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taxi driver

n. a person who drives a taxicab

hog wallow

n. (context US English) A shallow depression denuded of vegetation and potentially muddy, created by the wallowing of hogs.

gov

alt. 1 (context politics abbreviation English) government. 2 (context slang abbreviation English) governor. n. 1 (context politics abbreviation English) government. 2 (context slang abbreviation English) governor.

pings

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

undemocratises

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

decigrades

n. (plural of decigrade English)

stock cube

n. preserved vegetable, meat or seasonings compressed and put into a cube shape

wele

n. (context obsolete English) prosperity; happiness; well-being

agee

adv. (''Scottish English and dialect, archaic'') Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

egg roll

n. 1 A food made made by wrapping a combination of chopped vegetables, possibly meat, and sometimes noodles, in a sheet of dough, dipping the dough in egg or an egg wash, then deep frying it. 2 In many Asian countries and among their emigrants, an egg-based, flute-shaped pastry, with typically yellowish, flaky crust, often eaten as a sweet snack or dessert.

green
  1. Having green as its color. n. 1 The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum; one of the primary additive colour for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and blue from white light using cyan and yellow filters. 2 (context politics sometimes capitalised English) A member of a green party; an environmentalist. 3 (context golf English) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole. 4 (context bowls English) The surface upon which bowls is played. 5 (context snooker English) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points. 6 (context British English) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement. 7 A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage. 8 (context mostly in plural English) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths. 9 Any substance or pigment of a green colour. 10 (context British slang uncountable English) marijuana. 11 (context US uncountable English) money. 12 (context particle physics English) One of the three color charges for quarks. v

  2. 1 (context transitive English) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green. 2 To become or grow green in colour. 3 (context transitive English) To add greenspaces to (a town). 4 (context intransitive English) To become environmentally aware. 5 (context transitive English) To make (something) environmentally friendly.

pyosalpingitis

n. inflammation of the pyosalpinx

perhydrates

n. (plural of perhydrate English)

ribbing

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The action of the verb '''to rib'''. 2 (context uncountable English) Collectively, the ribs on an object. 3 (context countable English) An instance of teasing. vb. (present participle of rib English)

dum

a. (lb en India cooking) cooked with steam interj. (non-gloss definition: Syllable used when humming a tune.)

overbrand

vb. (context marketing English) To use too many brands (proprietary names in marketing).

verfremdungseffekte

n. (plural of verfremdungseffekt English)

sheth

n. The part of a plough that projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts.

fessing

vb. (present participle of fess English)

snapback

n. 1 The reimposition of an earlier and usually higher tariff. 2 (context slang English) An adjustable, flat-brimmed baseball cap with snap fasteners on the back.

trilinear

a. having, or bounded by three lines

akinetic

a. 1 Without motion. 2 Of or pertaining to akinesia: akinesic.

bouget

n. 1 (obsolete form of budget English) 2 (context heraldiccharge English) (in plural; also ''water-bougets'') A charge resembling the water bags that were used to supply the army in battle.

limerences

n. (plural of limerence English)

quaternations

n. (plural of quaternation English)

burthens

n. (plural of burthen English)

god-like

a. (alternative spelling of godlike English)

raltegravir

n. An antiretroviral drug, an integrase inhibitor, used to treat HIV infection.

careered

vb. (en-past of: career)

differentiated
  1. (context biology of a cell or tissue English) That has taken on a specialized form and function v

  2. (en-past of: differentiate)

pinky swear

vb. (cx informal English) To swear with the pinky fingers entwined.

geoepidemiology

n. global-scale epidemiology

pressurage

n. 1 (context archaic English) pressure 2 The juice of the grape extracted by the press. 3 A fee paid for the use of a winepress.

nonparous

a. 1 (context of a woman or female animal English) That has not given birth 2 (context of a mosquito or other female insect English) That has not yet laid eggs

hitting out

vb. (present participle of hit out English)

paralysing
  1. (alternative spelling of paralyzing English) alt. (alternative spelling of paralyzing English) v

  2. (present participle of paralyse English)

blurt out

vb. (context idiomatic English) To say suddenly, without thinking

up or out

n. The practice of forcing employees not promoted in a timely fashion to terminate employment.

blot one's copy book

vb. (context idiomatic English) to damage one's own reputation through bad behavior.

keyworded

vb. (en-past of: keyword)

modulus of elasticity

n. (context physics English) Young's modulus

insulysin

n. (context biochemistry English) (w: Insulin-degrading enzyme)

crush out

vb. To force out or separate by pressure.

depicted

vb. (en-past of: depict)

kicks out

vb. (en-third-person singularkick out)

out of sight

a. 1 (lb en literally) Not accessible to view. 2 (lb en idiomatic of a goal, aspiration, etc) Not yet attainable. 3 (lb en idiomatic colloquial) superb, excellent. 4 (lb en idiomatic colloquial) Very expensive. 5 (lb en idiomatic colloquial) drunk. alt. 1 (lb en literally) Not accessible to view. 2 (lb en idiomatic of a goal, aspiration, etc) Not yet attainable. 3 (lb en idiomatic colloquial) superb, excellent. 4 (lb en idiomatic colloquial) Very expensive. 5 (lb en idiomatic colloquial) drunk.

addictives

n. (plural of addictive English)

budge

Etymology 1

  1. (context obsolete English) Brisk; stirring; jocund. alt. 1 (context intransitive English) To move. 2 (context transitive English) To move. 3 To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs. 4 To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field. v

  2. 1 (context intransitive English) To move. 2 (context transitive English) To move. 3 To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs. 4 To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field. Etymology 2

    a. (context obsolete English) austere or stiff, like scholastics n. A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.

public holiday

n. A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.

recategorizations

n. (plural of recategorization English)

glucosyltransferases

n. (plural of glucosyltransferase English)

electrified
  1. Powered by electricity. v

  2. (en-past of: electrify)

sacralizing

vb. (present participle of sacralize English)

gutsed out

vb. (en-past of: guts out)

chills out

vb. (en-third-person singularchill out)

halocinonide

n. A topical corticosteroid.

