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n. the amount of each bet deducted by a horse-racing track to cover expenses. (posted Apr. 26, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a serious, heavily funded bettor; a high roller. (posted Apr. 26, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a home excessively packed with junk, trash, or belongings. Also Collyer mansion, Collyer house, Collyer apartment. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a roll of paper currency, esp. many small-denomination bills wrapped in a higher-value note. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a single point urban interchange, a type of highway exchange. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a separate apartment built on a lot already containing a home. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a secondary, derivative, unnecessary, or supplemental occupation, ornament, or (creative) work. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
n. the study of how environmental factors can change gene function without altering DNA. (posted Apr. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
n. 10 to the -15th power or 0.000000000000001 second, equalling a quadrillionth of a second or 0.3 light microns. (posted Apr. 21, 2004) [full entry…]
n. a person who believes himself indispensible to a group, esp. a person who becomes so over-involved in a group’s internal management, policies, or politics as to lose sight of its larger goals; (hence) a person with a negative, moralizing character, who acts like the sole source of wisdom. (posted Apr. 16, 2004) [full entry…]
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