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tranked

vb. (en-past of: trank)

governmentwide

a. Extending throughout a government

ethnocultural

a. 1 Of or pertaining to the culture of an ethnic group 2 Describing an ethnic group that has a distinct culture

sidelocks

n. (plural of sidelock English)

backbites

n. (plural of backbite English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: backbite)

spill out

vb. 1 (&lit to spill out English) 2 (context intransitive said of people English) to exit (outside) in large quantities 3 (context intransitive said of emotions or feelings English) to be released without constraint

crystallines

n. (plural of crystalline English)

storm out of the blocks

vb. (context idiomatic English) To begin rapidly.

ham shank

n. (context Cockney rhyming slang vulgar English) A wank. Masturbation.

sibilancies

n. (plural of sibilancy English)

deekyin

vb. (present participle of deeky English)

marketer

n. One who designs and executes marketing campaigns.

throws the baby out with the bathwater

vb. (en-third-person singularthrow the baby out with the bathwater)

wails

n. (plural of wail English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: wail)

whisky

n. 1 (context chiefly UK and Canada English) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in in oak barrels. 2 (context chiefly UK and Canada English) A drink of this liquor.

singletails

n. (plural of singletail English)

forebeam

n. The breast beam of a loom.

pyrosomes

n. (plural of pyrosome English)

cahooting

vb. (present participle of cahoot English)

fuckings

n. 1 (context vulgar English) (plural of fucking English) 2 (context demoscene English) Public abuse directed at rival demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo; the negative equivalent of greets.

spring out

vb. (rfdef: English)

hajduks

n. (plural of hajduk English)

push the boat out

vb. (context British idiomatic English) to do something, especially spend money, more extravagantly than usual, particularly for a celebration.

knightship

n. The honor bestowed that makes someone a knight.

last hurrah

n. A final act (by a politician etc.) or performance (by an actor etc.) that marks the end of a career

when the dust settles

adv. (context idiomatic English) after an active or heated period. alt. (context idiomatic English) after an active or heated period.

constructive memory

n. An apparent memory, of an event that did not actually happen, unconsciously constructed to fill a gap.

weariness

n. 1 exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness 2 a lack of interest or excitement

implunged

vb. (en-past of: implunge)

ecthyma

n. An ulcerative pyoderma of the skin, caused by bacteria.

backseat drivers

n. (backseat driver English)

zacatecas

n. A state of Mexico.

anatomically correct

a. 1 accurately depicting or replicate the body, or a body part, of a human being or animal. 2 (label en euphemistic of a doll, figurine, etc.) Possessing a physiologically accurate representation of sex organs.

versions

n. (plural of version English)

thujene

n. (context organic compound English) Any of several isomeric bicyclic monoterpenes found in various herbs

get out

interj. 1 Indicating incredulity. 2 (context UK slang English) Expressing disapproval or disgust, especially after a bad joke. vb. 1 To leave or escape 2 To come out of a situation ; to escape a fate 3 To help someone leave 4 To leave a vehicle such as a car. ''(Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)'' 5 To become known. 6 To spend free time out of the house. 7 To publish something, or make a product available. 8 To say something with difficulty. 9 To clean something. To eliminate dirt or stains. 10 To take something from its container.

posher

a. (en-comparative of: posh) alt. (en-comparative of: posh)

slipstitch

n. (context knitting English) A kind of stitch that is passed from the left needle to the right needle without being knitted.

malapert

a. (context now archaic English) impudent, cheeky, saucy. (from 15th c.) n. (context now archaic English) An impudent or saucy person. (from 15th c.)

unbonnet

vb. To remove a bonnet from.

trembling

n. a tremble vb. (present participle of tremble English)

toon shading

n. cel shading

baya

n. ''Ploceus philippinus'', a weaverbird of southern Asia.

beratingly

adv. So as to berate or scold.

quizzees

n. (plural of quizzee English)

soft fruits

n. (soft fruit English)

air sport

n. Any recreational activity performed in flight or during freefall from a flight through the atmosphere.

tbl

abbr. (context knitting English) through back loop(s)

stuns

vb. (en-third-person singular of: stun)

phallobase

n. (context entomology English) the base (proximal part) of the phallus

promover

n. (context obsolete English) A promoter.

blunt
  1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp. n. 1 A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip. 2 A short needle with a strong point. 3 (context smoking English) A marijuana cigar. 4 (context UK slang archaic uncountable English) money 5 A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave. v

  2. 1 To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. 2 (context figuratively English) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

fo'c'sle

alt. (context informal nautical English) forecastle. n. (context informal nautical English) forecastle.

noninterfering

a. Not interfere.

jaculators

n. (plural of jaculator English)

rakyats

n. (plural of rakyat English)

cosmological horizon

n. (context astronomy English) The distance from an observer in a universe beyond which it is impossible for the observer to see, as the light (or other luminal particles) cannot have travelled that distance over the current age of that universe.

shines

vb. (en-third-person singular of: shine)

catbutt

n. (context informal sometimes attributive English) The backside of a cat.

Usage examples of "catbutt".

Theatre Lyrique in Paris, Verne had contacted Caroline Aronnax, back on Ile Feydeau.

Nemo was the free-spirited son of a widowed shipbuilder, and Jules Verne was the oldest child of an established but dull country lawyer.

The Columbiad, that mighty cannon, was dug still deeper than Verne described.

And then something from a Jules Verne nightmare stepped in front of her, a green-garbed monstrosity with huge bug eyes and a hoglike snout.

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Then, finally, with the industrial revolution, scientific justifications were substituted for the supernatural by Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, H.

It turned out to be Jules Verne who most appealed to this bunch, and so they became the Jules Verne Society, soon shortened to the JV.

It might, for instance, be argued that Jules Verne was a nice guy who loved his Mom, while the brutish antihuman cyberpunks advocate drugs, anarchy, brain-plugs and the destruction of everything sacred.

And yet Jules Verne is considered a Victorian optimist (those who have read him must doubt this) while the cyberpunks are often declared nihilists (by those who pick and choose in the canon).

This struck from all three allusions to Edgar Poe and Jules Verne, and such platitudes as naturally rise to the lips of the most intelligent when they are talking against time, and dealing with a new invention in which it would seem ingenuous to believe too soon.

The intersection of Desiderata and Jules Verne formed a kind of gulch, the balconied terraces of Freeside cliff dwellers rising gradually to the grassy tablelands of another casino complex.

If you turned right, off Desiderata, and followed Jules Verne far enough, you'd find yourself approaching Desiderata from the left.

If you turned right, off Desiderata, and followed Jules Verne far enough, you’d find yourself approaching Desiderata from the left.

Its two well-drawn female characters, the courageous heroine, and the stern, endurant, yearning mother, show how well Verne could depict the tenderer sex when he so willed.

His wife, who was terrified of drowning, refused to get on the boat again, and eventually Verne sold it.