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.

functional root

n. (context mathematics English) A function which when applied a given number of times, equals a given function.

singles out

vb. (en-third-person singular of: single out)

cut up nasty

vb. To become angry; to make a fuss.

zombying out

vb. (present participle of zombie out English)

edema

n. 1 (context US pathology English) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity 2 (context US English) A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water

agnotologic

a. Of or pertaining to agnotology.

prescript

a. Directed; prescribed. n. 1 Something prescribed; a rule, regulation or dictate. 2 (context obsolete English) A medical prescription.

make mileage out of

vb. to take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortuate situation)

found objects

n. (found object English)

allocatability

n. (alternative form of allocability English)

chronicle

n. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time. vb. To record in or as in a chronicle.

allotted

vb. (en-past of: allot)

steenings

n. (plural of steening English)

orthophotographs

n. (plural of orthophotograph English)

open book decomposition

n. (context mathematics topology English) A decomposition of a 3-manifold into a link and a fibration over the circle by surfaces bounded by that link.

behaviourist

alt. (label en British spelling) One who studies behaviour, in humans or animals. n. (label en British spelling) One who studies behaviour, in humans or animals.

leptoquarks

n. (plural of leptoquark English)

draw in one's horns

vb. (alternative form of pull in one's horns English)

spacer

n. 1 A person who works in space. 2 An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type. 3 A bushing. 4 (context slang English) A forgetful person. 5 (context medicine English) A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler.

draw in one's horns

vb. (alternative form of pull in one's horns English)

czarevitch

n. (alternative spelling of tsarevich English)

transition matrix

a. (context mathematics stochastic processes of a Markov chain English) a square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element in the i'th row and j'th column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.

artificiality

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally. 2 (context countable English) Something artificial.

colloq

abbr. colloquial

hand tool

n. A tool powered by human muscle rather than a motor or engine.

highschoolgirl

n. (context rare English) A female student of a high school; compare (term highschoolboy English).

corpsicle

n. A person who has been cryonically frozen in the hope of later revival in science fiction.

seters

n. (plural of seter English)

blue jean

n. 1 A pair of blue jeans. 2 (attributive of blue jeans English)

taxeth

vb. (context archaic English) (en-third-person singular of: tax)

interposit

n. An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another.

anatases

n. (plural of anatase English)

flutterboards

n. (plural of flutterboard English)

cpu times

n. (plural of CPU time English)

lanting

vb. (present participle of lant English)

cherupped

vb. (en-past of: cherup)

d

Etymology 1 letter (Latn-def en letter 4 dee) num. (Latn-def en ordinal 4 dee) Etymology 2

abbr. 1 died, death. 2 (context cricket English) declared; also abbreviated as (term dec English) sym. 1 (context until February 1971 English) a British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated (term p English)). 2 (context games infix English) dice to use in a diceroll 3 penny, a measure of the size of nails

surgeon general

n. (alternative form of Surgeon General English)

hydroxyzine

n. A first-generation antihistamine of the piperazine class, used as an antihistamine, antiemetic, anxiolytic, and weak analgesic.

news wires

n. (news wire English)

crashlanded

vb. (en-past of: crashland)

narrativity

n. The presentation (and subsequent interpretation) of a dramatic narrative

subservient

a. 1 Useful in an inferior capacity. 2 obsequiously submissive.

dromotropic

a. (context medical English) Referring to the rate of electrical impulses in the heart (AV node conduction velocity).

flutemouths

n. (plural of flutemouth English)

haliers

n. (plural of halier English)

work surface

n. (alternative form of worksurface English)

plasticultures

n. (plural of plasticulture English)

choughs

n. (plural of chough English)

nongoalkeeper

n. someone who is not a goalkeeper

optimization

n. the design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense

pedohebephile

n. A person with pedohebephilia.

eidos

n. (context philosophy English) form; essence; type; species

pitchpoled

vb. (en-past of: pitchpole)

noncryogenic

a. Not cryogenic.

homocellular

a. Comprised of similar types of cells.

lets loose

vb. (en-third-person singular of: let loose)

visualize

vb. (context American spelling English) (alternative spelling of visualise English)

tubing

n. 1 tubes, considered as a group 2 a length of tube, or a system of tubes 3 the recreation of riding down a river on an inner tube vb. (present participle of tube English)

breakthroughs

n. (plural of breakthrough English)

homokinetic

a. constant-velocity

leather
  1. Made of leather. n. 1 A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing. 2 A piece of the above used for polishing. 3 (context colloquial English) A cricket ball or football. 4 (''plural'': '''leathers''') clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders. 5 (context baseball English) A good defensive play 6 (context dated humorous English) The skin. v

  2. 1 To cover with leather. 2 To strike forcefully.

heuristics

n. The study of heuristic methods and principles.

gfx

abbr. (context computing English) graphics

Usage examples of "gfx".

The Gabriel possessed the decisional maximum, a nanosecond heuristics with branches to 1032, the cardinal number of the combinatorial set.