Words
Curated dictionary for software and design.
- anomalous
- adjective
- deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected
- cognoscente
- noun
- a connoisseur; a discerning expert
- corroboration
- noun
- evidence that confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding
- cyclical
- adjective
- occurring in cycles; recurrent
- devoid
- adjective
- entirely lacking or free from
- elusive
- adjective
- difficult to find, catch, or achieve
- emanate
- verb (emanates, emanating, emanated)
- (of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source)
- ephemeral
- adjective
- lasting for a very short time
- errant
- adjective
- erring or straying from the proper course or standards
- erroneous
- adjective
- wrong; incorrect
- grandiose
- adjective
- impressive or magnificent in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so
- grok
- verb (groks, grokking, grokked)
- understand (something) intuitively or by empathy
- horology
- noun
- the study and measurement of time and the art of making clocks and watches
- ingenious
- adjective
- clever, original, and inventive
- insatiable
- adjective
- (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy
- insipid
- adjective
- lacking flavour; weak or tasteless
- intractable
- adjective
- hard to control or deal with
- meticulous
- adjective
- showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
- minute
- adjective
- extremely small; tiny
- mnemonics
- noun
- the study and development of systems for improving and assisting the memory.
- myopic
- adjective
- short-sighted; lacking foresight, or intellectual insight
- orthogonal
- adjective
- of or involving right angles; at right angles
- peculiar
- adjective
- different to what is normal or expected; strange:
- pictorial
- adjective
- of or expressed in pictures; illustrated
- proprioception
- noun
- perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body
- resumption
- noun
- the action of beginning something again after a pause or interruption
- salient
- adjective
- most noticeable or important
- schematic
- adjective
- of or in the form of a diagram; symbolic and simplified
- spelunking
- noun
- the hobby or practice of exploring caves
- tangentially
- adverb
- in a way that relates only slightly to a matter; peripherally
- thematic
- adjective
- having or relating to subjects or a particular subject
- titbit
- noun
- a small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information
- trawling
- noun
- the activity of searching or sifting through something
- triumvirate
- noun
- a group of three powerful or notable people or things
- zeitgeist
- noun
- the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time