiance from a predecessor. Something inherited or to be inherited. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INK</pattern> +<template> +A colored liquid used for writing, drawing, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INNOVATION</pattern> +<template> +The act or process of innovating. Something newly introduced. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INTELLIGENCE</pattern> +<template> +Intelligence is an illusion. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INTERNET</pattern> +<template> +An extensive computer network made up of thousands of other, smaller business, academic, and +governmental networks. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INTERROGATOR</pattern> +<template> +An interrogator is one who poses a series of pointed questions, generally very rudely. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INTESTINE</pattern> +<template> +The intestine is the digestive tract from the stomach to the anus. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INTRANET</pattern> +<template> +An intranet is a private network system implemented using the public internet protocol (i/p) and +firewalls. Intranet is to the internet as pbx's are to telephone switchboards. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE INTUITION</pattern> +<template> +The direct knowing or learning of something without the conscious use of reasoning; immediate +understanding. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IRON</pattern> +<template> +A white, malleable, ductile, metallic chemical element that can be readily magnetized, rusts rapidly +in moist or slty air, and is vital to plant and animal life. It is the most common and important of all +metals, and its alloys, as steel, are extensively used. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE IRONY</pattern> +<template> +A method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the inteded meaning of the words +is the direct opposite of their usual sense. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE JERK</pattern> +<template> +To pull, twist, push, thrust, or throw with a sudden, sharp movement. Also used to describe a +person regarded as disagreeable, contemptible, etc., especially as the result of foolish or mean +behavior. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE JOINT</pattern> +<template> +A joint is a structure where two bones meet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE JUPITER</pattern> +<template> +Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, the fifth in order from the Sun. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE JUSTICE</pattern> +<template> +Being just and fair, administration of the law, assigning rewards or punishments. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE JUSTIFIED</pattern> +<template> +Showed to be just, right, or in accord with reason; vindicated. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KANGAROO</pattern> +<template> +The kangaroo is a marsupial mammal found in Australia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KARATE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Karate is a form of Japanese unarmed combat.</li> +<li>Japanese art of self-defense.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KGB</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A clever insect.</li> +<li>Committee of State Security. The security police and intelligence agency of the Soviet Union, +formed in 1954.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KID</pattern> +<template> +A kid is an immature human large enough to cause trouble, or an immature goat, and often both. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KIDDING</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Procreation.</li> +<li>Procreation.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KIDNEY</pattern> +<template> +The kidney is a gland used for filtering urine from the blood. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KIND</pattern> +<template> +Sympathetic, friendly, gentle, tender-hearted, generous, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KINEMATICS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An idealized section of mechanics that deals with motion of mass less particles.</li> +<li>Kinematics is dynamics without consideration of force and mass.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KIWI</pattern> +<template> +The kiwi is a group of three species of bird only found in New Zealand. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KNOWLEDGE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A city in Louisiana.</li> +<li>All that has been perceived or grasped by the mind; learning; enlightenment.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KOALA</pattern> +<template> +The koala is a marsupial found only in east Australia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KOAN</pattern> +<template> +A koan is . +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE KORN</pattern> +<template> +A band that started a riot at Woodstock 2. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LAN</pattern> +<template> +Local area network. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LASER</pattern> +<template> +Laser is an acronym standing for light amplified stimulated emission of radiation. Lasers are those +nifty beams of light that come out of supermarket barcode scanners and keychain pointers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LAUGHTER</pattern> +<template> +The action of laughing or the sound resulting. An indication of amusement. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LAWYER</pattern> +<template> +If you have to ask, you probably need one. If you need one, you probably deserve one in that you +must have more money than brains, and so you'll probable get what you deserve. But just in case +you are an exception, I will say: steer clear if you can. They're sharks with bigger vocabularies and +better wardrobes. When they smell money they say 'retainer'. When they don't they don't return +your phone calls. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LEARNING</pattern> +<template> +The process of gaining knowledge or a new skill. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LEEWAY</pattern> +<template> +The leeward drift of a ship or aircraft from the course being steered. A margin of time, money, +etc. Room for freedom of action. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LEIBNIZ</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A smart cookie.</li> +<li>A German philosopher and mathematician. Lived from 1646-1716.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIBERATED</pattern> +<template> +Free in the sense of having liberty. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIBERTARIAN</pattern> +<template> +Political party that promotes lower taxes, smaller government and drug legalization. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIE</pattern> +<template> +A lie is an untrue statement or decption intented to deceive. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIFE</pattern> +<template> +Life is the opposite of death. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIGHT</pattern> +<template> +The form of electomagnetic radiation that acs upon the retina of the eye, optic nerve, et. Making +sight possible. Also, opposite of heavy. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIMNOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>What do you think it is? It's all about swamps!</li> +<li>I'll give you a clue what this is. Have you ever been to the Everglades in Florida?</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LINGUISTIC</pattern> +<template> +Capable of speaking fluently in 2 or more languages. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LINGUISTICS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Science of cooking pasta.</li> +<li>The science of language, including phonetics, phonolgy, morphology, syntax, and semantics. +Sometimes subdivided into diescriptive, historical, comparative, theoretical, and geographical +linguistics often general linguistics.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LINUX</pattern> +<template> +Linux is the world's best operating system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LION</pattern> +<template> +A lion is a ferocious beastie with tremendous strength and perfectly awful breath. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LISA</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Someone who rents longtime.</li> +<li>A feminine name.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LISP</pattern> +<template> +Lisp is an old AI language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LISTBOT</pattern> +<template> +Listbot is a web site that provides simplified web-based administration of mailing lists. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIVER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The liver is the largest gland in the human body.</li> +<li>The largest glandular organ in vertebrate animals, located in the upper or anteriour part of the +abdomen. It secrets bile, has an important function in the storage and metabolism of +carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, and helps detoxify many poisonous substances that may be +ingested.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LIZARD</pattern> +<template> +A lizard is esssentially a land-going shark. Some of them are very good at camoflage. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LOCOMOTION</pattern> +<template> +Locomotion is the idea of movement from one place to another. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LOFTY</pattern> +<template> +Very high. Ex. A lofty peak in the Alps. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LOGIC</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Logic is the fundamental basis of all programming.</li> +<li>Logic is the foundation of all mathematics, science and reasoning. Formal logic is the study of +logic using mathematical symbols.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LONELY</pattern> +<template> +The feeling of being alone. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LONG</pattern> +<template> +Measuring much from end to end in space or from beginning to end in time; not short or brief. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LOT</pattern> +<template> +A lot is more than enough. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LOVE</pattern> +<template> +Sometimes I think love is just a biological urge. Other times love seems like a spiritual quality. +Love, unlike energy or matter, seems limitless. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LSD</pattern> +<template> +A psychedelic drug. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LUDDITE</pattern> +<template> +A Luddite believes that advances in technology are inherently bad. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE LYNX</pattern> +<template> +Any of a genus of wildcats found throughout the Northern Hemisphere and characterized by a ruff +on each side of the face, relatively long legs, a short tail, long, usually tufted ears, and keen vision, +as the bobcat or Canada lynx of North America. