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10 Language-to-English DictionariesChiliasm
The belief that Christ will establish a kingdom on earth for a thousand years before the Last Judgment, synonymous with millenarianism.
Complaisance
Disposition to please others; amiability or obliging behavior.
Concomitant
Naturally accompanying or associated with another condition, action, or event.
Connecticut Compromise
An agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention that defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.
Coprophilia
A paraphilia characterized by sexual arousal and pleasure derived from feces.
Currier
A person who dresses and colors tanned leather to prepare it for use in manufacturing.
Gadzooks
An archaic exclamation expressing surprise, annoyance, or dismay.
Paddywhack
A sharp blow or a smart slap.
Potassium cyanide
A highly toxic inorganic salt with the chemical formula KCN, appearing as a white crystalline powder that smells faintly of bitter almonds and is extremely lethal in small doses.
Quixotic
Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical, especially in the pursuit of lofty, romantic, or noble goals.
Saltire
A heraldic ordinary in the form of a diagonal cross, resembling the letter X.
Sine qua non
An essential condition or element; something that is absolutely necessary.