Find the word definition

Wiktionary
blue mussels

n. (blue mussel English)

yellows

n. 1 (plural of yellow English) 2 (context archaic English) A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes. 3 (context archaic English) A disease of plants, especially peach trees, in which the leaf turn a yellowish colour. vb. (en-third-person singular of: yellow)

clusterised

a. (alternative form of clusterized English)

adoptabilities

n. (plural of adoptability English)

went to bed

vb. (en-simple past of: go to bed)

diving masks

n. (diving mask English)

reformade

n. (context obsolete English) A reformado.

cryptanalytical

a. cryptanalytic

planesful

n. (plural of planeful English)

pushful

a. energetic; pushy. (from 19th c.)

fract

vb. (context obsolete English) To break; to violate.

puerperal fevers

n. (plural of puerperal fever English)

leading reins

n. (leading rein English)

wall of text

n. (context chiefly Internet slang English) An intimidatingly large block of writing, particularly one with few or no paragraph breaks.

polistine

n. Any of the wasps of the subfamily Polistinae.

phytoreoviruses

n. (plural of phytoreovirus English)

fabricate

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build. 2 (context transitive English) To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce. 3 (context transitive English) To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely. 4 (context transitive cooking English) To cut up an animal as preparation for cooking, particularly used in reference to fowl.

cancerette

n. (context slang derogatory English) A cigarette.

divertise

vb. (context obsolete transitive English) To divert; to entertain.

alveolo-palatal

a. (alternative spelling of alveolopalatal English)

sportule

n. (context obsolete English) A charitable gift or contribution; alms; a sportula.

stoor

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To move; stir. 2 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To move actively; keep stirring. 3 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc. 4 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To stir up, as liquor. 5 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high. 6 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To sprinkle. n. 1 (context UK dialectal English) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention. 2 (context UK dialectal English) A gush of water. 3 (context UK dialectal English) spray. 4 (context UK dialectal English) A sufficient quanity of yeast for brewing. vb. 1 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To move; stir. 2 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To move actively; keep stirring. 3 (context intransitive UK dialectal English) To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc. 4 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To stir up, as liquor. 5 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high. 6 (context transitive UK dialectal English) To sprinkle. Etymology 2

  1. (alternative form of stour English)

fed out off

vb. (en-pastfeed out of)

automata

alt. (plural of automaton English) n. (plural of automaton English)

climatographies

n. (plural of climatography English)

bling out

vb. (context transitive English) to make more shiny, attractive or elegant.

vergeboards

n. (plural of vergeboard English)

nonsemisimple

a. Not semisimple.

abortuses

n. (plural of abortus English)

move out

vb. 1 To vacate one's place of residence or employment. 2 To leave one's present location.

peccantly

adv. In a peccant manner.

out and about

a. (context idiomatic English) Traveling; out; moving; engaged in regular day to day activities.

tetradecamer

n. An oligomer having fourteen subunits

convertee

n. One who is converted.

working out

vb. (present participle of work out English)

dished out

vb. (en-pastdish out)

robber-baron

n. (alternative spelling of robber baron English)

burn out

vb. 1 To extinguish due to lack of fuel. 2 (context idiomatic English) To tire due to overwork. 3 (context idiomatic English) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.

growe

vb. (archaic spelling of grow English)

a la carte

a. (alternative form of à la carte English) adv. (alternative form of à la carte English)

tap out

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To produce (a message, rhythm, or other thing) by tapping. 2 (context combat sports English) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly either on the arena or the opponent's body. 3 (context combat sports transitive English) To force (an opponent) to submit. 4 To deplete, especially of a liquid

like it's going out of style

alt. (context simile colloquial English) enthusiastically, to an excessive degree. phr. (context simile colloquial English) enthusiastically, to an excessive degree.

underrecruit

vb. To recruit to less than the normal or preferable degree

out loud

adv. (context idiomatic English) Using the voice; not silently; aloud.

