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Invalidity

Invalidity \In`va*lid"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. invalidit['e], LL. invaliditas lack of health.]

  1. Lack of validity or cogency; lack of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.

  2. Lack of health; infirmity. [Obs.]
    --Sir W. Temple.

fantasm

Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf. Fantasm.] [Spelt also fantasm.]

  1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

    They be but phantasms or apparitions.
    --Sir W. Raleigh.

  2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
    --Cudworth.

    Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.
    --Jer. Taylor.

Junto

Junto \Jun"to\ (j[u^]n"t[-o]), n.; pl. Juntos (j[u^]n"t[-o]s). A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.

The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty juntos met.
--Thomson.

Whider

Whider \Whid"er\, adv. Whither. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Pseudotetrameral

Pseudotetramera \Pseu`do*te*tram"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al, a.

To blow out

Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. Blew (bl[=u]); p. p. Blown (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G. bl["a]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]

  1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

    Hark how it rains and blows !
    --Walton.

  2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

  3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

    Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.
    --Shak.

  4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

    There let the pealing organ blow.
    --Milton.

  5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

  6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

    The grass blows from their graves to thy own.
    --M. Arnold.

  7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]

    You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
    --Bartlett.

  8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.

  9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; -- of inflatable tires. To blow hot and cold (a saying derived from a fable of [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. To blow out.

    1. To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.

    2. To talk violently or abusively. [Low]

      To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.

      To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. ``The enemy's magazines blew up.''
      --Tatler.

To blow out

Blow \Blow\, v. t.

  1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

  2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

    Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore.
    --Milton.

  3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.

    Hath she no husband That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
    --Shak.

    Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies.
    --Parnell.

  4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

  5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

  6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.

    Through the court his courtesy was blown.
    --Dryden.

    His language does his knowledge blow.
    --Whiting.

  7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

  8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

    Look how imagination blows him.
    --Shak.

  9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
    --Sir W. Scott.

  10. To deposit eggs or larv[ae] upon, or in (meat, etc.).

    To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth.
    --Shak.

  11. To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar.

  12. to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. [colloq.]

  13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview. [colloq.]

  14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. [slang]

  15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling. To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. To blow up.

    1. To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble.

    2. To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. ``Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.''
      --Milton.

    3. To excite; as, to blow up a contention.

    4. To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort.

    5. To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.] I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does. --G. Eliot. To blow upon.

      1. To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless.

      2. To inform against. [Colloq.]

        How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
        --C. Lamb.

        A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.
        --Macaulay.

Moldable

Moldable \Mold"a*ble\, Mouldable \Mould"a*ble\, a. Capable of being molded or formed.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
invalidity

1540s, from Latin invalidatus (see invalid (adj.)).

junto

1640s, erroneous formation of junta on model of Spanish nouns ending in -o.

carnalite

"worldly minded man, one addicted to fleshly practices," 1570s, from carnal + -ite (1).

moldable

also mouldable, 1620s, from mold (v.) + -able. Related: Moldably; moldability.

Wiktionary
desalinized

vb. (en-past of: desalinize)

legionnaires' disease

n. A severe form of legionellosis, producing high fever and pneumonia

invalidity

n. The state of being invalid; lack of validity.

annoint

vb. (context nonstandard English) (alternative spelling of anoint English)

fantasm

n. (alternative spelling of phantasm English)

profligated

vb. (en-past of: profligate)

junto

n. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.

inulas

n. (plural of inula English)

managee

n. Someone who is managed, a subordinate of a manager.

geolinguist

n. One who studies geolinguistics.

polychromator

n. (context physics English) An optical device used to generate multiple beams of light of different frequency

back labour

n. (alternative spelling of back labor from=UK English)

lunkheaded

a. Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse

queen breeding

n. (context beekeeping English) The breeding of queen bees

dishing out

vb. (present participle of dish out English)

imenes

n. (plural of imene English)

semi-finalists

n. (semi-finalist English)

shagged out

a. exhausted (as if with sexual activity)

hang out to dry

vb. 1 (&lit hang out dry English) 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.

reshow

vb. To show again.

defictionalized

vb. (en-past of: defictionalize)

carnalite

n. (context mineral English) A saline evaporite consisting of a mixed potassium and magnesium chloride; sometimes used as a flux in steelmaking.

moldable

a. (alternative spelling of mouldable English)

WordNet
invalidity

n. illogicality as a consequence of having a conclusion that does not follow from the premisses [syn: invalidness]

junto

n. a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: cabal, faction, camarilla]

bottling plant

n. a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps

moldable

adj. capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, plastic]

Usage examples of "moldable".

Rigidly perfect, but moldable to all the nuanced sworls of living ears.

Unbroken, moldable expanse: moist, circulating tracts just inside her mouth attach to his awakened cell walls.

Creatures become sickeningly plastic, moldable, as mistakable as clay.

They consisted of a power pack which fit into the flaring base of the little dildo, three wireless moldable metal patches, and a sleek black remote.

It was plugged into a solid block of what looked like some sort of gray moldable compound.

He felt her strength weaken until she was a moldable mass within his arms.