Monthly Archives: April 2005

caliph

a leader of an Islamic polity, regarded as a successor of Muhammad and by tradition always male

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vizier

a high officer in a Muslim government, especially in the Ottoman Empire

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arbalest

a medieval missile launcher designed on the principle of the crossbow

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trebuchet

a medieval catapult for hurling heavy stones

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moil

1. to toil; slave 2. to churn about continuously

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obdurate

1a. hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent b. hardened against feeling; hardhearted 2. not giving in to persuasion; intractable

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odious

arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure

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lissome

1. easily bent; supple 2. having the ability to move with ease; limber

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frenetic

wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied

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risible

1. relating to laughter 2. eliciting laughter; ludicrous 3. capable of laughing or inclined to laugh

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