Ivb54 Crossword
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1) 1 [count] : the amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title
▪ During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.▪ her 12-year tenure with the company▪ His tenure in office will end with the next election.
2 [noncount] : the right to keep a job (especially the job of being a professor at a college or university) for as long as you want to have it
▪ After seven years I was finally granted tenure.▪ He hopes to get tenure next year.
3 [noncount] law: the right to use property
▪ The defendant did not have tenure on the land.
Synonyms: hitch, stint, term, tour
2) : dry land : solid ground
: dry and solid ground as compared to air or water
▪ We were glad to be back on terra firma [=back on the ground] after our bumpy flight.
Synonyms: dirt, dust, ground, land, soil, earth
3) : relating to the amount that something (such as a wire) can stretch or be stretched without breaking
▪ the tensile strength of steel cable
Synonyms: ductile, stretchy, stretchable, workable, malleable, flexible
4) 1 [noncount] : a form of government in which a country is ruled by religious leaders
2 [count] : a country that is ruled by religious leaders
government by god: government by a god or by priests
community governed by god: a community governed by a god or priests
5) relating to theme: relating to or being a theme
relating to word stem: relating to the stem of a word
last before inflection: describes the last part of a word stem before the inflectional ending
6) 1: easily annoyed : irritable
2: marked by impatience or ill humor
: becoming angry or annoyed easily
▪ She grew a little testy [=irritable, (chiefly Brit) tetchy] as the afternoon wore on.
Synonyms: choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, irritable, waspish
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Across:
2) 1: a formula, proposition, or statement in mathematics or logic deduced or to be deduced from other formulas or propositions
2: an idea accepted or proposed as a demonstrable truth often as a part of a general theory : proposition
3: stencil
4: a painting produced especially on velvet by the use of stencils for each color
: a formula or statement that can be proved from other formulas or statements
▪ mathematical theorems
Synonyms: proposition, formula, deduction, statement, proposal, hypothesis
3) man with valid will: somebody, especially a man, who has made a legally valid will
7) 1: something (as a rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so that it can range only within a set radius
2: the limit of one's strength or resources
: a rope or chain that is used to tie an animal to a post, wall, etc., so that it will stay in a particular area
Synonyms: rope, chain, lead, rein, tie, fetter, truss, leash
8) : a usually transparent enclosure for keeping or raising plants or usually small animals (as turtles) indoors
: a glass or plastic box that is used for growing plants or keeping small animals indoors
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