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cursed
  1. 1 Having some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse. 2 (context obsolete English) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women). alt. 1 Having some sort of divine harm, malady, or other curse. 2 (context obsolete English) Shrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women). v

  2. (en-past of: curse)

cursèd

a. (alternative form of cursed English)

shortbread

n. A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour

ennealogy

n. A speech or treatise consisting of nine parts or chapters; any work in nine parts (compare trilogy (3-part), tetralogy (4-part), etc.).

pasteurize

vb. (context transitive English) To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.

marry in haste, repent at leisure

prov. 1 get married too soon will lead to a bad marriage. 2 Joining (or merging) two things together too soon will lead to problems.

grapeshots

n. (plural of grapeshot English)

one country, two systems

n. slogan for the reunification of China as one country, but with areas like Hong Kong and Taiwan with separate economic and political systems.

listrophorid

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

puberty

n. 1 The process of sexual development of children that makes them into adolescents capable of reproducing sexually (i.e., making babies through sexual intercourse), and makes them have secondary sex characteristics. 2 The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.

mesoappendixes

n. (plural of mesoappendix English)

Usage examples of "mesoappendixes".

Lord knew she ached to, with her insides abuzz and his warmth running up her side.

The evening light was abuzz with energy, the sky swarming up into her eyes.

There was no reason why the Hotchkiss cottage should be so abuzz with activity, no reason whatsoever.

The room was abuzz with lesser courtiers trying to take their first step on the long and slippery ladder to preferment and office.

The Pleiades were all abuzz over the advent of their visiting star, Miss Frances Homer, the celebrated monologuist, who, at Eaton Auditorium, again presented her Women of Destiny series, in which she portrays women of history and the influence they brought to bear upon the lives of such momentous world figures as Napoleon, Ferdinand of Spain, Horatio Nelson and Shakespeare.

The Internet and the news services were abuzz with speculation, and a few editorials were suggesting that maybe the Probability Assessment Unit had completed its job and needed to be scaled back.

The court was abuzz with gossip, wondering how much the foreign king was offering for his son, and if Glyn would take it.

The Agency remained mysterious even in action, which kept the media mavens abuzz but information-starved.

In a vireo, a virtual reality video, it might have been some vast room or hive, swarming with busy technicians, black-clad warriors abuzz with frantic purpose.

Vas Deferens stepped through the main door to his government suite, the offices of the Ministry of Defense were abuzz with activity.

The main streets were abuzz with electrotaxis, headlights ajar from the potholes.

The large ornate building before him, abuzz with activity on the ground and in the air, was nothing less than the Human government seat for the Camos Cluster.

The roomful of bluegrass citizens, abuzz with rumors of the impending arrests, quickly quieted to give him what he knew would be his last Kentucky hearing for a long time.

She's said to have walked until cockcrow and spoken to many persons, and the whole town's abuzz over it.

The station news service and the trendy coffee shops were abuzz with official reports and delicious unofficial rumor.