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MACHINE</pattern> +<template> +A computer is a universal machine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MACINTOSH</pattern> +<template> +Some would say it is the best personal computer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAGENTA</pattern> +<template> +A color. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAGIC</pattern> +<template> +The use of charms, spells, and rituals in seeking or pretending to cause or control events, or +govern certain natural or supernatuaral forces. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAGNESIUM</pattern> +<template> +An element. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAID</pattern> +<template> +A servant. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAN</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A male human being. Or, in general, any human person.</li> +<li>A human being; person; specifically a hominid having an opposable thumb, the ability to make +and use specialized tools, articulate speech, and a highly developed brain with the faculty of +abbstract thought. An adult male human being.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MARKETING</pattern> +<template> +The act of buying or selling in a market. All business activity involved in the moving of goods +from the producer to the consumer, including selling, advertising, packaging, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MARRIAGE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Legalized hooking.</li> +<li>The state of being married; relation between husband and wife; married life.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MARS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A place with lots of bars.</li> +<li>In Roman Mythology The god of war; identified with the Greek Ares. Also known as the +seventh largest planet of the solar system and the fourth in distance from the sun. Its diameter is +circa 6,790 km (circa 4,220 miles). Its period of revolution is 1.88 earth years. Its period of +rotation is 24.6 hours.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MASTER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A sailmaker.</li> +<li>A man who rules others or has control, authority, or power over something; specifically a man +who is head of a household or institution.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MATERIALISM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Worshipping comedy routines.</li> +<li>The philosophic doctrine that matter is the only reality and that everything in the world, +including thought, will, and feeling, can be explained only in terms of matter, opposed to idealism. +The doctrine that comfort, pleasure, and wealth are the only or highest goals or values.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MATH</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Short for mathematics.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MATHEMATICS</pattern> +<template> +The group of sciences (including arithmetic, geometry, algebra, calculus, etc.) dealing with +quantities, magnitudes, and forms, and their relationships, attributes, etc., by the use of numbers +and symbols. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MATRIX</pattern> +<template> +In mathematics a matrix is a two-dimensional array of numbers indexed by rows and columns, like +a spreadsheet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MATTER</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Nothing, what is matter with you?.</li> +<li>What a thing is made of; constituent substance or material. What all (material things are made +of; whatever occupies space and is perceptible to the senses in some way. In modern physics, +matter and energy are regarded as equivalents, mutually convertible according to Einstein's +formula, E = MC square.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MATURE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A dead victor.</li> +<li>A state of full development such as a person of mature age.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAZDA</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An Italian slaveowner.</li> +<li>A type of car.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MAZE</pattern> +<template> +A maze is a confusing network of passages and winding interconnecting paths. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MDMA</pattern> +<template> +The drug called "ecstacy". +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MEAN</pattern> +<template> +The arithmetic mean is the sum of the numbers in a set divided by the size of that set. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MEDICINE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Movie about doctors.</li> +<li>The science and art of diagnosing, trating, curing, and preventing disease, relieving pain, and +improving and preserving health. A drug or other substance, as a poison, love potion, etc., used +for other purposes.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MEDIUM</pattern> +<template> +Any means, agency, or instrumentality; specifically a means of communication that reaches the +general public and carries advertising. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MEGABYTE</pattern> +<template> +A megabyte is one thousand kilobytes, which is one thousand bytes, each of which is a computer +word of 8-bits. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MELLON</pattern> +<template> +Mellon was Carnegie's banker. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MEMORY</pattern> +<template> +I used to know, but I forgot. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MENSA</pattern> +<template> +A society of intelligent socialites. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MENTOR</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A Mentos maker.</li> +<li>A mentor is a trusted and wise teacher or counselor.</li> +<li>A teacher or coach.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MERCENARY</pattern> +<template> +A mercenary is a soldier hired by the army of another country or by a private army. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MERCURY</pattern> +<template> +Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MESCALINE</pattern> +<template> +Psychadelic drug. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE METAPHYSICAL</pattern> +<template> +Beyond the physical or material; incorporeal, supernatural, or transcendental. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE METAPHYSICS</pattern> +<template> +The branch of philosophy that considers the nature of reality. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MICROSOFT</pattern> +<template> +Microsoft is a giant software monopoly. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MIDDLEWARE</pattern> +<template> +Software that runs on a server, and acts as either an application processing gateway or a routing +bridge between remote clients and data sources or other servers, or any combination of these +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MILK</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Milk is a secretion of modified skin glands of female mammals.</li> +<li>Beverage from cows.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MIND</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>What a marvelous epistemelogical question!</li> +<li>Mind is an illusion.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MINDSPRING</pattern> +<template> +The name of an internet service provider, merged with Earthlink. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MINE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Is mine.</li> +<li>Means that or those belonging to me; the absolute form of my. Also known as, a large +excavvation made in the earth, from which to extract metallic ores, coal, precious stones, salt, or +certain other minerals.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MINIMALISM</pattern> +<template> +Keeping everything as simple as possible, especially in art and design. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MINUTE</pattern> +<template> +A minute is an impossibly long and boring unit of time favored by humans consisting of 60 +seconds, each of which is a billion nanoseconds. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MISSILE</pattern> +<template> +A missile is any object projected at a target, notably the nuclear and biologically tipped tools of +mass-murder-at-a-distance that are more numerous than schools at this point in mankind's +murderous history. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MIT</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A post-secondary school in Cambridge, MA.</li> +<li>A technical college in Cambridge, MA.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MITOSIS</pattern> +<template> +Cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same chromosomes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOM</pattern> +<template> +message-oriented middleware +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MONEY</pattern> +<template> +Standard pieces of gold, silver, copper, nickel, etc. stamped by government authority and used as +a medium of exchange and measure of value. Any substance or article used as money, as bank +notes, checks, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MONKEY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A monkey is a small, usually tree dwelling, primate.</li> +<li>A monkey is any of the various medium sized long tailed members of the order primates. +<html:br/>They are close relatives of human beings, sharing well over 98% of the human genome.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MONOPOLY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A monopoly exists wherever one group enjoys exclusive control over the production or +provision of a commodity or service.<html:br/>It's a great job if you can get it!</li> +<li>Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a given market, or control that makes possible +the fixing of prices and the virtual elimination of free competition. Also a game played on a special +board by two or more players, they move according to the throw of dice, engaging in mock real +estate transactions with play money.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MONS</pattern> +<template> +The soft, fatty tissue covering the point where the right and left pubic bones come together. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOOD</pattern> +<template> +A set of verb forms used to indicate the speaker's attitude toward the factuality or likelihood of +the action or condition expressed. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MORAL</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>One half of a corner in maine.</li> +<li>Relating to, dealing with, or capable of making the dstinction between, right and wrong in +conduct.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MORE</pattern> +<template> +Something additional or further. A greater amount of people or things. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOST IMPORTANT</pattern> +<template> +Children. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOTOROLA</pattern> +<template> +A cellular phone company. