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call a spade a spade

vb. (context idiomatic English) To speak the truth; to say things as they really are.

tuns

n. (plural of tun English)

thwackingly

adv. With a thwacking sound.

broomstick

n. 1 the handle of a broom - a tool used to sweep the floor 2 ''(witchcraft)'' A broom, imbued with magic enabling one to fly riding the handle.

wall clock

n. A clock mounted on a wall.

tropicamide

n. A particular anticholinergic used as a mydriatic to permit better examination of the eye.

proviral

a. Of or pertaining to a provirus

poop out

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To defecate 2 (context intransitive English) To quit due to tiredness

malformedness

n. incorrect form; quality of being malformed

national supremacy

n. 1 A perceived superiority based on nationality or ethnicity. 2 The belief that a particular nation is inherently superior to others.

overgazing

vb. (present participle of overgaze English)

changgi

n. (alternative spelling of janggi English)

peters out

vb. (en-third-person singularpeter out)

rumpot

n. (context slang English) A drunkard.

scoped out

vb. (en-past of: scope out)

turnup

alt. 1 (context British English) The cuff on a trouser leg that is, or can be turned up. 2 The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed. n. 1 (context British English) The cuff on a trouser leg that is, or can be turned up. 2 The next card taken from the top of a pack of cards and displayed.

input

n. 1 The act or process of putting in; infusion. 2 That which is put in, as in an amount. 3 contribution, or share in a contribution. 4 Something fed into a process with the intention of it shaping or affecting the outputs of that process. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To put in; put on. 2 (context transitive English) To enter#Verb dat

  1. 3 (context transitive English) To accept data that is entered.

pudwhackers

n. (plural of pudwhacker English)

eroticization

n. The act or process of eroticize.

insultation

n. 1 (context obsolete English) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult. 2 (context obsolete English) exultation

floortime

n. A form of therapeutic intervention, used mainly with autistic children, in which the therapist meets the child at its current developmental level and entices it to move up a hierarchy of developmental milestones.

ozonizing

vb. (present participle of ozonize English)

ottomy

n. (context obsolete English) skeleton

corrodingly

adv. In a manner that corrodes.

rack one's brain

vb. (context idiomatic English) To struggle to think of or remember something.

autoconvection

n. spontaneous convection in a fluid layer

scout out

vb. 1 to search, to look for 2 to track down, to find by searching

cipherers

n. (plural of cipherer English)

cuff jonas

vb. (context idiomatic 1811 English) said of one who is knock-kneed, or who beats his sides to keep himself warm in frosty weather.

trench-plows

vb. (en-third-person singulartrench-plow)

puts out

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

merits

n. 1 (plural of merit English) 2 intrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages. 3 (context legal English) Substance, distinguished from form or procedure. vb. (en-third-person singular of: merit)

line outs

n. (plural of line out English)

tatty bye

interj. (context slang English) goodbye

hemosideric

a. Relating to hemosiderin / haemosiderin alt. Relating to hemosiderin / haemosiderin

glooming

Etymology 1 vb. (present participle of gloom English) Etymology 2

n. twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming

halitotic

a. Afflicted with halitosis.

Usage examples of "halitotic".

Then Enderby was granted discharge and the entire scene, as in some story by that blind Argentinian he had been urged to read by somebody eager and halitotic in the Faculty Lounge, collapsed.