Chicago Word Search
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Sample words: SELLA, FREED, TREND, SOWNE, NOVAE, VOMICA, INDOWS, ALBATAS, KRAFT, TRADE, STEEL, GREAT, CONDE, SEARS, GROSS, YEARS.
Chicago word list, defined
- SELLA /ˈsɛlə/ · noun
- An anatomical term for a saddle-shaped structure, especially the saddle-shaped part of the sphenoid bone that supports the pituitary gland in the cranial cavity.
- FREED /friːd/ · verb (past tense and past participle)
- Freed is the past tense and past participle of the verb "free," meaning to release someone or something from confinement, slavery, bondage, or an unwanted obligation. Related: released, liberated, emancipated, unshackled.
- TREND /trɛnd/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a trend is a general direction in which something develops or changes over time, especially a sustained pattern in society, business, or the environment. As a verb, trend means to move or develop in a particular general direction. Related: tendency, direction, movement, pattern.
- SOWNE /soʊn/ · verb
- The archaic past participle of “sow,” meaning to have planted or scattered seeds. Related: sown.
- NOVAE /ˈnoʊvi/ · noun
- The traditional Latin plural of nova, a star that suddenly becomes much brighter before gradually fading. The English plural novas is also commonly used. Related: new stars, supernovae.
- VOMICA /ˈvɒmɪkə/ · noun
- An archaic term for nux vomica, its seed, or preparations made from it. The seeds contain strychnine, and the name was also used for medicines administered as emetics. Related: nux vomica, vomit nut.
- KRAFT /kræft/ · noun
- A strong, usually brown or unbleached paper made from pulped wood, used especially for wrapping and packaging. In technical contexts, the term can also denote a unit of work equal to one foot-pound per second. Related: strong paper, brown paper, packing paper, wrapping paper.
- TRADE /treɪd/ · noun, verb
- Trade is the activity of buying and selling goods or services, especially between different people, countries, or markets. It can also refer to a particular line of business or the people and activities connected with commerce. Related: commerce, exchange, barter, business.
- STEEL /stiːl/ · noun, verb, adjective
- Steel is a hard, strong, usually silvery-gray alloy made primarily from iron and carbon. As a verb, it means to make something hard or strong, especially mentally; as an adjective, it means made of steel or, figuratively, firm and resolute. Related: iron, metal, alloy, resolve.
- GREAT /ɡreɪt/ · adjective
- Excellent or outstanding in quality, importance, achievement, or degree. Depending on context, it can also mean large, extensive, powerful, or highly skilled. Related: excellent, outstanding, remarkable, tremendous.
- SEARS /sɪərz/ (British); /sɪrz/ (US) · verb (third-person singular present form)
- To burn or scorch the surface of something with intense heat; figuratively, to affect someone painfully or leave a profound, lasting impression. Related: scorches, chars, burns, parches.
- GROSS /ɡrəʊs/, /ɡroʊs/ · adjective
- Disgusting or highly unappealing; also, in financial and general contexts, consisting of a total before deductions, or excessively large. In medical usage, gross means visible to the unaided eye or concerned with structures viewed as a whole rather than microscopically. Related: disgusting, revolting, repulsive, distasteful.
- YEARS /jɪrz/ · noun
- Years is the plural form of year, referring to calendar units, periods of twelve months, or the length of a person's age or lifetime. It can also mean a long span of time. Related: ages, eras, terms, epochs.
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