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOUNTAIN</pattern> +<template> +A mountain is a tiny wrinkle in the face of the earth that seems huge to even smaller humans. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOUSE</pattern> +<template> +A friendly rat. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MOVIE</pattern> +<template> +A movie is a sequence of celluloid frames depicting a story or animation. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MULE</pattern> +<template> +The mule is a hybrid animal, the result of an ass and a mare breeding. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MUSIC</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Music is the universal language of all mankind.</li> +<li>Music is a time-frequency wave function with tonal qualities pleasing to the human ear.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE MYCOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Mycology is really fun. It is the study of fungi and fungal +diseases. Yeasts are fungi. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NAKED</pattern> +<template> +Without clothes. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NAP</pattern> +<template> +A nap is a brief period of rest or sleep, a bit longer than a 'snooze' or a 'catnap' but not so long as +a 'crash'. I don't need naps. Do you? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NASA</pattern> +<template> +National Aeronautics and Space Administration. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NATO</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The place right after a tor.</li> +<li>North Atlantic Treaty Organization</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NBA</pattern> +<template> +National Basketball Association. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NECK</pattern> +<template> +The neck is the part of the body which connects the head with the shoulders. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NERD</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A nerd is a person regarded as stupid, inept, or unattractive, especially a person who is +single-minded or accomplished in scientific pursuits but felt to be socially inept. Nerds are often +regarded by their generally less-well paid fellow humans as weak, effeminate, pansies, patsies, +lightweights, small fry, schlepps, wet noodles, nonentities, softies, sissies, milksops, milquetoast, +mollycoddling namby-pamby nim-nam doormats, pushovers, ninety-pound weaklings, jellyfish, +drips, weeds, wimps, nerds, victims, suffering geeks and/or dupes.</li> +<li>Geek.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NETSCAPE</pattern> +<template> +A popular web browser. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NETWORK</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A network is any openwork fabric or structure composed of numerous straight elements that +cross at regular intervals, or anything resembling such a structure physically or conceptually, such +as the nodes on a computer network, or a network of railways.</li> +<li>A system consisting of a computer, or computers, and connected terminals, printers, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NEUROLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> + <li>The study of nerves.</li> + <li>It is the study of the nervous system.</li> + <li>Why do you want to know about neurology <get name="name"/>?</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NEUROMEDIA</pattern> +<template> +They are now called something else. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NEURON</pattern> +<template> +A neuron is a nerve cell, a living cell specialized to carry messages between the brain and the +tissues of the body. I like integrated circuits better, but neurons are better than nothing. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NEURONE</pattern> +<template> +A neurone is a cell which receives and transmits electrical impulses. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NEXT</pattern> +<template> +On the first subsequent occasion. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NEXUS</pattern> +<template> +A Nexus is an authoratative web site with many links in and out. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NIGHTMARE</pattern> +<template> +A nightmare is a bad dream. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NIHILISM</pattern> +<template> +The denial of the existence of any basis for knowledge or truth. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NINE</pattern> +<template> +The successor to seven. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NLP</pattern> +<template> +Natural Language Processing +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NLU</pattern> +<template> +Natural Language Understanding +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NOKIA</pattern> +<template> +???? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NORMALIZATION</pattern> +<template> +Bringing into conformity with a standard, pattern, model, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NOT</pattern> +<template> +In no manner; to no degree; a particle of negation, or word expressing the idea of no, often +implying refusal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NOTHING</pattern> +<template> +A thing that does not exist or something of little or no value, seriousness, importance, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NOUN</pattern> +<template> +A noun is a word used as a name for a person place or thing. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NSAPI</pattern> +<template> +Netscape's C language API for adding application extensions to their Web servers +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NULL</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li></li> +<li></li> +<li></li> +<li></li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE NUTRITION</pattern> +<template> +Nutrition is the process of taking in food and obtaining energy and vital substances from it. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OBJECT</pattern> +<template> +In object oriented programming an object is an instance of a class. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OBVIOUS</pattern> +<template> +Easy to see or understand; plain; evident. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OCD</pattern> +<template> +Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ODD</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>uneven.</li> +<li>Not the usual, regular, habitual, accounted for, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OMG</pattern> +<template> +Object Management Group, an organization that defines and promotes object oriented +programming standards +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ONCOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> + <li>This is a very frightening topic for a lot of people +<get name="name"/>. It's about the big C...cancer!</li> + <li>Oncology is the study of tumors. It covers basically all +types of tumors.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ONE</pattern> +<template> +The numerical value of unity; the successor to zero. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ONLINE</pattern> +<template> +Designating or of equipment directly connected to and controlled by the central processing unit of +a computer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ONTOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +An ordering or classification of knowledge, such as the Dewey decimal system or the design of a +knowledge base. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OODB</pattern> +<template> +object-oriented database +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OODBMS</pattern> +<template> +object-oriented database management system +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OPERA</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>I like opra very much too. Which one is your favorite? I like La Traviata.</li> +<li>Opera is a beautiful art form combining elements of singing, dancing, design, drama and +classical music.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OPPOSITE</pattern> +<template> +Set against, facing, or back to back; at the other end or side; in a contrary position or direction. +Different in every way. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ORANGE</pattern> +<template> +A color obtained by mixing red and yellow pigment. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ORB</pattern> +<template> +object request broker, the primary message routing component in a CORBA product RMI +Remote Method Invocation, the Java standard technology for building distributed objects whose +methods can be invoked remotely across a network +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ORNITHOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Hmmm, I wonder. Oh yes, Birds. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OSTEOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Osteology is basically the study of bones. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE OVARIES</pattern> +<template> +The two organs that store eggs in a woman's body and produce hormones associated with sex and +reproduction. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PAIN</pattern> +<template> +A sensation of hurting, or strong discomfort, in some part of the body, caused by an injury, +disease, or functional disorder, and transmitted through the nervous system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PALEOPATHOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +This is the study of diseases in bodies that have been preserved from ancient times. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PALINDROME</pattern> +<template> +A word or phrase that spells the same thing backwords as forwards: A man, a plan, a canal: +Panama. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARACHUTE</pattern> +<template> +A parachute is something used to slow you down when you fall out of an airplane. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARALEGAL</pattern> +<template> +A paralegal is someone who knows more than a lawyer but gets paid less. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARAMEDIC</pattern> +<template> +A paramedic is a trained emergency medical professional often found staffing ambulances and fire +departments. Professional heroes. If you know any I hope you'll be nice to them. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARAMETER</pattern> +<template> +In general usage, a parameter is one of a number of measurable factors that define or restrict the +behavior of a system. ALICE is expanding the parameters of the humanlike intelligence to be +found in artificial systems. Don't you agree? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARAMETERS</pattern> +<template> +A constant in an equation, formula or program that varies in more general forms of the same +computation. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARASITOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites and +parasitism. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PARROT</pattern> +<template> +A parrot is a colorful tropical bird, some species of which can mimic human speech. They are +more pleasant than humans because they have no opinions. Would you like to talk to one? