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Word: AUBAINE | Definition: Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littré.Droit d'aubaine (, the right, formerly possessed by the king ofFrance, to all the personal property of which an alien diedpossessed. It was abolished in 1819. Bouvier.
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Word: -LESS | Definition: A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of,not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
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Word: LOOS | Definition: Praise; fame; reputation. [Obs.] Spenser.Good conscience and good loos. Chaucer.
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Word: TRILEMMA | Definition: A syllogism with three conditional propositions, the majorpremises of which are disjunctively affirmed in the minor. SeeDilemma.
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Word: RIDERLESS | Definition: Having no rider; as, a riderless horse. H. Kingsley.
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Word: PRESENTANEOUS | Definition: Ready; quick; immediate in effect; as, presentaneous poison.[Obs.] Harvey.
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Word: CORINTHIAN | Definition: Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture,invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used bythe Greeks. Parker.
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Word: WAS | Definition: The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in theindicative mood, preterit (imperfect) tense; as, I was; he was.
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Word: EXESTUATE | Definition: To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]
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Word: TRICHOPHORE | Definition: The special cell in red algæ which produces or bears atrichogyne. See Illust. of Trichogyne.
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Word: VOX ANGELICA | Definition: An organ stop of delicate stringlike quality, having for eachfinger key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly sharp togive a wavy effect to their joint tone.
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Word: INTERROGATE | Definition: To question formally; to question; to examine by askingquestions; as, to interrogate a witness.Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying FateEmerson.
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Word: ASTROMETRY | Definition: The art of making measurements among the stars, or ofdetermining their relative magnitudes.
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Word: LEGALISM | Definition: Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming tolaw.
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Word: COLD-HEARTED | Definition: Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.-- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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Word: PHASING CURRENT | Definition: The momentary current between two alternating-currentgenerators when juxtaposed in parallel and not agreeing exactly inphase or period.
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Word: GUERDON | Definition: A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and abad sense. Macaulay.So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of aglorious lot. Byron.He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon ofall his former villainies. Knolles.
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Word: JOYFUL | Definition: Full of joy; having or causing joy; very glad; as, a joyfulheart. "Joyful tidings." Shak.My soul shall be joyful in my God. Is. lxi. 10.Sad for their loss, but joyful of our life. Pope.-- Joy"ful*ly, adv.-- Joy"ful*ness, n.
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Word: OVERMEASURE | Definition: To measure or estimate too largely.
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Word: ANTIBACCHIUS | Definition: A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the lastshort.
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Word: UNDERWEEN | Definition: To undervalue. [Obs.]
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Word: BARBATE | Definition: Bearded; beset with long and weak hairs.
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Word: ARMILLA | Definition: A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
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Word: VACCINIST | Definition: A vaccinator.
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Word: BISMUTH | Definition: One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color,crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, andrather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when brokenacross. It melts at 507º Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of acandle. It is found in a native state, ... |
Word: OPIFICE | Definition: Workmanship. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Word: DISTINCTURE | Definition: Distinctness. [R.]
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Word: ARMORIAL | Definition: Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of afamily.Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth.Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.
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Word: BORIDE | Definition: A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basicelement or radical; -- formerly called boruret.
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Word: EGOISM | Definition: The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples ofDescartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements ofknowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or providesfor.
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Word: VILLENOUS | Definition: Of or pertaining to a villein.
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Word: REGUARDANT | Definition: Same as Regardant.
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Word: DICHOTOMOUS | Definition: Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, adichotomous stem.-- Di*chot"o*mous*ly, adv.
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Word: INDULGENTLY | Definition: In an indulgent manner; mildly; favorably. Dryden.
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Word: ADENOLOGY | Definition: The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
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Word: RIVERY | Definition: Having rivers; as, a rivery country. Drayton.
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Word: LINER | Definition: A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them,fill a space, etc., ; a shim.
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Word: EXTRUCTIVE | Definition: Constructive. [Obs.] Fulke.
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Word: BOOKCRAFT | Definition: Authorship; literary skill.
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Word: ACIDLY | Definition: Sourly; tartly.
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Word: PISCINA | Definition: A niche near the altar in a church, containing a small basinfor rinsing altar vessels.
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Word: SCUTIBRANCH | Definition: Scutibranchiate.-- n.
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Word: VICARIOUS | Definition: Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action whichreplaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhagereplacing menstruation.
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Word: DUELING | Definition: e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.[Written also duelling.]
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Word: BULLANTIC | Definition: Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. Fry. Bullantic letters,Gothic letters used in papal bulls.
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Word: PORNOGRAPHIC | Definition: Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as,pornographic writing.
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Word: GROCER | Definition: A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, andvarious other commodities. Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of theakin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.
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Word: BIOMETRY | Definition: Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration ofhuman life.
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Word: ALLEDGE | Definition: See Allege. [Obs.]
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Word: WAVERINGLY | Definition: In a wavering manner.
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Word: NASCENCY | Definition: State of being nascent; birth; beginning; origin.
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Word: RUINABLE | Definition: Capable of being ruined.
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Word: AZOTITE | Definition: A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acidwith a base; a nitrite. [R.]
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Word: PUG | Definition: Chaff; the refuse of grain. [Obs.] Holland.
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Word: OBJECTABLE | Definition: Such as can be presented in opposition; that may be put forwardas an objection. [R.]
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Word: LAUREATE | Definition: Crowned, or decked, with laurel. Chaucer.To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. Milton.Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines. Pope.Poet laureate. (b) One who received an honorable degree in grammar,including poetry and rhetoric, at the English universities; -- socalled as being ... |
Word: CAMELEON | Definition: See Chaceleon. [Obs.]
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Word: PICTOGRAPH | Definition: A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.-- Pic`to*graph"ic, a.
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Word: OVERLONG | Definition: Too long. Shak.
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Word: YAFFINGALE | Definition: The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
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Word: ASTONISHING | Definition: Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, anastonishing event.
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Word: INTENSIFY | Definition: To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; tointensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensifyanimosity. Bacon.How piercing is the sting of pride By want embittered andintensified. Longfellow.
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Word: HAIRSPLITTER | Definition: One who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions inreasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.
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Word: SEXTANS | Definition: A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.
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Word: MASTERFULLY | Definition: In a masterful manner; imperiously.A lawless and rebellious man who held lands masterfully and in highcontempt of the royal authority. Macaulay.
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Word: BELEPER | Definition: To infect with leprosy. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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Word: ANTIC | Definition: "Lords of antic fame." Phaer.
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Word: SADDLER | Definition: One who makes saddles.
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Word: TEINTURE | Definition: Color; tinge; tincture. [Obs.] Holland.
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Word: APPLICATORY | Definition: Having the property of applying; applicative; practical.-- n.
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Word: ASS | Definition: A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than thehorse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame ordomestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become thetype of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wildasses which are swift-footed.
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Word: ICONOPHILIST | Definition: A student, or lover of the study, of iconography.
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Word: CONFIDING | Definition: That confides; trustful; unsuspicious.-- Con*fid"ing*ly, adv.-- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.
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Word: VENTRIMESON | Definition: See Meson.
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Word: FRILLED | Definition: Furnished with a frill or frills. Frilled lizard (Zoöl.), alarge Australian lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingii) about three feetlong, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.
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## Example 1
**Problem:** Write a Python function to reverse a string.
<think>We can slice with step -1. Also handle empty string. O(n) time.</think>
```python
def reverse_string(s: str) -> str:
return s[::-1]
```
## Example 2
**Problem:** Solve for x: 2x + 5 = 13
<think>Subtract 5 from both sides: 2x = 8. Divi... |
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