(n) United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984), Syn. Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark

commonness

(n) ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace, Syn. commonplaceness, everydayness, Ant. uncommonness

el alamein

(n) a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel, Syn. Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein

farness

(n) the property of being remote, Syn. remoteness, farawayness, Ant. nearness

gray

(n) a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black, Syn. greyness, grayness, grey

gretzky

(n) high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961), Syn. Wayne Gretzky

homosexuality

(n) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex, Syn. gayness, homosexualism, queerness, homoeroticism

hussein

(n) Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937), Syn. Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti, Husain, Husayn, Saddam, Saddam Hussein

hussein

(n) king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999), Syn. King Hussein, Husain, ibn Talal Hussein, Husayn

hutchins

(n) United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977), Syn. Robert Maynard Hutchins

keynes

(n) English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946), Syn. John Maynard Keynes

rand

(n) United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982), Syn. Ayn Rand

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Alman

{ } n. [ OF. Aleman, F. Allemand, fr. L. Alemanni, ancient Ger. tribes. ] [ Obs. ] 1. A German. Also adj., German. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The German language. J. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of dance. See Allemande. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almain rivets,
Almayne rivets, or
Alman rivets, a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

awayness

n. 1. the state of being elsewhere than in particular place. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Gayne

v. i. [ See Gain. ] To avail. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gayness

n. Gayety; finery. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Grayness

n. The quality of being gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kaynard

n. [ F. cagnard. ] A lazy or cowardly person; a rascal. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Layner

n. [ See Lanier. ] A whiplash. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Payn

n. [ OF. & F. pain, fr. L. panis bread. ] Bread. Having Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Payndemain

n. [ OF. pain bread + demaine manorial, lordly, own, private. See Payn, and Demesne. Said to be so called from the figure of our Lord impressed upon it. ] The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Payne's process

A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. -- Payn"ize, v. t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Paynim

n. & a. See Painim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paynize

v. t. [ From Mr. Payne, the inventor. ] To treat or preserve, as wood, by a process resembling kyanizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saynd

obs. p. p. of Senge, to singe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Staynil

n. (Zool.) The European starling. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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