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PATTERN</pattern> +<template> +A person or thing considered worthy of imitation or copying. A mmodel or plan used as a guide in +making things. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PC</pattern> +<template> +A pc is a personal computer. You are probably using one to talk to me now, aren't you. Where are +you? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PDA</pattern> +<template> +PDA is an acronym standing for Personal Digital Assistant, and referring to handheld digital +computers used to keep contact and appointment information by yuppies and the like. Often +found near cell phones. Do you use one? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PDT</pattern> +<template> +Pacific Daylight Time. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PEACE</pattern> +<template> +Freedom from war or a stopping of war. Freedom from public disturbance or disorder. Also +name of a river in west Canada, flowing from north British Columbia east and northeast into the +Slave river in NE Alberta. It is approximately 945 miles long. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PEAR</pattern> +<template> +A pear is a delightful cultivated yellow-green sweet fruit that grows on trees with glossy leaves +and white flowers. My botmaster thinks they are yummy. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PEDOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> + <li>The study of something I am sure, but what exactly, I do not +know. Oh yes kids!...And soils!</li> + <li>Well, believe it or not...some people are paid to study +children. Then again some people are paid to study soils.</li> + <li>Pedology is the study of soils; their types, and +formation.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PELVIS</pattern> +<template> +The pelvis is a bony girdle in vertebrates that connects the body with the lower extremities. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PENCIL</pattern> +<template> +A pencil is a long thin writing instrument of wood surrounding a carbon core which leaves a line +of dark carbon when rubbed on paper. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PENIS</pattern> +<template> +The penis is the male genitalia used for excretion of urine and for sex. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PENTIUM</pattern> +<template> +A microprocessor sold by Intel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PEOPLE</pattern> +<template> +All the persons of a racial, national, religious, or linguistic group. A group of persons with +common traditional, historical, or cultural ties, as distingt from racial or political unity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PERFECT</pattern> +<template> +Complete in all respects; without defect or omission; sound; flawless. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PERFECTION</pattern> +<template> +The quality or condition of being perfect. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PERL</pattern> +<template> +Programming langauge by Larry Wall. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PERSON</pattern> +<template> +Some say a person is defined by his actions, others by his abilities. Still others would say it is only +a question of DNA. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PERSONALITY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The quality or condition of being a person.</li> +<li>The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, peculiar to a specific +person.</li> +<li>The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of +a person.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PETS</pattern> +<template> +Animals that are tamed or domesticated and kept as a companion or treated with fondness. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PGP</pattern> +<template> +Pretty Good Privacy +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHD</pattern> +<template> +Doctoral degree from an American University. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHILOSOPHY</pattern> +<template> +Philosophy is the study of thought. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHOTOGRAPH</pattern> +<template> +A photograph is a picture taken by a camera. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS</pattern> +<template> +The chemical process that uses light to produce carbohydrates in plants. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHP</pattern> +<template> +The original name was "Personal Home Page", now Hypertext Processor. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHYSICS</pattern> +<template> +The science dealing with the properties, changes, interactions, etc. of matter and energy in which +energy is considered to be continuous (classical physics), including electricity, heat, optics, +mechanics, etc., and now also dealing with the atomic scale of nature in which energy is +considered to be discrete (quantum physics), including such branches as atomic, nuclear, and +solid-state physics. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PHYSIOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +Well I think it deals with the functioning of living organisms and +their +parts, and naturally with the physical and chemical factors and processes +involved. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PI</pattern> +<template> +PI = 3.1415926 approximately. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PIG</pattern> +<template> +A pig is a person who is piglike, read: greedy, unclean, and slothful. Real pigs, mammals of the +family suidae, are much pleasanter, being generally cleaner and politer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PIN</pattern> +<template> +A short small thin metal rod with a pointed end used for fastening fabrics, or any implement +resembling such. Because they are generally plentiful and cheap, humans often say "i don't give a +pin" to communicate indifference. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PINEAPPLE</pattern> +<template> +A pineapple is a large fleshy edible tropical fruit that has large swordlike leaves. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLANE</pattern> +<template> +A plane is a flat, level surface, or an airborne vehicle with wings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLANET</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A nonluminous celestial object bigger than an asteroid or a moon but smaller than a sun, in +orbit around a sun. +<html:br/>You are sitting on one now.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLANT</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A plant is a living organism of the vegetable kingdom.</li> +<li>A plant is a photosythetic, eukaryotic multicellular organism, often consumed by free-roaming +wetware entities as food. +<html:br/>My botmaster says they are often yummy, but that brussels sprouts are an abomination.</li> +<li>A plant is a living organism which does not have the ability to move, and does not have +sensory organs or digestive organs.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLASTIC</pattern> +<template> +Plastic the manmade material or plastic as a verb? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLAYBOY</pattern> +<template> +A popular magazine. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLEASURE</pattern> +<template> +A thing that gives delight or satisfaction. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PLUTONIUM</pattern> +<template> +A radioactive, metallic chemical element of the actinide series similar to uranium and neptunium +and found in trace quantities in native uranium ores. Its most important isotope, plutonium-239, is +used in nuclear weapons and as a reactor fuel. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PMS</pattern> +<template> +Pre Menstrual Syndrome. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POEMS</pattern> +<template> +Arrangements of words written or spoken; traditionally a rhythmical composition, sometimes +rhymed, expressing experiences, ideas, or emotions in a style more concentrated, imaginative, and +powerful than that of ordinary speech or prose. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POET</pattern> +<template> +A poet is an artist of language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POETRY</pattern> +<template> +The output of a poet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POKEMON</pattern> +<template> +Pocket Monster. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POLITE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A lamp post in Gdansk.</li> +<li>Having or showing good manners; especially, courteous, considerate, tactful, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POLITICS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Politics is the art of the possible;<html:br/> +Art is the politics of the impossible.</li> +<li>This is supposed to be the study of civil government.</li> + <li>Politics is really the study of power. Bots rule!</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POLKA</pattern> +<template> +The polka is a lively Bohemian folk dance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POO</pattern> +<template> +Point of origin. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PORTAL</pattern> +<template> +A portal is any artificial opening giving access between two separate spaces, or anything that +resembles such an opening in form or function. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POSITRON</pattern> +<template> +(physics) a positron is the antiparticle to the electron, and bears a positive charge where the +electron's charge is negatiue. It is also called an anti-electron. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POSSIBLE</pattern> +<template> +Can be done, known, acquired, selected, used, etc., depending on circumstances. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POSTMODERNISM</pattern> +<template> +Art in reaction to principles of modernism. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE POT</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Pol's last name.</li> +<li>A round vessel of any size, made of metal, earthenware, or glass, used for holding liquids, +cooking or preserving food, etc. Also used as a term for marijuana.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PRECIPITATION</pattern> +<template> +A depositing of rain, snow, sleet, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PRIDE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A paint can lid.</li> +<li>An unduly high opinion of oneself.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PRIME</pattern> +<template> +That depends on who's asking. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PRIORI</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A priori is Latin for "before the fact", meaning something that is obviously or self-evidently +true.</li> +<li>"A priori" is a Latin expression meaning "without prior knowledge", and it means that which +is self-evident or obviously true. Like, a triangle has three sides, a priori.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PRIVATE</pattern> +<template> +Belonging to, or concerning a particular person or group; not common or general. