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• som´ber|ness — som|ber «SOM buhr», adjective. 1. dark; gloomy; having deep shadows: »to dress in somber browns and grays. A cloudy winter day is somber. It was a somber room with dark furniture and heavy black hangings. SYNONYM(S): murky. 2. melancholy; dismal …   Useful english dictionary

• lim´ber|ness — lim|ber1 «LIHM buhr», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. bending or moving easily; flexible: »Willow is a limber wood. A piano player should have limber fingers. SYNONYM(S): supple, nimble, pliant, lithe. See syn. under flexible. (Cf. ↑flexible) 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

• ber — cy·ber; cy·ber·cafe; cy·ber·citizen; cy·ber·culture; cy·ber·nat·ed; cy·ber·na·tion; cy·ber·naut; cy·ber·porn; cy·ber·punk; cy·ber·sex; cy·ber·space; cy·ber·speak; cy·ber·surfer; fi·ber·scope; lib·ber; ok·to·ber·fest; sa·ber·met·rics; zeit·ge·ber; …   English syllables

• som´ber|ly — som|ber «SOM buhr», adjective. 1. dark; gloomy; having deep shadows: »to dress in somber browns and grays. A cloudy winter day is somber. It was a somber room with dark furniture and heavy black hangings. SYNONYM(S): murky. 2. melancholy; dismal …   Useful english dictionary

• som|ber — «SOM buhr», adjective. 1. dark; gloomy; having deep shadows: »to dress in somber browns and grays. A cloudy winter day is somber. It was a somber room with dark furniture and heavy black hangings. SYNONYM(S): murky. 2. melancholy; dismal: »a… …   Useful english dictionary

• lim´ber|ly — lim|ber1 «LIHM buhr», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. bending or moving easily; flexible: »Willow is a limber wood. A piano player should have limber fingers. SYNONYM(S): supple, nimble, pliant, lithe. See syn. under flexible. (Cf. ↑flexible) 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• lim|ber — lim|ber1 «LIHM buhr», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. bending or moving easily; flexible: »Willow is a limber wood. A piano player should have limber fingers. SYNONYM(S): supple, nimble, pliant, lithe. See syn. under flexible. (Cf. ↑flexible) 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• cum´ber|some|ness — cum|ber|some «KUHM buhr suhm», adjective. 1. hard to manage; clumsy, unwieldy, or burdensome: »The armor worn by knights was often so cumbersome they had to be helped onto their horses. SYNONYM(S): ponderous, weighty. 2. inconvenient;… …   Useful english dictionary

• lub´ber|li|ness — lub|ber|ly «LUHB uhr lee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. loutish; clumsy; stupid. SYNONYM(S): bungling, gawky. 2. awkward in the work of a sailor: »Such was Rope Yarn; of all land lubbers the most lubberly and most miserable (Herman Melville). –adv …   Useful english dictionary