Crossword clues for openhandedness
openhandedness
Wiktionary
n. (plural of molecular weight English)
n. (plural of knosp English)
n. (alternative form of rubab English)
vb. (en-simple past of: go to bed)
vb. (present participle of pinken English)
adv. (label en obsolete) rather late
n. (plural of shoveller English)
vb. (present participle of peenge English)
vb. (context colloquial English) Chiefly of a heterosexual woman, to engage in lesbian activity
vb. 1 (context baseball English) To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium. 2 (context idiomatic by extension English) To produce a spectacular achievement.
n. (plural of bioscope English)
n. Any of many kinds of birds, of the families ''Muscicapidae'' (in Europe and Asia) and ''Tyrannidae'' (in the Americas), that catch insects in flight.
a. Like a lunk; stupid, foolish.
n. (plural of subresource English)
vb. (present participle of peter out English)
n. (plural of terin English)
n. (plural of spectrohelioscope English)
n. (plural of trebuchet English)
a. 1 having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled 2 (context US slang English) dangerous 3 (context US slang English) unpleasant, awful, ugly 4 (context slang English) excellent, attractive 5 (context US slang English) Of music or a sound, harsh
n. (context US English) someone who is on vacation
n. (plural of chiffonier English)
n. (plural of recoloration English)
alt. One who fights as if in a rage; one who berserks. n. One who fights as if in a rage; one who berserks.
vb. (present participle of cry out against English)
n. (plural of insultation English)
n. 1 A retrieval 2 (context sports English) The return of a difficult ball 3 (context obsolete English) A seeking again; a discovery. 4 (context obsolete English) The recovery of game once sprung. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To regain or get back something. 2 (context transitive English) To rescue (a) creature(s) 3 (context transitive English) To salvage something 4 (context transitive English) To remedy or rectify something. 5 (context transitive English) To remember or recall something. 6 (context transitive English) To fetch or carry back something. 7 (context transitive English) To fetch and bring in game. 8 (context intransitive English) To fetch and bring in game systematically. 9 (context intransitive English) To fetch or carry back systematically, notably as a game. 10 (context sports transitive English) To make a difficult but successful return of the ball. 11 (context obsolete English) To remedy the evil consequence of, to repair (a loss or damage).
n. (plural of birthtime English)
n. An uncommon freshwater turtle found in the southeast of the United States, similar in appearance to the Eastern painted turtle but with an unusually long, striped neck, a yellow stripe on each of its legs and a net-like pattern on its carapace.
vb. (present participle of collide English)
n. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lesotho loti.
n. (context legal English) An agreement between parties limiting or restricting the use of land owned by one of the parties.
n. A motion that jerks; a jerk. vb. (present participle of jerk English)
a. (alternative form of mesmeric English)
vb. (en-third-person singular of: lash out)
n. (context baseball English) A pitch which was intentionally thrown outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner. vb. (context baseball intransitive English) To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner
n. (context organic chemistry English) Any cyclic hydrocarbon that replaces a superatom in the amplification process of phane nomenclature
n. (context organic compound English) The hydroxylated derivative of urea, NH2CO-NHOH, used as an antineoplastic drug; any N- or O- derivative of this compound
n. 1 A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods; a bazaar. 2 A mess — derived from French slang, and the lively chaos of a souq1.
vb. 1 spell again. 2 # Spell differently, especially according to pronunciation, or by a phonetic system.
n. A fourth-generation cephalosporin.
n. 1 (context slang English) A navel that is formed of a hollow in the abdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen). 2 (context slang English) A vagina with inner labia minora
n. A person who operates an air traffic control system, to expedite the safe flow of aircraft.
