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haemolysin

n. (alternative spelling of hemolysin English)

biodiversities

n. (plural of biodiversity English)

evadable

a. That can be evaded.

quotee

n. Somebody whose words are being quoted.

votary

a. Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised. n. 1 A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made 2 A devotee of a particular religion or cult 3 A devout or zealous worshipper 4 Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc; an enthusiast.

tyrphostin

n. (context medicine English) Any of a class of tyrosine phosphorylation inhibitors

diaphragm wall

n. (context civil engineering English) A structure inserted in the ground and used to maintain an excavation open or to isolate portions of contaminated ground. It can be built of any material from steel to reinforced concrete.

unsorted

a. 1 Not in a particular order. 2 Mixed, not separated by property.

hemineglect

n. A neuropsychological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, the patient exhibits a deficit in attention to and awareness of one side of space.

wall chaser

n. A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.

evapotranspirator

n. 1 An element, such as a tree, that contributes to evapotranspiration 2 Something that causes the transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration

trengestone

n. A particular retroprogesterone.

adiabatic wall

n. Any interface through which there is no transfer of heat or entropy

linoleoyls

n. (plural of linoleoyl English)

mistful

a. clouded with, or as with, mist.

tabes

n. (context medical English) A kind of slow bodily waste#Verb or emaciate disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.

ransom

n. 1 money paid for the freeing of a hostage. 2 The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration. 3 (context historical legal UK English) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offence and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment. vb. 1 (context 14th century English) To deliver, especially in context of sin or relevant penalties. 2 To pay a price to set someone free from captivity or punishment. 3 To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.

dead bird

n. (context baseball slang English) a ball which falls over the infielders' heads for a hit as if it were a bird shot by a hunter

print out

n. (alternative form of printout English) vb. (context computing English) to print (a computer document)

scissors paper stone

n. The game rock paper scissors.

birthright

n. something owed since birth, due to inheritance.

jabber

n. Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. vb. 1 (label en intransitive) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense. 2 (label en transitive) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.

ordo

n. 1 (context music English) A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest. 2 (context Roman Catholicism English) A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.

pneumatic device

n. Any device which generates or is powered by compressed air

rock out

vb. (context intransitive English) To party to rock music.

desanctifications

n. (plural of desanctification English)

scoped out

vb. (en-past of: scope out)

take the plunge

vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To get engaged 2 (context idiomatic English) To begin any major commitment

polyspory

n. (context botany English) The production of very many spores; the condition of being polysporous

windward

a. 1 Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. 2 On the side exposed to the wind. adv. In a direction from which the wind blows, against the wind. n. 1 The direction from which the wind blows. 2 The side receiving the wind's force.

kicks out

vb. (en-third-person singularkick out)

hanging out to dry

vb. (present participle of hang out to dry English)

soothsayer

n. 1 (context obsolete English) One who tells the truth; a truthful person. 2 One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. 3 A mantis or rearhorse.

mismatch

Etymology 1 vb. To match unsuitably; to fail to match Etymology 2

n. Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.

hypernephromas

n. (plural of hypernephroma English)

subtest

n. A test that is part of a larger one

ectopia

n. (context pathology English) The condition such that an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.

minxes

n. (plural of minx English)

Usage examples of "minxes".

Such silly little fools, and the little minxes begin it already in the First Class.