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semidivine

a. Partially, but not wholly, divine

phonograms

n. (plural of phonogram English)

osprey

n. 1 A bird of prey (''Pandion haliaetus'') that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions. 2 aigrette (ornamental feather)

pluralia

n. (plural of plurale nodot=t English), used as part of set phrases such as (term: pluralia tantum). plurals.

cosplayer

n. One who takes part in cosplay.

spondylolisthetic

a. Of or relating to spondylolisthesis.

poli sci

n. (context informal English) political science

information warfare

n. The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.

santonate

n. (context chemistry English) A salt of santonic acid.

unmoustached

a. Without a moustache.

shehes

n. (plural of shehe English)

garnett

n. A machine that removes foreign material from textile fibre before carding it vb. To remove foreign material from textile fibre before carding it

tosspot

n. 1 (context colloquial now rare English) A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently. 2 (context UK slang English) A fool, prat; an idiot.

pogey

n. 1 (context chiefly historical countable English) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc. 2 (context Canada slang uncountable often with ''the'' English) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.

duties

n. (duty English)

noctidial

a. Comprising a night and a day.

cabinetful

n. As much as a cabinet will hold.

functional work

n. A work that can be considered to be of practical use, such as software, encyclopedias, dictionary and textbooks; having no point of view and non-fiction in nature.

communication studies

n. An academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time.

squirarchy

n. (alternative form of squirearchy English)

telerobot

n. A robot that can be controlled remotely; a telerobotic system.

cyclobutanols

n. (plural of cyclobutanol English)

paucibacillary

a. Having few bacillus

lip piercing

n. Any form of body piercing involving the lips

agriglyph

n. A crop circle.

abandonedness

n. The state or quality of being abandoned.

miscommunicating

vb. (present participle of miscommunicate English)

zharchikhite

n. (context mineralogy English) A hydroxy fluoride mineral of aluminium that forms colourless, transparent crystals.

emendicate

vb. (context obsolete English) To beg.

blusterer

n. A person who blusters.

spraylike

a. Resembling or characteristic of a spray.

erycristagallin

n. (context organic compound English) A pterocarpan isolated from the stems of ''Erythrina subumbrans''.

noncritic

n. One who is not a critic.

vower

n. One who makes a vow.

throw rug

n. A scatter rug

quickened

vb. (en-past of: quicken)

trokosi

n. (alternative form of Trokosi English)

rhizotomy

n. The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms.

sulphathiazole

n. (alternative spelling of sulfathiazole English)

implementor

n. (alternative spelling of implementer English)

abassi

n. (obsolete spelling of abbasi English)(R:MW3 1976)

splanch

n. (context US English) A house with three levels inside a two-level skin.

schroedinbug

n. (context computing English) A software bug which manifests only when somebody debugging it finds out that it shouldn't work at all.

teammates

n. (plural of teammate English)

transcatheter

a. (context medicine English) Taking place through a catheter.

cwms

n. (plural of cwm English)

yelk

n. (obsolete spelling of yolk English)

sawyer

n. 1 One who saws timber, especially in a sawpit. 2 (context US English) A large trunk of a tree brought down by the force of a river's current 3 A beetle that lives and feeds on trees, including timber. 4 (context US dialect English) The bowfin.

cushingoid

a. (context medicine English) Presenting symptoms like those of Cushing's syndrome: weight gain, sweating, etc.

telegraphy

n. 1 communication at a distance by means of the telegraph, either over wires or by wireless telegraphy, usually using Morse code 2 the apparatus and techniques used in such a system

rematerialisations

n. (plural of rematerialisation English)

squaw root

n. (alternative form of squawroot English)

sinner

n. a person who has sinned

tomahawking

vb. (present participle of tomahawk English)

linotype

n. 1 A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once. 2 The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines. vb. To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.

pyosalpinges

n. (plural of pyosalpinx English)

nonnurturing

a. Not nurturing

ibises

n. (plural of ibis English)

infallible

a. 1 Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy. 2 certain, sure.

softballers

n. (plural of softballer English)

homoiconic

a. (context of a programming language English) exhibiting homoiconicity

ataunt

adv. (context nautical English) Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.

amylaceous

a. 1 Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch 2 starchy

patch up

vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) to repair by adding a patch. 2 (context idiomatic transitive English) to mend quickly 3 (context idiomatic figuratively English) to repair, to make better

WordNet
osprey

n. large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn: fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion haliaetus]

information warfare

n. the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries; "not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare" [syn: IW]

pogey

n. money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy]

even-toed

adj. of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactyla [syn: artiodactyl, artiodactylous]

blusterer

n. a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly [syn: loudmouth]

vower

n. someone who makes a solemn promise to do something or behave in a certain way; "young vowers of eternal love"; "there are many vowers of chastity but few who observe it"

throw rug

n. a small rug; several can be used in a room [syn: scatter rug]

rhizotomy

n. surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms

sawyer
  1. n. one who is employed to saw wood

  2. any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers [syn: sawyer beetle]

telegraphy
  1. n. communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire

  2. apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code) [syn: telegraph]

squaw root

n. tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally [syn: blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides]

sinner

n. a person who sins (without repenting) [syn: evildoer]

leg covering

n. a garment covering the leg (usually extending from the knee to the ankle) [syn: legging, legin]

infallible

adj. incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memmory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible" [ant: fallible]

amylaceous

adj. resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous]

patch up
  1. v. mend by putting a patch on; "patch a hole" [syn: patch]

  2. come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, make up, conciliate, settle]

Usage examples of "patch up".

I paused to see Patch up at the top, leaning against a shoulder of rock and staring southwards.

When the tree surgeon got there to patch up the tree, Garth tossed his tools in the drink.

He put down his various bundles and held the patch up against the breast of his uniform's torso harness, over his heart, where the duty patch went.

Right after the Civil War my ancestors arrived and spent two futile lifetimes trying to make a decent living off that patch up there.

How am I supposed to patch up these rankweed suckers without working medical gear?

That's the stuff they keep in their lifeboats to patch up the injured—.

For a day and a half, then, Shoogar wandered around the village looking for things to do, amusing himself with minor spells here and there to patch up minor problems.

If something happens to her, it would take literally hours to patch up that hole in the plan.