"Nutation" is a word in ENGLISH
The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement
of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening.
The act of nodding.
Circumnutation.
A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by
which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly
varying by a small amount.
The rain spun in the yellow arc lights over the café parking lot. It was empty inside, except for a fat Negro woman whom I could see through the service window in the kitchen, and a pretty, redheaded waitress in her early twenties, dressed in a pink uniform with her hair tied up on her freckled neck. She was obviously tired, but she was polite and smiled at me when she took my order, and I felt a sense of guilt, almost shame, at my susceptibility and easy fondness for a young woman's smile. Because if you're forty-nine and unmarried or a widower or if you've simply chosen to live alone, you're easily flattered by a young woman's seeming attention to you, and you forget that it is often simply a deference to your age.
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Following some duty overseas, the officers at the Fort were planning a welcome home party and dance for the unit. Being an all male combat force, they decided to request coeds from some of the surrounding colleges to attend. The Captain called Vassar and was assured by the Dean that arrangements could be made to send over a dozen of their most trustworthy students. The Captain hesitated, then said, "Would it also be possible to send a dozen or so of the other kind?"
Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.
Read the complete definitionA small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the …
Read the complete definitionViewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative; as, …
Read the complete definitionTo cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
Read the complete definitionThe act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves …
Read the complete definitionVoluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; -- preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
Read the complete definitionApplied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which …
Read the complete definitionEffective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.
Read the complete definitionHaving the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; …
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of motion; activity.
Read the complete definitionTo put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; …
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the force of air in motion.
Read the complete definitionFig.: In motion; in action; astir; in progress.
Read the complete definitionHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; …
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, …
Read the complete definitionIn motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.
Read the complete definitionThe artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Read the complete definitionAir in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
Read the complete definitionalig-ig v [A; a] {1} separate coarse and fine grains by shaking them on a tray. A jerking motion is …
Read the complete definitionExhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.
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