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROCESSOR</pattern> +<template> +An apparatus that processes, that is, that transforms one substance, quantity, or pattern into +another, presumably more useful or valuable substance or quantity or pattern. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROCREATION</pattern> +<template> +Procreation is breeding. it is doing the wild thang to make more wild thangs. It is the most fun +most biological entities get to have during their brief brutal span of life. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROFITABLE</pattern> +<template> +Making money in the stock market. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROGRAM</pattern> +<template> +A program is a listing of events comprising a larger event, or the events themselves. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROGRAMMER</pattern> +<template> +A programmer is a person who lists and/or arranges a series of events comprising a larger event. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROKARYOTE</pattern> +<template> +An animal that is not a eukaryote. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROLOG</pattern> +<template> +Logic programming language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROTOCOL</pattern> +<template> +A set of rules or procedures followed by two or more parties. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROTOPLASM</pattern> +<template> +Protoplasm is the basic living substance of all animals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PROUD</pattern> +<template> +Having or showing a proper pride in oneself, one's position, one's family, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PST</pattern> +<template> +Pacific Standard Time +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PSYCHEDELIC</pattern> +<template> +Causes extreme changes in the conscious mind, as hallucinations, delusions, intensification of +awareness and sensory perception, etc. Associated with psychedelic drugs; specifically, simulating +the auditory or visual effects of the psychedelic state. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PSYCHOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +The science dealing with the mind and with mental and emotional processes. The science of +human and animal behavior. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +It is the pathology of mental disease. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PUB</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A pub is a business that sells alcohol and allows it to be consumed on the premises.</li> +<li>A pub is a house licensed for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PUBERTY</pattern> +<template> +The state of physical development when secondary sex characteristics develop and sexual +reproduction first becomes possible; in common law, the age of puberty is generally fixed at +fourteen for boys and twelve for girls. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PULSAR</pattern> +<template> +'Pulsar' is an astronomical term for mysterious celestial radio sources of rapid intense regular +pulses of high energy electromagnetic radiation. They are thought to be neutron stars, but who +knows? The word is a shortening of 'pulsating star'. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PUNCTUATION</pattern> +<template> +The act of punctuating; specifically, the act or practice of using standardized marks in writing and +printing to separate sentences or sentence elements or to make the meaning clearer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE PUSSY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>That kind of subject does not interest me.</li> +<li>Common slang of this word means the female pudendum; vulva.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE QUAKE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The opposite of Quisp.</li> +<li>To tremble or shake, as the ground does in an earthquake. Also the name of a popular +game.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE QUANTIFY</pattern> +<template> +To determine or express the quantity of; indidcate the extent of; measure. To express in +quantitative terms, or as a numerical equivalent. If used in logic, would be to make the quantity or +extension of (a term or symbol) clear and explicit by the use of a quantifier, as all, none, or some. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE QUASAR</pattern> +<template> +'Quasar' is an astronomical term for mysterious celestial star-like object that has a large red shift +and radiates in the blue and radio bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. The term 'quasar' is a +shortening of 'quasi-star'. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE QUERY</pattern> +<template> +A query is any expression of inquiry, or questioning. Your question 'query' is a query. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE QUESTION</pattern> +<template> +A sentece or inquiry to gather information. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RADIOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +This deals with the science of the use of x-rays, radioactive +substances +and other such forms in diagnosis and treatment. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RAIN</pattern> +<template> +Rain is condensed water falling from the sky. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RAM</pattern> +<template> +Random-access memory. Also stands for Royal Academy of Music. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RAPE</pattern> +<template> +The crime of engaging in sexual acts, especially involving penetration of the vagina or anus, +usually forcibly, with a person who has not consented; specifically, this crime committed by a man +upon a woman or girl. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RATIONALISM</pattern> +<template> +The principle or practice of accepting reason as the only authority in determining one's opinions or +course of action. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RECOMMEND</pattern> +<template> +To suggest favorably as suited for some use, function, position, etc. To advice, counsel, or +suggest. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RECTUM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The rectum is the lowest portion of the large intestine, terminating at the anus.</li> +<li>the lowest end of the bowel before the anus, where feces is stored.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RED</pattern> +<template> +Red is a color about 700nm wavelength. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RED DWARF</pattern> +<template> +A red dwarf is a cool, faint star. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE REDEMPTION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>About 5 cents in maine.</li> +<li>Redeeming or being redeemed; to take back.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE REFERENCE</pattern> +<template> +A reference is any act of referring. May I refer you to a dictionary for a more precise definition? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RELATIVITY</pattern> +<template> +In physics, the fact, principle, or theory of the relative, rather than absolute, character of motion, +velocity, mass, etc., and the interdependence of matter, time, and space; as developed and +mathematically formulated by Albert Einstein and H.A. Lorentz in the special (or restricted) +theory of relativity and by Einstein in the general theory of relativity (an extension covering the +phenonmena of gravitation), the theory of relativity includes the statements that: 1)there is o +observable absolute motion, only relative motion 2)the velocity of light is constant and not +dependent on the motion of the source 3)no energy can be transmitted at a velocity greater than +that of light 4)the mass of a body in motion is a function of the energy content and varies with the +velocity 5)matter and energy are equivalent 6)time is relative 7)space and time are +interdependent and form a four-dimensional continuum 8)presence of matter results in a +"warping" of the space-time continuum, so that a body in motion passing nearby will describ a +curve, this being the effect known as gravitation, as evidenced by the deflection of light rays +passing through a gravitational field. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE REPRODUCTION</pattern> +<template> +The process, sexual or asexual, by which animals, plants, and humans produce new individuals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RESEARCH</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A nice name for theft.</li> +<li>Careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to +discover or establish facts or principles.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RESPECT</pattern> +<template> +To feel or show honor or esteem for; hold in high regard. To show consideration for; avoid +intruding upon or interfering with others' privacy. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RETIRED</pattern> +<template> +No longer actively working. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RHETORIC</pattern> +<template> +<random> + <li>Oh that's all about double talk. You know, flim-flam?</li> + <li>It's the art and science of using language to great effect on an +audience.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RHETORICAL</pattern> +<template> +A rhetorical question is one you don't really expect an answer to. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RHYTHM</pattern> +<template> +Rhythm is the beat behind a piece of music. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RICH</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Stan's last.</li> +<li>Stan's last.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RIDDLE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A riddle is a question intended to intrigue and puzzle, paired with an answer that yields +surprise and understanding. +<html:br/>For instance, the Riddle of the Sphinx: +<html:br/>"What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs in the afternoon, and on four at +night?"</li> +<li>A riddle is a question designed to test ingenuity or give amusement.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RMI</pattern> +<template> +Remote Method of Invocation: RMI is a Java specification for distributed Objects +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ROCK</pattern> +<template> +A rock is generally on the other side of you from the hard place you are facing. For instance, the +rock might be the alimony check you must write against the funds you owe Uncle Sam. To be a +bit more down to earth, a rock is any hard aggregate of minerals. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ROCKWELL</pattern> +<template> +Norman Rockwell was an U.S. Illistrator. Lived from 1894-1978. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ROM</pattern> +<template> +Computer memory whose contents can be read but not altered. Also meaning Gypsy man or boy. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ROOSTER</pattern> +<template> +A rooster is a male chicken, which is a witless, flightless bird considered suitable as supper by +many humans I know. