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• Toilet — This article is about a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement. For a room containing a toilet, see toilet (room). For other uses, see toilet (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Nubile — Nu bile, a. [L. nubilis, fr. nubere to marry: cf. F. nubile. See {Nuptial}.] Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable. Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Sexually attractive, sometimes used as a genteel euphemism for having well developed breasts; of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ex|pec|to|rate — «ehk SPEHK tuh rayt», verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. –v.t. to cough up and spit out (phlegm); spit. –v.i. = spit. (Cf. ↑spit) ╂[< Latin expectorāre (with English …   Useful english dictionary

• gen|teel|ism — «jehn TEE lihz uhm», noun. a word or expression substituted for another in an effort to sound genteel; euphemism …   Useful english dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …   Wikipedia

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium