- Wa|ter|loo
- Wa|ter|loo «WT uhr loo, WOT-; WT uhr LOO, WOT-», noun.1. any decisive or crushing defeat: »
to meet one's Waterloo.
╂[< Waterloo, a town in Belgium, scene of Napoleon's final defeat in 1815]
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ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… … English syllables
Wa·ter·loo — /ˌwɑːtɚˈluː/ noun, pl loos [count] : a final defeat his political Waterloo The governor finally met his Waterloo [=was defeated] in the last election … Useful english dictionary
loo — ap·pa·loo·sa; gar·dy·loo; hul·loo; ig·loo; la·la·pa·loo·za; lil·loo·et; loo·by; loo·ey; loo·ten; loo·tie; lull·i·loo; ma·loo; pa·loo·ka; wa·ter·loo; whil·la·bal·loo; whil·la·loo; vin·da·loo; cal·la·loo; hul·la·ba·loo; loo; loo·ny; ba·loo;… … English syllables
loo — Lanterloo Lan ter*loo , n. An old name of {loo} (a) . [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loo-Keng Hua — Hua Luogeng, 华罗庚, Huà Luógēng, auch Loo Keng Hua, (* 12. November 1910 in Jintang, Jiangsu Provinz, China; † 12. Juni 1985 in Tokio) war ein chinesischer Mathematiker, der sich mit Zahlentheorie, Algebra, Analysis und Numerischer Mathematik… … Deutsch Wikipedia
lu|mi|nom|e|ter — «LOO muh NOM uh tuhr», noun. an instrument for measuring the intensity of illumination … Useful english dictionary
coun|ter|rev|o|lu|tion|ar|y — «KOWN tuhr REHV uh LOO shuh NEHR ee», adjective, noun, plural ar|ies. –adj. having to do with or of the nature of a counterrevolution. –n. person who takes part in or advocates a counterrevolution … Useful english dictionary
coun|ter|rev|o|lu|tion|ist — «KOWN tuhr REHV uh LOO shuh nihst», noun. a person who takes part in or advocates a counterrevolution … Useful english dictionary
coun|ter|rev|o|lu|tion — «KOWN tuhr REHV uh LOO shuhn», noun. a revolution against a government established by a previous revolution … Useful english dictionary
il|lu|mi|nom|e|ter — «ih LOO muh NOM uh tuhr», noun. a light meter for measuring lighting in such places as homes, schools, and offices … Useful english dictionary
