ABBOTT
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From this reading LYMAN ABBOTT, editor of "The Outlook."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
AuthorsnounUS /ˈɔːθərz/
plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
BYRONnounUS /ˈbaɪrən/
English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
diplomatistnoun
an official engaged in international negotiations
From this reading HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist.
DYKEnounUS /daɪk/
(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
From this reading HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist.
editornounUS /ˈedətər/
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading LYMAN ABBOTT, editor of "The Outlook."
EditorsnounUS /ˈedɪtərz/
plural of “editor” — a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
essayistnounUS /ˈeseɪɪst/
a writer of literary works
From this reading HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist.
EVERETT
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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
your parents
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
FORBUSH
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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
HALEnounUS /heɪl/
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
HAMILTONnounUS /ˈhæməltən/
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
Litt
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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
LL
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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
LYMAN
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From this reading LYMAN ABBOTT, editor of "The Outlook."
MABIE
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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
OutlooknounUS /ˈaʊtlʊk/
a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
From this reading LYMAN ABBOTT, editor of "The Outlook."
PartialadjectiveUS /ˈpɑːrʃəl/
being or affecting only a part; not total
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
PhnounUS /ˈpiːˈeɪtʃ/
(from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist.
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
represented accurately or precisely
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
ROOSEVELTnounUS /ˈroʊzəvelt/
32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)
From this reading THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Twenty-sixth President of the United States.
SelectionsnounUS /səˈlekʃənz/
plural of “selection” — the act of choosing or selecting
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
THEODORE
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From this reading THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Twenty-sixth President of the United States.
TreasurynounUS /ˈtreʒəri/
the funds of a government or institution or individual
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
Twenty-eighthadjective
coming next after the twenty-seventh in position
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
Twenty-sixthadjective
coming next after the twenty-fifth in position
From this reading THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Twenty-sixth President of the United States.
UnitedadjectiveUS /juːˈnaɪtɪd/
characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading HENRY VAN DYKE, poet, essayist, and diplomatist.
WILLIAM
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From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
WILSONnounUS /ˈwɪlsən/
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
WOODROW
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From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
WRIGHTnounUS /raɪt/
United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)
From this reading HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, L.H.D., LL.D. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, D.D., LL.D. WILLIAM BYRON FORBUSH, Ph.D., Litt.D.
WritingsnounUS /ˈraɪtɪŋz/
the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading _Partial List of Authors and Editors Represented in The Young Folks Treasury by Selections from Their Writings:_ WOODROW WILSON, Twenty-eighth President of the United States.