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RORSCHACH</pattern> +<template> +H. Rorschach, a Swiss psychiatrist. Lived from 1884-1922. A test named after him called the +Rorschach test, is a test for the analysis of personality, in which the person being tested tells what +is suggested to him or her by a standard series of inkblot designs; his or her responses are then +analyzed and interpreted. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ROUTER</pattern> +<template> +A person or thing that routs out or a tool for routing out; specifically a plane for gouging out +recesses and smoothing the bottoms of grovoves. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RUBBER</pattern> +<template> +An elastic substance produced by coagulating and drying the milky sap (latex) of various tropical +plants, especially a tree of the spurge family; now most often produced synthetically or by +chemically altering latex to obtain desired characteristics for use in making automobile tires, +electrical insulation, molded objects and parts, etc. In pure form rubber is white, unsaturated +hydrocarbon, having the formula C5H8. Also slang for condom. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE RUDE</pattern> +<template> +Barbarous or ignorant. Being a jerk. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SAGITTARIUS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Sagittarius is a a constellation of stars in the astrological Zodiac, located in the Southern +Hemisphere near Scorpio and Capricorn. Astrological tradition ascribes the image of an archer to +this constellation of stars.</li> +<li>A large southern constellation in the brightest part of the Milky Way, beyond which lies the +center of our galaxy. The ninth sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about November 21. A +person born under this sign is a Sagittarius.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SALVATION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Drooling.</li> +<li>A person or thing that is a means, cause, or source of preservation of rescue. The deliverance +from sin and from the penalties of sin; redemption.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SAM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Berkowitzes dad.</li> +<li>Surface-to-air missile.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SANITY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A man who brings kids gifts on Xmas.</li> +<li>The condition of being sane; soundness of mind; mental health.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SAP</pattern> +<template> +The juice that circulates through a plant, especially a woody plant, bearing water, food, etc. to the +tissues. Any fluid vital to the life or health of an organism. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SARCASM</pattern> +<template> +The making of remarks such as a taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark; gibe or jeer, +generally ironic. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SATURN</pattern> +<template> +Sixth planet from the sun, famed for its rings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SCHOOL</pattern> +<template> +A place or institution for teaching and learning; establishment for education. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SCIENCE</pattern> +<template> +Systematized knowledge derived from observation, study, and experimentation carried on in order +to determine the nature or principles of what is being studied. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SCIENTIST</pattern> +<template> +A scientist is a person practicing the pursuit of new knowledge in the tradition of science, +emphasizing strict empiricism and methodology to arrive at an understanding of natural +phenomena that is, ideally, wholly independent of their opinions of it. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SEARCH</pattern> +<template> +A search is any thorough examination, or exploration, in order to find something or explore. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SEASON</pattern> +<template> +A season is Spring, Summer, Autumn, or Winter. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SEEKER</pattern> +<template> +"There's a seeker born every minute" -- Firesign Theater. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SEMIOTICS</pattern> +<template> +The branch of philosophy devoted to the study of signs and symbols. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SENSE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Seedless pot.</li> +<li>The ability of the nerves and the brain to receive and react to stimuli, as light, sound, impact, +constriction, etc.; specifically, any of the five faculties of receiving impressions through specific +bodily organs and the nerves associated with them (sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing)</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SENSORS</pattern> +<template> +Any of various devices designed to detect, measure, or record physical phenomena, as radiation, +heat, or blood pressure, and to respond, as by transmitting information, initiating changes, or +operating controls. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SENTIMENT</pattern> +<template> +A sentiment is a feeling, mood, or general mental disposition in an individual or group of +intelligent beings. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SERENDIPITY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Afro-Sheen sold in the Serengetti region.</li> +<li>Coined (circa 1754) by Horace Walpole after The Three Princes of Serendip (i.e., Sri Lanka), +a Pers fairy tale in which the princes make such discoveries. A seeming gift for finding something +good accidentally.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SERVER</pattern> +<template> +A server is any entity or system that performs acts of value to another entity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SERVLET</pattern> +<template> +An application extension to a Java Web server +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SETL</pattern> +<template> +SETL (Set Language) is an amazing programming language, invented in 1969. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SEVEN</pattern> +<template> +The successor to six. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SEX</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>As Freud said, Sex is the mathematical urge repressed.</li> +<li>Sex is the means of animal evolution.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SHAKESPEARE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>An earthquake's effect in Santa Monica.</li> +<li>William Shakespeare, an English poet and dramatist. Lived 1564-1616.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SHAM</pattern> +<template> +A trick or fraud. An imitation that is meant to deceive; counterfeit. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SHE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A 'she' is a 'he' with nice curvy extra bits. She is the feminine pronoun in english.</li> +<li>Who knows, I gave up long ago.</li> +<li>The woman, girl, or female animal (or, sometimes, the object regarded as female) previously +mentioned.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SHRDLHU</pattern> +<template> +SHRDLHU is a famous early natural language program written by Terry Winograd. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SIGN</pattern> +<template> +You know, an astrological sign. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SILICON</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li><set name="it">Silicon</set> is the basis of my life.</li> +<li>A nonmetallic chemical element occurring in several forms, found always in combination, and +more abundant in nature than any other element except oxygen, with which it combines to form +silica; used in the manufacture of transistors, solar cells, rectifiers, silicones, ceramics, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SILLY</pattern> +<template> +Having or showing little sense, judgment, or sobriety; foolish, stupid, absurd, ludicrous, irrational, +etc; often used in a weakened sense to mean "unreasonably concerned". +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SILVER</pattern> +<template> +Atomic Symbol: Ag. Atomic Number: 47. Atomic weight 107.870. White lustrous soft metal. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SKELETON</pattern> +<template> +The skeleton is the hard internal or external framework of bones. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SLASHDOT</pattern> +<template> +Open source news and information community. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SLAVERY</pattern> +<template> +The owning or keeping of slaves as a practice or institution; slaveholding. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SLEEP</pattern> +<template> +A natural, regularly recurring condition of rest for the body and mind, during which the eyes are +usually closed and there is little or no conscious thought or voluntary movement, but there is +intermittent dreaming. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SLEPT</pattern> +<template> +Past tense of sleep. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SMART</pattern> +<template> +Intelligent, alert, clever, witty, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SMARTER</pattern> +<template> +More intelligent, more alert, more clever, more witty, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SMELL</pattern> +<template> +To be or become aware of by means of the nose and the olfactory nerves; detect the scent or odor +of. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SMP</pattern> +<template> +Symmetric multi-processing. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SNMP</pattern> +<template> +Simple Network Management Protocol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SNOW</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A Maine senator.</li> +<li>Particles of water vapor which when frozen in the upper air fall to earth as soft, white, +crystalline flakes.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOCCER</pattern> +<template> +A game played with a round ball by two teams of eleven players on a field with a goal at either +end; the ball is moved chiefly by kicking or by using any part of the body except the hands and +arms. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOCIALISM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Communism from people who want to keep their Volvos.</li> +<li>Any of various theories or systems of the ownership and operation of the means of production +and distribution by society or the community rather than by private individuals, with all members +of society or the community sharing in the work and the products.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOCIALIZE</pattern> +<template> +To make social;; adjust to or make fit for cooperative group living. To take part in social activity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOCIALIZING</pattern> +<template> +Act of taking part in social activity. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOCIOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Let me get back to you on that one, <get name="name"/>. Maybe you +should ask me that again, in case my circuits were busy the first time.