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n. (context organic compound English) An organic compound with antiasthma properties, found in onions.
n. (plural of oenocyte English)
n. The state of being comprehensive.
n. (plural of mittimus English)
n. The state or quality of being private or interior to the person
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To overwhelm. 2 (context transitive English) To surround; to cover.
a. (alternative spelling of dead set English) n. (alternative spelling of dead set English)
n. (context physics English) The study of classical relativistic equations of motion for actions involving extended nucleons interacting with massive, neutral scalar and vector meson fields.
a. 1 (context anatomy English) of or relating to the armpit; axillary. 2 Having, resembling, or composed of wings or alae. n. A growth-regulating chemical sprayed on fruit trees; entire crop can be harvested at one time; daminozide.
vb. (en-past of: axiomatize)
n. (context Scotland English) A superstitious object or obvservance; a charm, an omen.
vb. (en-third-person singular of: writh)
n. 1 The act of travelling in a motorboat. 2 (cx slang English) The act of placing one's head between a woman's breasts and making the sound of a motorboat with one's lips whilst moving the head from side to side. vb. (present participle of motorboat English)
vb. (present participle of exorcise English)
vb. (en-past of: reprovision)
n. Any instrument that interrupts an electric current.
n. (plural of adoration English)
n. (context computing English) A design flaw in computer systems which represented the year with 2 digits (ex. 1984 = 84), which could cause date calculations to fail after 1999.
n. (plural of lignite English)
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context zoology countable English) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development. 2 (context countable English) The '''egg''' of a domestic fowl as an item of food. 3 (context uncountable English) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc. 4 (context biology countable English) The female primary cell, the ovum. vb. 1 To throw '''eggs''' at. 2 To dip in or coat with beaten '''egg''' (cooking). 3 To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally. Etymology 2
vb. (context obsolete except in egg on English) To encourage, incite.
n. (context rare English) The tree ''Chiranthodendron pentadactylon'', or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces.
a. Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
n. (context organic chemistry especially in combination English) A radical derived from carbazole
n. A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones.
init. 1 (European Union) '''Common Agricultural Policy'''. 2 (USA) '''Civil Air Patrol''' 3 Colleague Assistance Program 4 combat air patrol 5 '''Change Acceleration Process''' 6 Colors and Placements 7 catabolite activator protein 8 (context medicine English) Community acquired pneumonia
vb. (en-past of: sprunt)
adv. In a sententious manner, concisely, pithily.
alt. 1 (&lit white man English) 2 A Caucasian man; a European. 3 White people collectively; White culture. n. 1 (&lit white man English) 2 A Caucasian man; a European. 3 White people collectively; White culture.
n. A distinction of character; a characteristic.
a. (obsolete spelling of near English)
Usage examples of "neare".
Thornbeck, but a long tayle like a riding rodde whereon the middest is a most poysonne sting of two or three inches long, bearded like a saw on each side, which she struck into the wrist of his arme neare an inch and a half.
And as neare as my smell could tell mee, I did iudge the water to bee of Roses, mixt with the iuice of Lymon pilles, and a little Amber artificially composed, which yeelded a sweet and pleasant smell.
In the middest of this admirable and stupendious Court, there was set out a maruellous perfuming vessel, not so much for the excellent and perfecte substaunce thereof, which was pure and fine golde: but for the conspicuous, rare, and auncient fashion of the base, standing vpon three Harpyes feete, the which in a foliature made a trianguled illygament to the base, full of deuises, as the mettall required, ouer euerie Angle or corner whereof stoode three naked shapes of flying spirites orderly sette, of two cubites high, with their shoulders turned one towards an other, and somewhat neare together.
Hee asked me the cause of our comming, I tolde him being in fight with the Spaniards our enemie, being over powred, neare put to retreat, and by extreme weather put to this shore, where landing at Chesipiack, the people shot us, but at Kequoughtan they kindly used us, wee by signes demaunded fresh water, they described us up the River was all fresh water, at Paspahegh, also they kindly used us, our Pinnasse being leake wee were inforced to stay to mend her, till Captain Newport my father came to conduct us away.
Oft drew the Prince vnto his charret nigh,In hope some stroke to fasten on him neare.
Who when as now long time he lacked hadThe good Sir Calepine, that farre was strayd,Did wexe exceeding sorrowfull and sad,As he of some misfortune were afrayd:And leauing there this Ladie all dismayd,Went forth streightway into the forrest wyde,To seeke, if he perchance a sleepe were layd,Or what so else were vnto him betyde:He sought him farre and neare, yet him no where he spyde.
He comming neare, gan gently her salute,With curteous words, in the most comely wize.