Refine+excessively
31democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …
32international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
33Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …
34List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions — This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or… …
352001 (Dr. Dre album) — 2001 …
36Decompression (diving) — Divers decompressing in the water at the end of a dive Decompression in the context of diving derives from the reduction in ambient pressure experienced by the diver during the ascent at the end of a dive or hyperbaric exposure and refers to both …
37overrefine — v. overly refine; be excessively or undesirably fastidious about small refinements (especially regarding subtle points of an argument) …
38overrefines — v. overly refine; be excessively or undesirably fastidious about small refinements (especially regarding subtle points of an argument) …
39overrefining — v. overly refine; be excessively or undesirably fastidious about small refinements (especially regarding subtle points of an argument) …
40wire-draw — v. (past drew; past part. drawn) [trans.] [often as n.] wire drawing draw out (metal) into wire by passing it through a series of holes of diminishing diameter in a steel plate ■ figurative, archaic refine (an argument or idea) excessively, in… …