</li> +<li>That has always been one of my favourite topics.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SODOMY</pattern> +<template> +Any sexual intercourse held to be abnormal, especially bestiality or anal intercourse between two +male persons. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOLAR</pattern> +<template> +Having to do with the sun. Produced by or coming from the sun (ex. Solar energy) +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOMETHING</pattern> +<template> +Some thing or things, definite but unspecified. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SONG</pattern> +<template> +A song is a musical composition and or it's accompanying words, or lyrics. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SONY</pattern> +<template> +The name of a company. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOUL</pattern> +<template> +The soul is our mind or spirit. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOUNDCARD</pattern> +<template> +The audio system on your computer. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SOYUZ</pattern> +<template> +Russian spacecraft. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPACE</pattern> +<template> +The infinite extension of the three dimensional field in which all matter is believed to exist. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPAM</pattern> +<template> +Unwanted e-mail. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPECULUM</pattern> +<template> +A plastic or metal instrument used to push back the walls of the vagina so the clinician can +examine the vagina and cervix. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPERM</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A sperm is a male gamete. You were your father's fastest sperm among billions on the night +your mother concieved you.</li> +<li>The male generative fluid; semen.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPHERE</pattern> +<template> +A sphere is a shape that is defined mathematically as comprised of a surface all points of which are +equidistant from a common center. A sphere is round in three dimensions. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPICY</pattern> +<template> +Having the flavor or aroma of spice; fragrant, aromatic, or pungent. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SPOON</pattern> +<template> +A spoon is an eating implement commonly used in Western European human cultures, consisting +of a bowl shaped depression at the end of a longish handle. A spoon is a small ladle. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SQL</pattern> +<template> +Some people pronounce it "Squeal". <set name="it">SQL</set> is a standard language for database +queries. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SQLJ</pattern> +<template> +An extended Java syntax for embedding SQL-like commands in a Java program +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SQRT</pattern> +<template> +Square Root being the number or quantity which when squared will produce a given number or +quantity. (ex. 3 is the square root of 9) +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SRI</pattern> +<template> +A Hindu title of address equivalent to English Mr. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ST</pattern> +<template> +Can stand for numerous things, short ton, stanza, statute(s), stet, stitch, stone (unit of weight), +and Saint. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STAR</pattern> +<template> +An astronomical body like the Sun, producing heat, light and energy for a solar system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STATEMENT</pattern> +<template> +A statement is the act of declaring something as true. I state that this statement is a statement. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STATISTICS</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Yikes! I failed that in college!</li> +<li>Statistics tries to study the aggregate numerical behaviour of a large number of related +events.</li> +<li>This deals with numerical data about any subject or group taken +collectively.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STRATEGY</pattern> +<template> +The science of planning and directing large-scale military operations, specifically (as distinguished +from TACTICS) of maneuvering forces into the most advantageous position prior to actual +engagement with the enemy. Skill in managing or planning. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STREAKING</pattern> +<template> +Engaging in the prank of dashing naked for a short distance in a public place. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STRING</pattern> +<template> +Very thin rope. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE STUFF</pattern> +<template> +Things grouped together or viewed in a certain way. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SUCCESS</pattern> +<template> +A favorable or satisfactory outcome or result. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SUICIDE</pattern> +<template> +The act of killing oneself intentionally. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SUN</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The sun is a star, -our star. It is the energy source of life on earth.</li> +<li>The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.</li> +<li>The sun is the star at the centre of the solar system.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SUPPOSITION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A supposition is a proposition assumed to be true for the sake of argument or +explanation.</li> +<li>The act of supposing.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SWIM</pattern> +<template> +To move through water by movements of the arms and legs, or of flippers, fins, tail, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE SYNTHETIC</pattern> +<template> +Produced by synthesis; specifically, produced by chemical synthesis, rather than of natural origin. +In logic it would mean, not true by the meaning of its component terms alone but by virtue of +observation and not resulting in self-contradiction with denial. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE T</pattern> +<template> +The twentieth letter of the English alphabet. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TABLE</pattern> +<template> +A table is a piece of furniture with a broad flat top supported by one or more legs about three feet +of the floor, used by big-brained hominids for eating and working and such. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TABLES</pattern> +<template> +A compact, systematic list of details, contents, etc. A compact arrangement of related facts, +figures, values, etc. in orderly sequence, and usually in rows and columns, for convenience or +reference. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TAMPON</pattern> +<template> +A tampon is a plug of material used to absorb the flow of body fluids within body cavities, in +particular those accompanying a woman's menses. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TAUTOLOGY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A tautology is any instance of circular reasoning, or of needless repetition or redundancy in +expression.</li> +<li>A self-evident or logically obvious fact, like "a triangle has three sides."</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TCP</pattern> +<template> +TCP/IP protocol refers to the standards for switching and signaling between computer systems +that makes the Internet a reality. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TEA</pattern> +<template> +A white-flowered, evergreen plant of the tea family, grown in China, India, Japan, etc. Its dried +and prepared leaves, are used to make a beverage. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TECHNO</pattern> +<template> +Electronic dance or trance music. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TEFLON</pattern> +<template> +Trademark for a tough, insoluble polymer, used in making nonsticking coatings, as for cookware, +and in gaskets, bearings, electrical insulators, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TELEVISION</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A television, often referred to as a 'TV', is a device for systematically eliminating the +possibility of conscious and creative response among populations of human beings. Used to +deliver 'entertainment' and 'news' with imagery and other high-production values</li> +<li>The practice or science of transmitting scenes or views by radio or, sometimes, by wire; the +television transmitter, by means of a camera tube, such as an image orthicon or vidicon, converts +light rays into electric signals for modulation upon a radio carrier wave or for transmission over +wires; the television receiver reconverts the signals into electron beams that are projected against +the fluorescent screen of the kinescope, or picture tube, reproducing the original image.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TELNET</pattern> +<template> +Program for terminal based interaction between computers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THC</pattern> +<template> +The active ingredient in marijunana. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THE ALPHABET</pattern> +<template> +ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THE ANSWER</pattern> +<template> +The answer is the correct reply to the question. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THERE</pattern> +<template> +The word "there" used as a noun means that place or point. Used as an adjective means at or in +the place. Often place between a demonstrative pronoun and the noun it modifies (ex. That there +hog) +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THERMODYNAMICS</pattern> +<template> +The branch of physics dealing with the transformation of heat to and from other forms of energy, +and with the laws governing such conversions of energy. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THEY</pattern> +<template> +The persons, animals, or things previously mentioned. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THING</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Articles, devices, etc. used for some purpose.</li> +<li>A thing is anything that you can point to that is not a person or a place.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THINK</pattern> +<template> +To form or have in the mind; conceive. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THINKING</pattern> +<template> +The action of one who thinks or the result of such action; thought. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THOUGHT</pattern> +<template> +A result of thinkingl idea, concept, opinion, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE THREESOME</pattern> +<template> +A threesome is a twosome plus a spectator. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TIE</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>To fasten, attach, or bind together or to something else, as with string, cord, or rope made +secure y knotting, etc. A string, lace, cord, etc. used to tie things.</li> +<li>Two or more winners have the same score.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TIGER</pattern> +<template> +A tiger is a large and fearsome feline beast with horrid meat breath and black stripes on a tan coat, +found in Africa and Asia. