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echo
(name)
(definition)
n 1: the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the
sound waves; "she could hear echoes of her own footsteps"
[syn: echo, reverberation, sound reflection,
replication]
2: (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and
pined away until only her voice remained
3: a reply that repeats what has just been said
4: a reflected television or radio or radar beam
5: a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.; "his
contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau"; "Napoleon
III was an echo of the mighty Emperor but an infinitely
better man"
6: an imitation or repetition; "the flower arrangement was
created as an echo of a client's still life"
v 1: to say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of
their leaders" [syn: repeat, echo]
2: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"
[syn: resound, echo, ring, reverberate]
3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn:
echo, recall]
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gecko
(definition)
n 1: any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal
insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable
eyelids; completely harmless
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au
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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co
(definition)
n 1: an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of
incomplete combustion of carbon [syn: carbon monoxide,
carbon monoxide gas, CO]
2: a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent
metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal
nutrition [syn: cobalt, Co, atomic number 27]
3: one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of
conscience [syn: conscientious objector, CO]
4: a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
[syn: Colorado, Centennial State, CO]
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deco
(definition)
n 1: a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s;
marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to
mass production [syn: deco, art deco]
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greco
(definition)
n 1: Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his
religious works characterized by elongated human forms and
dramatic use of color (1541-1614) [syn: El Greco,
Greco, Domenikos Theotocopoulos]
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zydeco
(definition)
n 1: music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance
melodies with Caribbean music and blues
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aux
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coe
(name)
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seco
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canseco
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breco
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creko
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eco
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ekco
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grecco
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grecko
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krecko
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mlecko
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secco
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buteco
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cogeco
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coleco
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dececco
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delgreco
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dicecco
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enseco
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minpeco
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noreco
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pacheco
(name)
(place)
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pukeko