bobaunce

n. (obsolete form of bobance English)

short out

vb. To short circuit.

browned out

vb. (en-pastbrown out)

travois

n. A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.

blank out

vb. (context intransitive idiomatic English) To become blank.

bonded labours

n. (bonded labour English)

sestet

n. 1 (context music English) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor. 2 (context poetry English) The last six lines of a poem.

deaveraging

vb. (present participle of deaverage English)

beat someone's brains out

vb. (context idiomatic English) To beat someone very severely.

oo-

pre. egg, ovum

watched out

vb. (en-pastwatch out)

out of one's sight

adv. In a place where one cannot see it.

gutsed out

vb. (en-past of: guts out)

unspike

vb. To remove a spike from.

stamp out

vb. 1 to extinguish by stamping. 2 (context idiomatic English) To totally get rid of; to eradicate.

can opener

alt. 1 A device used to open tin cans, usually by slicing the lid off. 2 (context roller derby English) A shoulder hit to the chest, usually accomplished while moving from a crouched to a standing position. n. 1 A device used to open tin cans, usually by slicing the lid off. 2 (context roller derby English) A shoulder hit to the chest, usually accomplished while moving from a crouched to a standing position.

blinging out

vb. (present participle of bling out English)

abscond

vb. 1 (context intransitive reflexive archaic English) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment. 2 (context intransitive reflexive English) To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. (From mid 16th century.) 3 (context intransitive English) To withdraw from. (From mid 16th century.)(R:SOED5: page=8) 4 (context transitive obsolete English) To conceal; to take away. (First attested in the late 16th century.)

weasel word

n. (context pejorative English) A word used to qualify a statement so as to make it potentially misleading. vb. To use weasel words.

overextend

vb. 1 To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit 2 (context linguistics transitive English) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.

transients

n. (plural of transient English)

unbelievably

adv. 1 (context manner English) In a manner that one does not believe. 2 (context degree English) To an extent not to be believed. 3 (context evaluative English) Contrary to expectations, amazingly.

barens

n. (plural of baren English)

snickerings

n. (plural of snickering English)

conjurable

a. Able to be conjured.

thieve out

vb. to walk out of a place stealthily

hyphenated compound

n. (context grammar English) A compound word combined using hyphens, such as get-together, half-baked, two-tone, or broad-minded.

hashed out

vb. (en-pasthash out)

butterbird

n. (context Jamaica English) The bobolink.

street arab

n. (context dated now offensive English) A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.

nanosized

a. Having a size measured in nanometers

methoserpidine

n. An antihypertensive drug related to reserpine.

sorels

n. (plural of sorel English)

diabetics

n. (plural of diabetic English)

critomancy

n. (alternative spelling of crithomancy English)

neath

alt. (context poetic English) beneath. prep. (context poetic English) beneath.

genus name

n. (context biology taxonomy English) The scientific name of a genus may be called the generic name or generic epithet: it is always capitalized.

icosaspheres

n. (plural of icosasphere English)

no news is good news

prov. A lack of information about a situation suggests that nothing bad has happened.

news anchors

n. (news anchor English)

gippoes

n. (plural of gippo English)

gobbled

vb. (en-past of: gobble)

gobstruck

a. (context slang chiefly UK English) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded

alluvia

n. (plural of alluvium English)

high-tech

a. (alternative spelling of hi-tech English)

holours

n. (plural of holour English)

quinoid

a. (context organic chemistry English) having a structure based upon a quinone n. (context organic chemistry English) any substance whose structure is based upon a quinone

sophrologists

n. (plural of sophrologist English)

extatick

a. (obsolete form of ecstatic English)

Usage examples of "extatick".

There Merlin stayd,As ouercomen of the spirites powre,Or other ghastly spectacle dismayd,That secretly he saw, yet note discoure:Which suddein fit, and halfe extatick stoureWhen the two fearefull women saw, they grewGreatly confused in behauioure.