(muh-DRAS-uh) noun 1. a school or college, especially attached to a mosque where young men study theology 2. a building or group of buildings used for teaching Islamic theology and religious law, typically including a mosque The WOTD in a sentence
(EP-i-gram) noun 1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed. 2. epigrammatic expression. 3. a short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought. The WOTD in a sentence
(AM-i-loyd) noun 1. A starchlike substance 2. A hard, waxy deposit consisting of protein and polysaccharides resulting from tissue degeneration The WOTD in a sentence
(shar-KOO-tuh-ree) noun 1. Sausages, ham, pâtés, and other cooked or processed meat foods. 2. A delicatessen specializing in such foods. [French, from chaircuicterie: chair (cooked), meat] The WOTD in a sentence
(me-truh-NOM-ik) adjective 1. Of or relating to a metronome. 2. Mechanically or unvaryingly regular in rhythm. The WOTD in a sentence
(BLUHN-der-buhs) noun 1.a short musket of wide bore with expanded muzzle to scatter shot, bullets, or slugs at close range. 2.an insensitive, blundering person. The WOTD in a sentence
(kuhn-TRISH-uhn) adj 1. sincere pentinence or remorse. The WOTD in a sentence
(byoo-KOL-ik) adj 1. of or pertaining to shepherds; pastoral. 2. of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life. The WOTD in a sentence
(eks-SAN-gwe-nayt) verb To drain or deprive of blood The WOTD in a sentence
(pri-sip-i-TAY-shun) noun Meteorology a. falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow, or hail. b. the amount of rain, snow, hail, etc., that has fallen at a given place within a given period, usually expressed in inches or centimeters of water. The WOTD in a sentence
