An advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" accept as true; "I can't buy this story" acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party too early" (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification; "a cool million bucks" psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher taxes" (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and violets" marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament" neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses"; "cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature; "the cool of early morning" lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm" make cool or cooler; "Chill the food"
Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
Of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture; "the Swiss army" the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
Of or relating to Switzerland or its people or culture; "the Swiss army" the natives or inhabitants of Switzerland
The last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation
United States physicist (born in Germany) who with Gustav Hertz performed an electron scattering experiment that proved the existence of the stationary energy states postulated by Niels Bohr (1882-1964) French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890)
A vessel in which wine is mulled a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation United States geneticist who studied the effects of X-rays on genes (1890-1967) British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900) German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) German physiologist and anatomist (1801-1858) Swiss physicist who studied superconductivity (born in 1927) Swiss chemist who synthesized DDT and discovered its use as an insecticide (1899-1965)
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds a body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme
United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998) French philosopher (1909-1943)