Etymology 1 n. 1 A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look. 2 An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent. 2 (context transitive English) To entice with a leer or leers. Etymology 2
alt. 1 (context obsolete English) The cheek. 2 (context obsolete English) The face. 3 (context obsolete English) One's appearance; countenance. 4 (context obsolete English) complexion; hue; blee; colour. 5 (context obsolete English) flesh; skin. 6 (context UK dialectal English) The flank or loin. n. 1 (context obsolete English) The cheek. 2 (context obsolete English) The face. 3 (context obsolete English) One's appearance; countenance. 4 (context obsolete English) complexion; hue; blee; colour. 5 (context obsolete English) flesh; skin. 6 (context UK dialectal English) The flank or loin. Etymology 3
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1 empty; unoccupied; clear. 2 destitute; lacking; wanting. 3 Faint from lack of food; hungry. 4 (context UK dialectal English) thin; faint. 5 Having no load or burden; free; without a rider. 6 Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous. alt. 1 empty; unoccupied; clear. 2 destitute; lacking; wanting. 3 Faint from lack of food; hungry. 4 (context UK dialectal English) thin; faint. 5 Having no load or burden; free; without a rider. 6 Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous. Etymology 4
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1 (context transitive English) To teach. 2 (context transitive English) To learn. Etymology 5
n. (alternative form of lehr English)
interj. (context slang English) Exclamation of fright, incredibility, shock, surprise or anger.
a. (context archaic English) unknown, unrecognized
n. a particulate collection device that removes particles from a flowing gas with electric forces
n. (context chemistry English) Any salt or ester of a phosphonic acid; many of its derivatives have important biological activity.
n. (plural of grey tinamou English)
vb. (en-past of: oppilate)
n. A kind of incandescent lamp of which the luminous medium is platinum.
n. (context isotope English) A minor stable isotope of sulfur, (nuclide 36 16 S), having sixteen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to only 0.01% of the element in nature
n. body odour
n. (context rare English) (plural of axiomatizability English)
n. (context zoology English) Any member of the Odontasteridae.
n. (plural of ludophile English)
vb. (alternative form of march to the beat of a different drum English)
n. (plural of speculum English)
n. 1 A piece of bread sopped in milk. 2 (context by extension pejorative English) A weak, easily frightened or ineffectual person.
n. (plural of insemination English)
n. A beta blocker used in the treatment of high blood pressure.
n. (context slang Internet usually pejorative English) A woman who denies or dismisses sexism and/or misogyny.
n. (plural of applauding English)
n. (context computing GUI English) The property of being draggable.
vb. (en-past of: sjambok)
a. Pertaining to a subpopulation
n. (eve teasing English)
n. (context physics English) A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.
n. (alt form open-handedness English)
WordNet
n. any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher]
large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing [syn: New World flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird]
n. the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body [syn: auditory cortex]
n. corrective consisting of a replacement for a part of the body [syn: prosthesis]
n. someone on vacation; someone who is devoting time to pleasure or relaxation rather than to work [syn: vacationist]
v. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, find, regain]
of trained dogs
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" [syn: remember, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think] [ant: forget]
n. 100 sente equal 1 loti
[also: listente (pl)]
adj. not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat" [syn: arrhythmic, jerky, unsteady]
n. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls [syn: sneer]
a suggestive or sneering look or grin
v. look suggestively or obliquely; look or gaze with a sly, immodest, or malign expression; "The men leered at the young women on the beach"
n. a mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument
a medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior
[also: specula (pl)]
See speculum
n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, Milquetoast]
n. a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities [syn: semiconducting material]
a conductor made with semiconducting material [syn: semiconductor device, semiconductor unit]
n. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity]
Usage examples of "openhandedness".
As the Steward left, Lord Gast took up a tale, whose matter Taran found difficult to follow, concerning the costliness of his food and his openhandedness toward travelers.
If he called him at all it would only be as a show of openhandedness for the juries.
Bulmer, a typical Lancashire man, blended in his disposition a genial openhandedness with a shrewd caution.
With his openhandedness and hospitality he should have been a marshal of nobility of the good old days, and not a governor in such a worrisome time as ours.
Master Jack Wetherby, unconcerned with such fopperies as this, spoke warmly of his openhandedness and entire comprehension of the more urgent needs of young gentlemen enduring the privations of life at Eton College.