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oblique-swimming triplefin

n. A blenny fish, (taxlink Obliquichthys maryannae species)

roof tiles

n. (roof tile English)

quarter final

n. alternative form of quarter-final

aristo

n. (context informal English) An aristocrat

mastigoteuthid

n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Mastigoteuthidae.

triynes

n. (plural of triyne English)

buzzsaws

n. (plural of buzzsaw English)

peristaltic

a. Of, or pertaining to peristalsis. alt. Of, or pertaining to peristalsis.

semiportable

a. Intermediate in size, weight, etc. between fixed and portable.

labidurid

n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Labiduridae.

extragonadal

a. Outside the gonads.

quintet

n. 1 (context music English) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians) 2 (context music English) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together 3 Any group of five members

loxodonts

n. (plural of loxodont English)

counterpanes

n. (plural of counterpane English)

ommateum

n. (context zoology English) A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

microprojectiles

n. (plural of microprojectile English)

requisitely

adv. In a requisite way; necessarily.

epeiric

a. Describing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf

respawn

vb. 1 (context video games of a collected item, weapon or other pickup English) To reappear at its spawn point. 2 (context video games of a character English) To re-enter play after being killed.

microaerophilic

a. 1 of, or relating to a microaerophile 2 living and thriving in an environment low in oxygen

enstraighten

vb. (context rare English) = (l en straighten)

radiopasteurization

n. pasteurization of a surface by exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation.

pink 'un

n. (context chiefly British English) a newspaper supplement or edition concerning sport, especially football; printed on pink newsprint

leadmen

n. (plural of leadman English)

sugar pine

n. (taxlink Pinus lambertiana species noshow=1), the largest species of pine, native to California and Oregon; particularly noted for its huge, distinctive cone.

yarwips

n. (plural of yarwip English)

whitebark

n. The North American pine (taxlink Pinus albicaulis species noshow=1), found in mountainous and subalpine regions, often as krummholz.

foehn

n. 1 A warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland. 2 (context meteorology English) A similar katabatic wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.

boac

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conferrable

a. Capable of being conferred

freezeproofed

vb. (en-past of: freezeproof)

chookies

n. (plural of chookie English)

cryofracture

n. fracture caused by the stresses of water freeze to become ice

saprophages

n. (plural of saprophage English)

unmeasurable

a. not able to be measured; immeasurable

summon

n. call, command, order vb. 1 To call people together; to convene. 2 To ask someone to come; to send for. 3 (rfdef: English) 4 (context legal English) To order someone to appear in court, especially by issuing a summons.

boarding pass

n. A document or card, similar to a ticket, needed in order to board an airplane or other mode of transport.

enskying

vb. (present participle of ensky English)

time-bill

n. (alternative form of time bill English)

choking

n. 1 The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly. 2 The act of coughing when a foreign object (i.e. food, beverages) becomes lodged in a person's airway. vb. (present participle of choke English)

clambers

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

Usage examples of "clambers".

Then he jumps and clambers over the side, not waiting for the gangway, and scrambles down the engine compartment ladder and through the second hatch into the narrow space that holds the shaft.

As quietly as possible, he leaves the closet-sized stateroom and clambers up the ladder and onto the rain-splashed deck.

Dorrin clambers off Meriwhen, wincing at the continuing soreness in his thighs.

Dorrin clambers into his saddle and follows them out to the still-frozen and rutted road.

As if at a signal he clambers to his feet and stumbles towards the gathering light, the rubber slippers on his bare feet flapping with every step.

When he falls, he clambers to his feet with the over-careful movements of a child who does not understand what has occurred and is afraid of being scolded.

To cross the wall he clambers to the top and lies along it, letting his legs swing down the other side.

The real Emma rushes, follows her "double" Clambers outside to rappel up the line to 106 EXT.

As the car stops outside her house, he clambers out hastily and dodges behind the garden wall, giving thanks for his perspicacity in not prematurely demolishing it in reshaping the garden.

She knew that the Widow Clambers had stayed overnight (it had been `raining too hard for her to go home', according to Polly's father) and, personally, she hoped for his sake that she'd stay every night.

The town had no shortage of widows, and Eva Clambers was a warm-hearted lady who baked like a champion.

She knew that the Widow Clambers had stayed overnight (it had been 'raining too hard for her to go home', according to Polly's father) and, personally, she hoped for his sake that she'd stay every night.