physically |
1. adv. In a physical manner. | |
2. adv. According to the laws of physics. | |
3. adv. Using physical force. | |
4. adv. (obsolete) According to the rules of medicine. | |
He that lives physically must live miserably. — Cheyne. | |
incapacitated |
1. v. simple past tense of incapacitate | |
2. adj. Rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action. | |
incapacitate |
1. v. to make incapable (of doing something) | |
The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head. | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
environmental |
1. adj. Pertaining to the environment. | |
exposure |
1. n. The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected. | |
Limit your exposure to harsh chemicals. Get as much exposure to a new language as you can. | |
2. n. Lack of protection from weather or the elements. | |
3. n. The act of exposing something, such as a scandal. | |
4. n. That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view. | |
They rented a cabin with a beautiful southern exposure. | |
5. n. (photography) An instance of taking a photograph. | |
6. n. (photography) The piece of film exposed to light. | |
7. n. (photography) Details of the time and f-number used. | |
8. n. (gardening) The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site. | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
debilitating |
1. adj. Causing a loss of energy or strength. | |
2. v. present participle of debilitate | |
debilitate |
1. v. To make feeble; to weaken. | |
The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis. | |
disease |
1. n. (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. | |
The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and fruit withered. | |
2. n. (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc. | |
3. n. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. | |
4. v. (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate. | |
5. v. To infect with a disease. | |