3.10.21 Healthy Word of the Day - Affection by Fonde Bridges

Affection -

1.  A gentle feeling of fondness or liking.
2.  A moderate feeling or emotion.
3.  Tender attachment.
4.  The feeling aspect (as in pleasure) of consciousness.
5.  The action of affecting : the state of being affected.

1/9/13 "Concentrate" is the healthy word of the day.

Concentrate -

1.  a. to bring or direct toward a common center or objective.
     b. to gather into one body, mass, or force.
     c. to accumulate (a toxic substance) in bodily tissues.
2.  a. to make less dilute
     b. to express or exhibit in condensed form.
3.  to make less dilute.
4.  gather, collect.
5.  to focus one's powers, efforts, or attention.
6.  something concentrated.
7.  a. a mineral-rich product obtained after an initial processing of ore.
     b. a food reduced in bulk by elimination of fluid.

     

1/8/13 "Peace" is the healthy word of the day.

Peace -

1. A state of tranquillity or quiet: as.
    a : freedom from civil disturbance.
    b : a state of security or order within a community provided for by law or custom.
2. Freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions.
3. Harmony in personal relations.
4. a : a state or period of mutual concord between governments.
    b : a pact or agreement to end hostilities between those who have been at war or in a
    state of enmity.

1/7/13 "Vigor" is the healthy word of the day.

Vigor -

1. Active strength or force.
2. Healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
3. Energetic activity; energy; intensity.
4. Force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
5. Active or effective force, especially legal validity.
6. Exuberant and resilient strength of body or mind; vitality.
7. The most active period or stage of life, manhood, etc; prime.

1/6/13 "Glad" is the healthy word of the day.

Glad -

1. Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
2. Appreciative:
3. Very willing; pleased.
4. Bright and cheerful.
5. Having a naturally cheerful disposition.

1/5/13 "Friendship" is the healthy word of the day.

1.  The state of being friends.
2.  The quality or state of being friendly.
3.  The state of being a friend; association as friends.
4.  A friendly relation or intimacy.
5.  Friendly feeling or disposition.
6.  Harmony, accord, understanding, rapport.
7.  The emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends.
8.  A relationship between friends.

1/4/13 "Wonderful" is the healthy word of the day.

Wonderful -

1.  Capable of eliciting wonder; astonishing.
2.  Admirable; excellent.
3.  Exciting a feeling of wonder; marvellous or strange.
4.  Extremely fine; excellent.
5.  Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvelous.
6.  Unusually good.

1/3/13 "Improvement" is the healthy word today - by Fonde Bridges

Improvement -

1.  An act of improving or the state of being improved.
2.  A change or addition by which a thing is improved.
3.  A person or thing that represents an advance on another in excellence or achievement.
4.  A bringing into a more valuable or desirable condition, as of land or real property; betterment.
5.  Something done or added to real property that increases its value.
6.  Profitable use, as of a period of time.

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1/2/13 "Increase" is the "Healthy Word" of the day.

Increase -

1.  To become progressively greater.
2.  To multiply by the production of young.
3.  To make greater.
4.  The act or process of increasing:as
     a. addition or enlargement in size, extent, or quantity.
5.  Something that is added to an original stock or amount by augmentation
     or growth (as offspring, produce, profit).

1/1/13 "Begin" is the healthy word of the day by Fonde Bridges

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1.  To take the first step in performing an action; start.
2.  To come into being.
3.  To do or accomplish in the least degree.
4.  To take the first step in doing; start.
5.  To cause to come into being; originate.
6.  To come first in.

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12/28/12 Foundation is the "Healthy Word" of the day.

Foundation -

1. The basis or groundwork of anything.
2. The natural or prepared ground or base on which some structure rests.
3. The lowest division of a building, wall, or the like, usually of masonry and partly or
    wholly below the surface of the ground.
4. The act of founding, setting up, establishing, etc.
5. The state of being founded.

12/23/12 - Family is the "Healthy word" of the day.

Family

1.
     a.  A basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group,
      whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.
     b.  a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with
     the children they care for: a single-parent family.
2. The children of one person or one couple collectively.
3. The spouse and children of one person.
4. Any group of persons closely related by blood, as parents,
    children, uncles, aunts, and cousins.
5. All those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.
6. The usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of
     plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.

12/22/12 - Strong is the "Healthy Word" of the day.

Strong -

1.  Having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust.
2.  Accompanied or delivered by great physical, mechanical, etc., power or force.
3.  Mentally powerful or vigorous.
4.  Especially able, competent, or powerful in a specific field or respect.
5.  Of great moral power, firmness, or courage.
6. Powerful in influence, authority, resources, or means of prevailing or succeeding.

12/21/12 - Stellar is the "Healthy Word" of the day.

Stellar

1. a of or relating to the stars.
    b composed of stars.
2.  principal, leading.
3.  Outstanding.

Healthy Word of the Day - Active by Fonde Bridges 12/20/12

Active -

1.  Engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits.
2.  Being in physical motion
3.  Functioning or capable of functioning.
4. a.  Marked by energetic activity; busy.
    b.  Involving or requiring physical exertion and energy.

12/19/12 The Healthy Word of the Day - Inventive by Fonde Bridges

Inventive -

1.  Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.
2.  Showing creativity or original thought.
3.  Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.
4.  Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.
5.  Skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful.
6.  Characterized by inventive skill.

12/18/12 The Healthy Word of the day - Practice by Fonde Bridges

1. To do or perform habitually or customarily; make a habit of.
2. To do or perform (something) repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.
3. To give lessons or repeated instructions to; drill.
4. To work at, especially as a profession.
5. To carry out in action; observe.
6. Repeated performance of an activity in order to learn or perfect a skill.

12/17/12 Healthy Word of the day - Conduct by Fonde Bridges

Conduct -

1. Personal behavior; way of acting; bearing or deportment.
2. Direction or management; execution.
3. The act of conducting; guidance; escort.
4. To behave or manage (oneself).
5. To direct in action or course; manage; carry on.
6. To lead or guide; escort.

12/16/12 Healthy Word of the day- Goodwill by Fonde Bridges

Goodwill

1. Friendly, helpful, or cooperative feelings or attitude.
2. An attitude of kindness or friendliness; benevolence.
3. Cheerful acquiescence or willingness.
4.  A good relationship, as of a business with its customers or a nation with other nations.

12/15/12 Healthy Word of the Day - Solace by Fonde Bridges

Solace -

1.  To give comfort to in grief or misfortune.
2.  To make cheerful.
3.  Allay, soothe
4.  Comfort in grief : alleviation of grief or anxiety.
5.  A source of relief or consolation.