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vb. 1 To come to a sudden and unexpected stop, particularly while speaking or driving a vehicle. 2 Usually with ''of'', to voluntarily cease an attempt to reach a certain point.
n. A ladder with only one standard, into which cross-pieces are inserted.
a. Of or pertaining to a micrometastasis
adv. (context legal English) “from now on”. Used to describe certain legal effects which are applicable solely from this point (in time) on and therefore don’t affect past actions.
n. (plural of picometer English)
vb. (alternative spelling of enamor from=UK from2=AU from3=NZ from4=Canada English)
a. Not tortious.
n. (plural of instructress English)
n. (plural of counterfoil English)
n. (sexual orientation English)
n. a dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
n. (context geology English) A sedimentary limestone matrix derived from calcite mud
a. (context biology English) relating to rheotaxis
n. (fish cake English)
n. (context legal English) In the legal area of torts, a hazardous object or condition that is likely to attract children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object or condition, and to whom the landowner can therefore be held liable for injuries.
Etymology 1 n. 1 Any aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal, member of the family ''Mustelidae'', which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others. 2 (context gay slang English) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more broadly set Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete English) annatto.
n. The area in which the baton must be passed from one runner to another during a relay race.
n. (context video games English) A downloadable content file that unlocks items, characters, levels, or other content that was included with a video game but not immediately accessible (if at all through normal gameplay).
vb. (en-past of: luncheon)
n. (plural of rheomotor English)
n. (context US English) a shirtwaist
vb. (present participle of luncheon English)
(context not comparable English) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled n. 1 An early version of a written work [also spelled draught]. 2 A preliminary sketch, rough outline [also spelled draught]. 3 (context nautical English) Depth of water needed to float a ship [also spelled draught]. 4 A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught]. 5 draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process. 6 A cheque, an order for money to be paid 7 An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught] 8 conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military. 9 (context politics English) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position 10 (context sports English) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams 11 (context rail transport English) the pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition. v
1 (context transitive English) to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch. 2 to write a law 3 (context transitive English) to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military 4 to select and separate an animal or animals from a group. 5 (context transitive politics English) to force or convince a person to take an elected position they are not interested in 6 (context transitive sports English) to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team 7 (context intransitive English) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed. 8 the act of drawing fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn
n. (plural of inrush English)
a. Applied to various marine creatures whose shell or mouth has a white edge.
n. (context ice hockey English) a shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.
n. (plural of ambling English)
Etymology 1
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golden coloured. n. 1 (context uncountable English) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding. 2 (context uncountable slang English) money. 3 (context countable finance English) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged) Etymology 2
n. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding. v
(en-past of: gild)
n. (alternative form of rogues' gallery English)
a. (obsolete form of theologic English)
n. (context surgery English) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient body during surgery.
n. (alternative namecovert stuttering)
vb. (present participle of prebuffer English)
n. (context zoology English) Any of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridae) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters.
n. The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.
n. (plural of compactification English)
n. (clothes hanger English)
n. (plural of myocomma English)
n. An act or process of deproteinize, or removing protein
vb. (en-past of: defibrillate)
n. A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water.
n. An organism that obtains energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules in the environment.
a. Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean. n. A dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
n. The study of the deformation and flow of biological materials, especially biological fluids.
n. The state or quality of being discontinuous.
n. (lang=en architranseme)
adv. In a nontraditional way.
n. (plural of turkle English)
vb. 1 (label en obsolete transitive) To follow. 2 (label en transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action. 3 (label en transitive) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. 4 (label en falconry of a hawk) To clean (the beak, etc.). 5 (label en nautical) To leave high and dry on shore. 6 (label en obsolete transitive) To court.
n. (plural of carbohydrate English)
n. (plural of cryptorchid English)
n. (plural of disembarrassment English)
a. (context mathematics English) homotopic
n. A low-molecular-weight heparin, used to prevent deep vein thrombosis.
n. (crush room English)
n. Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
vb. (present participle of inquinate English)
n. 1 fame; celebrity; wide recognition. 2 Reports of nobleness or exploits; praise.
n. 1 (context computing English) A file input to a patch program. 2 (context computing English) A file describing changes made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
adv. 1 To an uncommon degree; unusually or extremely. 2 Not often; on rare occasions.
1 (context music English) (''of a musical instrument'') Having frets. 2 decorated with fretwork v
(en-past of: fret)
n. cotton fabric
Usage examples of "burdet".
About the same time, one John Stacey, an ecclesiastic, much connected with the duke as well as with Burdet, was exposed to a like iniquitous and barbarous prosecution.