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n. (alternative spelling of hemolysin English)
n. (plural of biodiversity English)
a. That can be evaded.
n. Somebody whose words are being quoted.
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.
n. (context medicine English) Any of a class of tyrosine phosphorylation inhibitors
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.
a. 1 Not in a particular order. 2 Mixed, not separated by property.
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.
n. A specialised hand-held power tool used for cutting narrow grooves in walls, for instance when laying electrical cable.
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
n. A particular retroprogesterone.
n. Any interface through which there is no transfer of heat or entropy
n. (plural of linoleoyl English)
a. clouded with, or as with, mist.
n. (context medical English) A kind of slow bodily waste#Verb or emaciate disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
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.
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
n. (alternative form of printout English) vb. (context computing English) to print (a computer document)
n. The game rock paper scissors.
n. something owed since birth, due to inheritance.
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.
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.
n. Any device which generates or is powered by compressed air
vb. (context intransitive English) To party to rock music.
n. (plural of desanctification English)
vb. (en-past of: scope out)
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To get engaged 2 (context idiomatic English) To begin any major commitment
n. (context botany English) The production of very many spores; the condition of being polysporous
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.
vb. (en-third-person singularkick out)
vb. (present participle of hang out to dry English)
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.
Etymology 1 vb. To match unsuitably; to fail to match Etymology 2
n. Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
n. (plural of hypernephroma English)
n. A test that is part of a larger one
n. (context pathology English) The condition such that an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
n. (plural of minx English)
alt. 1 (&lit hold out English) 2 (context transitive English) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. 3 (context idiomatic often with ''for'' English) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) 4 (context idiomatic English) To survive, endure. n. (alternative spelling of holdout English). vb. 1 (&lit hold out English) 2 (context transitive English) To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. 3 (context idiomatic often with ''for'' English) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.) 4 (context idiomatic English) To survive, endure.
a. (context idiomatic English) In a situation which is unsuitable, unfamiliar, or unenjoyable.
Etymology 1 n. 1 (abbreviation of: order) 2 (context legal English) (abbreviationordinance) Etymology 2
alt. 1 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point. 2 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of origin; a beginning. 3 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of land; a promontory. 4 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) The point or edge of a weapon. n. 1 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point. 2 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of origin; a beginning. 3 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) A point of land; a promontory. 4 (context now chiefly UK dialectal English) The point or edge of a weapon.
vb. (present participle of repaganize English)
n. (plural of wormal English)
n. (context carpentry English) The part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear.
n. (plural of comboloio English)
n. (context somewhat derogatory English) A person who is habitually drunk.
vb. (en-pastcall out)
n. (context mineral English) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing nickel and oxygen.
n. (context astronomy English) A technique to isolate signals from those of nearby sources
vb. 1 To sell all of a product that is in stock. 2 (context idiomatic English) To abandon or betray one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other personal advantage.
n. (alternative spelling of short list English) vb. (alternative spelling of shortlist English)
a. not adhesive; slippery. n. an abhesive substance, such as Teflon.
n. (context slang English) A cowardly or timid person; a wimp.
vb. (context ambitransitive English) to spend a lot of money on something pleasant, but not necessary.
vb. (en-past of: ebulliate)
n. 1 The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society. 2 The customary behavior of members of a profession, business, law, or sports team towards each other.
n. (plural of webconference lang=en nodot=1) ((alternative spelling of web conferences lang=en nocap=1 nodot=1)).
phr. (context rhetorical often humorous or ironic English) (non-gloss definition: Used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.)
vb. 1 (context dated English) gallop in a triumphant manner '' 2 (present participle of galumph English)
n. (air lane English)
n. One who unmasks.
n. (plural of partridge English)
n. (context chemistry English) A powerful biocide and preservative within the group of isothiazolinones, used in shampoos etc.
alt. The lipids in milk. n. The lipids in milk.
a. Resembling or pertaining to donuts.
n. A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
n. 1 The act of fostering or encourage something. 2 (context obsolete English) food; nourishment
n. (plural of gameography English)
n. (corn poppy English)
phr. in the broad sense
a. 1 Of, or relating to a sect. 2 dogmatic or partisan. 3 parochial or narrow-minded. 4 bigoted. n. 1 A member of a sect. 2 A bigot.
adv. 1 (context conjunctive English) also; in addition 2 (context conjunctive English) moreover; furthermore 3 (context conjunctive English) otherwise; else 4 (context obsolete English) On one side. prep. 1 (context obsolete English) beside. 2 in addition, in addition to.
adv. (context idiomatic English) almost; nearly. prep. 1 beside; alongside. 2 Immediately following or preceding in a sequence; just subsequent or previous. 3 Compared to.
adv. (context obsolete Shakespeare English) in faith; indeed, truly
a. (context obsolete English) unrevenged
n. (plural of coalworker English)
vb. (en-past of: pageant)
Usage examples of "pageanted".
Everyone stopped speaking to stare agog at the man who had uttered this bizarre snippet.
That is, no one has told me, but from snippets that I have overheard I believe that the queen intends to use him as an experimental subject.
The name brought back to me the memory of some snippet from a newspaper which spoke of an obscure scientist who was striving in some unknown way for the secret of rejuvenescence and the elixir of life.
The Premia Sancta and Premio Sancto did not always agreeor so snippets of gossip saidbut in this they were united: stillborn children or infants who died were not worth mourning.
Marie-Claude Stockbridge and the others peck away at their computers, listening to snippets of conversation.
Snippets of alien joy and inhuman terror wafted in her nostrils and ears and behind her eyes, synaesthetically.
In free time, away from official projects, are searching the vastness for transmission samplings of all yous: visuals, language snippets, references by other species not yous but knowing of yous.
We concluded yesterday with Molto doing a tiresome redirect of Lovinia, reading her snippets of her statements which she claimed not to remember.
From the first two snippets, however, he learned that plans for war with the North were well advanced: if the shipyards and the craftsmen were kept so busy, then the Istrian Council had clearly given orders for the preparations of a fleet.
The Premia Sancta and Premio Sancto did not always agreeor so snippets of gossip saidbut in this they were united: stillborn children or infants who died were not worth mourning.
With the Winnebago as his traveling office, the docks at sunset were a good place to transact business, pick up snippets of information, and troll for fresh meat to be savored later on the pull-out double bed beneath the ceiling mirror.
As during the night of the reavers, Leie listened avidly and joined in this bucket brigade, even when the snippets were so obviously debased as to be worthless.
The objective was to transfer to a master tape, inserted in the left recorder, snippets of scenes and sounds from a multitude of other tapes which were reviewed and rereviewed in the recorder on the right.
Now and then Senzei caught snippets of their conversation, tidbits carried back to him on the evening breeze: Rakhene history.
Disembodied snippets of conversations are snatched from the ether, perhaps out of context, and may be misinterpreted by an analyst who then secretly transmits them to spy agencies and law enforcement offices around the world.