What is "enthralling"

Durukuli \Du`ru*ku"li\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). The owl monkey. See douroucouli. [Written also douroucouli.]

Chose \Chose\, n.; pl. Choses. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See Cause.] (Law) A thing; personal property.

Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit.

Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action.

Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.

Chose transitory, a thing which is movable.
--Cowell. Blount.

Percurrent \Per*cur"rent\, a. [L. percurrens, p. pr. of percurrere to run through; per through + currere to run.] Running through the entire length.

Jungian \Jungian\ prop. a. of or pertaining to Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist.

Dumose \Du`mose"\, Dumous \Du"mous\, a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.]

1. Abounding with bushes and briers.

2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form.

hoopster \hoop"ster\ n. A basketball player. [slang]

Fief \Fief\, n. [F. fief; of German origin, and the same word as E. fee. See Fee, and cf. Feud, a tief.] (Law) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.

Lady's finger \La"dy's fin"ger\,

1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria; called also lady's fingers.

2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

3. A long, slender variety of the potato.

4. (Zo["o]l.) One of the branchi[ae] of the lobster.

5. (Bot.) A tall coarse annual ( Abelmoschus esculentus) of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern U. S. and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; it is sometimes placed in the genus Hibiscus. [WordNet sense 1]

   Note: different from lady's fingers

   Syn: okra, gumbo, okra plant, Abelmoschus esculentus, Hibiscus esculentus.

Okra \O"kra\, n.

1. (Bot.) An annual plant ( Abelmoschus esculentus syn. Hibiscus esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also ocra and ochra.]

2. The pods of the plant okra, used as a vegetable; also, a dish prepared with them; gumbo.

Kilometer \Kil"o*me`ter\, Kilometre \Kil"o*me`tre\, n. [F. kilometre. See Kilogram, and Meter.] A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.84 feet, or 0.62137119 of a mile.

Desirableness \De*sir"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being desirable.

The desirableness of the Austrian alliance.
--Froude.

enthralling \enthralling\ adj. 1. capturing interest as if by a spell; as, an enthralling book.

Syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating.

vb. (en-past of: overcommit)

n. basopenia

n. A New World monkey of the genus (taxlink Aotus genus noshow=1), which is active at night and has no pinna of the outer ear.

n. (context chemistry English) Any of the multiple forms of a tautomeric compound.

n. (false truffle English)

n. (plural of megacryometeor English)

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to remove by sweeping or brushing. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) to remove someone outside of a place (where they are not wanted)

n. (context chemistry physics English) That part of a molecule that is responsible for a given emission band when it undergoes luminescence.

alt. (context soccer English) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man. n. (context soccer English) A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.

vb. (en-third-person singularpage out)

n. A European genre of frenetic electronic music accompanied by a jumping dance.

vb. (en-third-person singularwatch out)

n. (cx biology archaic English) A microorganism, especially one that is pathogenic.

a. abnormally sensitive to the presence of electric fields or to electromagnetic radiation

alt. The side of the body of a motor car n. The side of the body of a motor car

a. (context botany English) Running through the entire length; running through from top to bottom, as the midrib of a dicotyledonous leaf, the nerve of a moss-leas, or a grass-palet, etc.

1. (label en grammar linguistics) Derived from a ver

2. Commonly used to describe nominalized verb forms in Navajo, as well as gerunds and adjectives in Russian. n. (label en grammar) A word, especially a substantive, that is derived from a verb; a deverbative.

n. (context mineralogy obsolete English) A native sulfide of arsenic, including sandarac and orpiment.

n. (plural of discard English)

n. A particular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

n. (plural of cleistothecium English)

n. A basketball player.

n. (alternative spelling of fishcake English)

n. (context inorganic chemistry English) The oxyanion of boron B₂O₄^4- or any salt containing this anion

n. 1 An estate held of a superior on condition of military service. 2 Something over which one has rights or exercises control. 3 (qualifier: metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

n. (standard spelling of kilometre from=American spelling English)

n. (plural of onus English)

n. (news media English)

n. The quality of being desirable

n. (plural of userbox English)

1. exciting v

2. (present participle of enthrall English)

n. nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur [syn: Aotus trivirgatus]

v. utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder, ejaculate]

n. a device for lifting heavy loads

n. curved rodlike motile bacterium [syn: vibrio]

n. the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group]

n. (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file [syn: filename, file name, computer filename]

n. fine solid particles of ash that are carried into the air when fuel is combusted

n. any part of a plant or fungus [syn: plant part]

n. a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes [syn: fish ball]

n. a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: feoff]

n. a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) [syn: kilometre, km, klick]

1. n. the quality of being worthy of desiring [syn: desirability] [ant: undesirability]

2. attractiveness to the opposite sex [syn: sex appeal, desirability, oomph]

adj. capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile"; "Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn: bewitching, captivating, enchanting, entrancing, fascinating]

1. v. hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, delight] [ant: disenchant]

2. [also: enthralling, enthralled]

See enthral