Essays Tagged: "Dictionary"
Habitat
'Habitat' As defined in the dictionary, 'A place where a plant or an animal naturally occurs', an animals habitat is a vital par ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology
"I Do" or "Please Don't". Same-sex marriage debate.
h other to prove their commitments to one another for the future? Yes, but there is more. Webster's Dictionary defines marriage as: 'a) the state of being joined together as husband an ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Homosexuality
U.S. Economy
of the fact that we live in a market economy.BodyJust about every definition of the 'market' in the dictionary connotes an oppurtunity as a place where goods are bought and sold.(cite dict.) As an abs ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
How could the Holocaust have beet prevented
ut a period of time, not so long ago, known as 'The Holocaust.' A holocaust, according to Webster's dictionary, is 'a complete destruction by fire' (Stadtler, 1). In Europe, during this period, there ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Hamlet's Madness
eone mad merely because they are different, and do they in return see the same about the world? The dictionary defines madness as,"1. the state of being mad; insanity.2. senseless folly.3. frenzy; rag ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Macbeth : Tragic Hero
The most recent meaning of the word Tragic Hero as defined by Microsoft Worksdictionary is 'A hero of noble stature whose fortunes are reversed as a result of weakness.'Many cha ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
"Night" by Elie Weisel
Religion 110-08March 18, 1996To suffer, as defined in the dictionary, means to undergo or feel pain or great distress.Another way to say it is to sustain inju ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
A Civil Rebuttal (not revolt)
observational means.Through this most specific definition given to us respectively by Sir Webster's dictionary, I choose in my best interest to refrain to you just what the meaning of philosophy is. I ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights
Reclaiming the lost virtues in America
one can achieve this goal is if parents start teaching and demonstrating respect to their kids. The dictionary defines respect as- "to have regard for the quality of a person" or "to refrain from obtr ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
abortion
lieve that we are better off without those. Please let me explain in the following report.Webster's dictionary defines abortion as "the expulsion of a nonviable fetus." Abortion might possibly be the ...
Subjects: Science Essays
An Analytical Essay of Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury.
le I feel is important for religious purposes. An encyclopedia, because no one can know too much. A dictionary, because we all need to look up words one at time or another, a copy of Fahrenheit 451, b ... thousands of words that we only wished we knew, for those words we do not know, we often rely on a Dictionary, yet the people in Fahrenheit 451, could not. I feel that the people in Fahrenheit 451 do ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The definiton of civilized
All Things are RelativeThe dictionary defines civilized as 'advanced in social customs, art, andscience'. The keyword here is s ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Self-expression
press his or her thought processes through hand gestures, writing and verbalization. The "Webster's Dictionary" defines it as "expression of one's own personality or emotion." Sometimes, people use ha ... yes. When people express an idea or a thought to someone else, they move theirhands. The "Webster's Dictionary" defines gestures as "a motion of the body made to express thoughts or to emphasize speec ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Depressipon
DepressionDepression, it is defined by Webster's Unabridged Edition Dictionary as: in psychology, an emotional condition, either normal or pathological, characterized b ... are Psychoanalysis and Psychopharmacology.Psychoanalysis is defined by Webster's Unabridged Edition Dictionary as: a method developed by Freud and others, of treating neuroses and some other disorders ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
The adventures of Huckleberry Finn
erry Finn" cynicism is used in ways of mockery and attitudes toward society. According to Webster's dictionary the word Cynic or Cynical is defined as "one who attributes all actions into selfish moti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain
Multiculturalism in the US
an American? This question is very difficult to answer. According to the Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary the definition is: American: adj. 1. Pertaining to the United States of America. 2. perta ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Problem Solving (Math)
e sure you know what theproblem is asking. If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary.Second, sort out information that is not needed. Third, devise a plan. Even guesses havet ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics
Euthansia Addressing the pros and cons of the issue of ethunasia in the United States. Should the practice be out lawed?
d euthanasia was derived from the Greek words eu means "good" and thanatos means "death". Webster's dictionary defines the word as 'the intentional termination of life by another at the explicit reque ... , ed. Euthanasia: opposing viewpoints. Greenhaven Press, Inc. 19892. Bolander, D. Instant quotation dictionary. Little Falls: Career Publishing, Inc. 19873. Colesanto, D. "The right-to-die controversy ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Hemispheric asymmetry of the cerebral cortex
is topic in more detail I found it to be quite broad and yet very detailed. I found that I needed a dictionary to be able to read all of the medical journals and books that are out there, to be able t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them? Refers to "The scarlet letter" by Hawthorne
Secrets. We Have Them, We Hide Them, but Can We Live With Them?Deception is defined by Webster's Dictionary as the art of misrepresentation. Throughout the history of mankind, the use of deception ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne