A lawyer and a doctor were on an extravagant fishing trip.
The lawyer said, "I am here because my house burned down and everything I owned was burned. The insurance company paid a mint for everything I lost."
"Now that’s quite a coincidence," said the doctor, "I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything."
The lawyer looked somewhat confused and said, "Really? How do you start a flood?"
v. (-ting) administer (esp. Business affairs); act as an administrator.
ADVENTITIOUS
adj. - accidental, casual.
- added from outside.
- biol. Formed accidentally or under unusual conditions. [latin: related to *advent]
AERODYNAMICS
n.pl. (usu. Treated as sing.) Dynamics of solid bodies moving through air. aerodynamic adj.
AFFECTIONATE
adj. Loving, fond. affectionately adv.
AFORETHOUGHT
adj. Premeditated (following a noun: malice aforethought).
AFROAMERICAN
—adj. Of american blacks or their culture. —n. American black.
AFTERTHOUGHT
n. Thing thought of or added later.
ALLITERATION
n. Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words (e.g. Cool, calm, and collected). alliterate v. (-ting). Alliterative adj. [latin: related to *letter]
- n. Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words (e.g. Cool, calm, and collected). alliterate v. (-ting). Alliterative adj. [latin: related to *letter]
ALPHANUMERIC
adj. Containing both letters and numbers.
AMBIDEXTROUS
adj. Able to use either hand equally well. [latin ambi- on both sides, *dexter]