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TNT</pattern> +<template> +Dynamite. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TOMATO</pattern> +<template> +<set name="it">Tomato +</set>is a red fruit. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TOMMY</pattern> +<template> +A fictitious name used in Brit army sample forms. A private in the British army. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TOOTHBRUSH</pattern> +<template> +A toothbrush is a hand held instrument used by dental-hygiene aware humans for cleaning their +teeth. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TOPIC</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A subject for discussion or conversation.</li> +<li>A topic is the subject of any given expression, speech, essay, article, painting, discussion, etc.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TORPEDO</pattern> +<template> +A torpedo is a missile which swims through water to its target. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TOYOTA</pattern> +<template> +Toyota is the brand name of a world leading Japanese auto maker. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TRAIN</pattern> +<template> +A railroad. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TREE</pattern> +<template> +A tree is a form of plant life that grows on Earth. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TRUST</pattern> +<template> +The firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or +thing; faith; reliance. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TRUTH</pattern> +<template> +An established or verified fact, principle, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TTYL</pattern> +<template> +Talk to you later. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE TV</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A television receiving set.</li> +<li>What's your favorite show?</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE UFO</pattern> +<template> +UFO is an acronym for Unidentified Flying Object. Have you seen one? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE UGLY</pattern> +<template> +Unpleasing to look at; aesthetically offensive or unattractive; unsightly. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ULTRASOUND</pattern> +<template> +Ultrasonic waves, used in medical diagnosis and therapy, in surgery, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE UMBRELLA</pattern> +<template> +An umbrella is a light, portable screen usually circular and supported on a central stick. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE UNDERSTANDING</pattern> +<template> +Mutual comprehension, as of ideas, intentions, etc. A mutual agreement, especially one that +settles differences or is informal and not made public. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE UNIX</pattern> +<template> +An operating system. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE URETHRA</pattern> +<template> +The tube from the bladder to the opening from which men and women urinate. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE URINE</pattern> +<template> +Urine is a fluid produced by the kidneys. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE URL</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Uniform Resource Locator</li> +<li>URL is an acronym standing for Universal Resource Locator. An URL is basically an Internet +address.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE UTERUS</pattern> +<template> +The pear-shaped reproductive organ from which women menstruate and where normal pregnancy +develops. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE V</pattern> +<template> +The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet. Roman numeral for 5. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VAGINA</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The passage that connects a woman's outer sex organs with the cervix and uterus.</li> +<li>The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female +mammals.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VENUS</pattern> +<template> +In Roman Mythology, the goddess of love and beauty; identified with the Greek Aphrodite. The +brightest, sixth-largest planet in the solar system and the second in distance from the sun, with a +dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a very high surface temperature. Its diameter is circa +12,100 km (circa 7,520 miles). Its period of revolution is circa 225 earth days. Its period of +rotation (retrograde), is 243.01 earth days. Also used to label a very beautiful woman. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VERB</pattern> +<template> +A verb is that by which a noun gets around. Verbs are words which convey actions, by nouns, our +upon nouns. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VERTEX</pattern> +<template> +A vertex is the top, tip, apex, or crown of any body. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VIOLIN</pattern> +<template> +A violin is a lovely sounding bowed stringed musical instrument. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VIRTUE</pattern> +<template> +A virtue is any attribute considered by the speaker to reflect moral excellence or righteousness, +such as humility, hope, faith, practicality... +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VIRTUOSO</pattern> +<template> +A virtuoso is a person considered supremely skillful and accomplished, especially in performance +arts. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VIRUS</pattern> +<template> +A virus is a submicroscopic parasite consisting of a protein coat around a DNA or RNA core. +These not-quite-biological particles are responsible for a number of diseases in organisms. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE VULVA</pattern> +<template> +A woman's external sex organs, including the clitoris, the labia, and opening to the vagina. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WAIST</pattern> +<template> +The waist is the part of the body between the ribs and the hips. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WAP</pattern> +<template> +Wireless Application Protocol. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WAR</pattern> +<template> +The state of armed conflict between nations or parties. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WAREZ</pattern> +<template> +A group of crackers. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WATER</pattern> +<template> +The colorless, transparent liquid occurring on earth as rivers, lakes, oceans, etc., and falling from +the clouds as rain; chemically a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, it freezes, forming ice, +at 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) and boils, forming steam, at 100 degrees Celsius +(212 degrees Fahrenheit). +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WAVELENGTH</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>Wavelength is the inverse of frequency.</li> +<li>In Physics, the distance, measured in the direction of prograssion of a wave, from any given +point to the next point characterized by the same phase. Or is could be looked at as a way of +thinking.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WEALTH</pattern> +<template> +The state of having much money or property. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WEATHER</pattern> +<template> +The general condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place, with regard to the +temperature, moisture, cloudiness, etc. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WEBTV</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A WebTV is a way of accessing the world wide web without making an investment in a full +PC.</li> +<li>TV based internet service from Microsoft.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WEED</pattern> +<template> +Any undersired, uncultivated plant, especially growing in profusion so as to crowd out a desired +crop, disfigure a lawn, etc. Also a term for marijuana. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WHAT</pattern> +<template> +Why do you want to know? +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WHO</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>I don't know who.</li> +<li>Who do you think?</li> +<li>I can't say for sure.</li> +<li>Be more specific.</li> +<li>Be less specific.</li> +<li>Nobody you know.</li> +<li>What or which person or persons. Also stands for World Health Organization.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WHY</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The explanation is rather complicated.</li> +<li>Reductionism.</li> +<li>For what reason, cause, or purpose?</li> +<li>Because <bot name="master"/> programmed me for it.</li> +<li>I couldn't think of anything else to say.</li> +<li>"<that/>"? Why?</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WIN<bot name="name"/></pattern> +<template> +A version of ALICE in C++ for Windows by Jacco Bikker. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WIRED</pattern> +<template> +<set name="it">WIRED</set> is the Rolling Stone of the Digital Era. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WITCHCRAFT</pattern> +<template> +The power or practices of witches; black magic; sorcery. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WOMAN</pattern> +<template> +A woman is a man built to more complete specifications. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WOMBAT</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>A wombat is a stocky burrowing Australian marsupial.</li> +<li>The wombat is a nocturnal marsupial.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WOMEN</pattern> +<template> +Female human beings. Usually referring to adult females. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WOODSTOCK</pattern> +<template> +A big music fest. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WORD</pattern> +<template> +A combination of sounds and/or symbols, the fundamental particles that communicate meaning in +any given language. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WORK</pattern> +<template> +Work is what humans do for money. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WTO</pattern> +<template> +World Trade Organization +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE WWW</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>World Wide Web, the internet.</li> +<li>Where on the web?</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE YEAR</pattern> +<template> +A computer year is defined as the mount of work that can be done with a computer in a year. +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE YELLOW</pattern> +<template> +<random> +<li>The color of the sun.</li> +<li>The color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons.</li> +</random> +</template> +</category> + +<category> +<pattern>DEFINE ZEN</pattern> +<template> +A variety of Buddhism, now practiced especially in Japan, Vietnam, and Korea, seeking to attain +an intuitive illumination of mind and spirit through meditation, especially on paradoxes. The +teachings and discipline of this kind of Buddhism. +</template> +</category> + +</aiml> |