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a. able to be treated; not incurable or intractable.
Etymology 1 n. 1 Any of several species of fish of the genus ''Thunnus'' in the family Scombridae. 2 The edible flesh of the tuna. Etymology 2
n. 1 The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus ''Opuntia''. 2 The fruit of the cactus.
n. (plural of tin sandwich English)
n. (plural of hapa English)
init. (synonym of RSVP English)
n. 1 (context marketing English) In retail selling, a large, visually appealing display of products intended to attract the interest of customers. 2 (context marketing Canada English) Behind retail sales counters in jurisdictions where tobacco advertising has been banned or heavily restricted, a prominent, enticing display of tobacco products. 3 (context computing English) The rapidly increasing loss of efficiency due to overheating as the power/speed of a CPU increases.
n. (plural of zoogonid English)
a. (alternative form of rabbit-proof English)
n. 1 An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations. 2 One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots.
n. 1 (context historical English) A toy (top) similar to a dreidel. 2 (context historical English) A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon.
n. (plural of oroblanco English)
n. (context protein English) a protein found in multiple forms within cells, which binds glucocorticoids and subsequently influences gene transcription
vb. (present participle of hit out English)
vb. (present participle of call out English)
n. The quality or state of being toasty.
n. 1 (context computing English) A list of words or other data items which, for some special reason, should be ignored or bypassed by a particular data processing operation. 2 (context media English) A list of people who subscribe to a publication (e.g., newspaper) and no longer wish to receive it.
vb. (past participle of get laid English)
n. 1 (context UK Australian Irish Nigeria New Zealand English) A vest; a sleeveless garment with a low-cut neck, often worn underneath a shirt. 2 (context physics English) A multiplet having a single member, especially a single spectroscopic peak. 3 (context physics quantum mechanics English) A quantum state having zero spin.
n. (context obsolete English) robbers or outlaws.
n. Any material added to something to reduce its volatility
n. 1 A deity. 2 # A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers. 3 # A male deity. 4 # A supreme being; God. 5 (alternative spelling of God English) 6 An idol. 7 # A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette. 8 # Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed. 9 (context metaphor English) A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant. 10 (cx colloquial English) An exceedingly handsome man. 11 (context Internet English) The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon. n. (label en very rare) (alternative form of God English) vb. To idolize.
n. An administrative subunit in Thailand below district (amphoe) and province (changwat).
vb. (en-pastlez out)
n. (plural of stabilisation English)
a. (alternative form of materialistic English)
n. (obsolete form of lang=en ghost)
n. 1 The study of ancient symbols. 2 (context theology English) The study of that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith. 3 symbolism.
n. The state or condition of being bluesy.
n. (plural of newscrawl English)
n. (context botany English) An African timber tree, (taxlink Vachellia nilotica subsp. adstringens subspecies noshow=1), formerly (taxlink Acacia adansonii species noshow=1).
vb. 1 (context intransitive car racing English) To leave the pits and go out onto the race track 2 (context intransitive of a machine English) To stop working 3 (context intransitive English) To show sweat on one's clothes. 4 (context transitive English) To make sweaty (gloss: of clothes).
n. beekeeper
a. unifying; having the power to shape disparate things into a unified whole.
n. 1 A unit of weight in the Ottoman Empire and certain successor states, equal to 400 dirhams. Variably equivalent to about
25 kilograms (
75 pounds). 2 A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
n. (plural of auto mechanic English)
vb. (rfdef: English)
vb. (context idiomatic English) To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
vb. 1 (context intransitive slang English) To have sex without a condom. 2 (context intransitive slang English) To have, usually male to male, anal sex without a condom.
vb. (present participle of hash out English)
vb. (en-third-person singular of: dislocate)
n. (plural of exendin English)
n. A parasympathomimetic and muscarinic agonist used to treat dry mouth.
n. (plural of monimolimnion English)
n. The removal of the husk from corn.
n. (plural of starnose English)
vb. (present participle of predeclare English)
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To demolish; to level to the ground. 2 (context transitive English) To scrape as if with a razor. Etymology 2
n. (obsolete spelling of race nodot=1 English) (gloss: rhizome of ginger).
n. 1 (context music English) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation. 2 Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively. 3 The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing. 4 Unspecified thing(s). 5 (lb en with positive terms) Of excellent quality, the genuine article. 6 Nonsense. vb. 1 To play '''jazz''' music. 2 To dance to the tunes of '''jazz''' music. 3 To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite 4 To complicate. 5 (context intransitive US slang dated English) To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself. 6 To destroy. 7 To distract/pester.
n. (context chiefly British Australian singulare tantum English) an attractive or sexy person.
n. a place where gin (removing the seeds from cotton) is done.
n. (plural of tantalite English)
n. 1 Something or someone pleasant, fortunate(,) or otherwise positive. 2 (senseid en the message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful)(context Christianity English) The message of Jesus concerning the salvation of the faithful (as elaborated in the Gospels)
n. (plural of tinygram English)
vb. (en-third-person singular of: reseason)
vb. 1 (context intransitive colloquial English) To wash oneself. (First attested in the Late 19th century.)(R:SOED5: page=5) 2 (context transitive colloquial English) To wash. (First attested in the Late 19th century.)
n. (plural of chela English)
n. (alternative form of shonen English)
n. A passage of writing or dialogue that uses vivid and lyrical metaphors or similes, characteristic of the work of writer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Chandler.
n. (plural of aviculturist English)
n. Absence of refusal.
Usage examples of "nonrefusal".
Heisenberg could, of course, have said the same of the science of acoustics in regard to one born deaf.
For all the processes essential to a physical acoustics are accessible to the eye and other senses.
I could hear their voices, full of excitement -- but the acoustics of the place made it impossible to get a good fix on the cries that were bounding back and forth across the lobby.
But the acoustics of the shaft magnify and multiply the sound so forebodingly that Amsel stops in the middle of his skulduggery, looks behind him over his rounded back, and turns the flashlight on his friend.
The sound seemed to be coming from ahead of them, and she hoped that it was just the tricky acoustics of the cavern.
It still reverberated, though Ilna had noticed that the acoustics of this great square room were wretchedly bad.
In that hour I learned many things, including the fact that there is something purely acoustic in much of that agnostic sort of reverence.
The auriferous tooth, the sedentary disposition, the Sunday afternoon wanderlust, the draught upon the delicatessen store for home-made comforts, the furor for department store marked-down sales, the feeling of superiority to the lady in the third-floor front who wore genuine ostrich tips and had two names over her bell, the mucilaginous hours during which she remained glued to the window sill, the vigilant avoidance of the instalment man, the tireless patronage of the acoustics of the dumb-waiter shaft - all the attributes of the Gotham flat-dweller were hers.
The acoustic nerve, which leads from the cochlea, has a branch leading to the other half of the contents of the internal ear, the utricle and its outgrowths, introduced on page 248.
Its acoustics were poor, proper names often came out garbled, a chaotic calendar messed up the order of events but, on the whole, the colored dots did form a geomantic picture of sorts.
Then she bit it fiercely and extended it in his direction, producing sounds all the while, acoustic interference so random it seemed to come not from her jawless sucking mouth but from a small hole in her throat.
It has no history, no notion of its nascence, its way of coming to acoustic space.
Jack saw the weird red pyramids, looking like some strange form of acoustic tile, that crowned the Omni Center, and headed in their direction.
So did soft-singing Tom Paxton and Tom Rush and a rapid-fire acoustic guitarist named Danny Kalb, who did duets with Van Ronk and the great Phil Ochs before Danny helped put together the short-lived but electrifying Blues Project in the late 1960s.
Communication with its surface masters can be through seismological sensors to send messages -- bursts of acoustic pulses of precise design which will tell surface listeners what the mole has found.