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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.
vb. (en-third-person singular of: aken)
a. covered in cinders
n. (plural of araxoceratid English)
pre. below, beneath, inferior
1 Having skin. 2 Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin. 3 Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed. v
(en-past of: skin)
n. (plural of prytaneum English)
WordNet
n. tropical American flat-jointed prickly pear; Jamaica [syn: Opuntia tuna]
important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks [syn: tuna fish, tunny]
any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters [syn: tunny]
New Zealand eel [syn: Anguilla sucklandii]
n. a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday" [syn: top, whirligig, spinning top]
n. a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body [syn: vest, undershirt]
See bandit
n. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" [syn: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure]
n. a farmer who keeps bees for their honey [syn: beekeeper, apiculturist]
n. a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds
a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers [syn: oca, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata]
n. the craft of building and repairing automobiles
adj. riding without a saddle; "a bareback rider" [syn: barebacked]
adv. without a saddle; "she prefers to ride her horse bareback" [syn: barebacked]
n. a social gathering for the purpose of husking corn [syn: husking bee]
the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
n. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: wind, idle words, nothingness]
a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands
v. play something in the style of jazz
have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]
v. place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow]
See chela
n. anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body [syn: local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anaesthetic]
n. a unit of capacity equal to the volume of a cube one kilometer on each edge [syn: cubic kilometre]
n. orange-hued cadmium yellow pigment
n. a natural protective covering of the body; site of the sense of touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn: tegument, cutis]
the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) [syn: rind, peel]
an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his skin"
the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel]
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the skin of an animal
v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, struggle, sputter]
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: scrape]
remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark]
strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" [syn: stub, scrape, abrade]
See skin
See prytaneum
Usage examples of "prytanea".
Gorice the King among them with his austringers and falconers and his huntsmen with setters and spaniels and great fierce boar-hounds drawn in a string.
Shape-ups were held in the predawn down by the Vineland courthouse, shadowy brown buses idling in the dark, work and wages posted silently in the windows some mornings Zoyd had gone down, climbed on, ridden out with other newcomers, all cherry to the labor market up here, former artists or spiritual pilgrims now becoming choker setters, waiters and waitresses, baggers and checkout clerks, tree workers, truckdrivers, and framers, or taking temporary swamping jobs like this, all in the service of others, the ones who did the building, selling, buying and speculating.
Voices, commands, laughter: for an hour activity prevailed in the nihilation area, while the target plane flew over the city again from the sea side, slipped away from the searchlights, and, caught again, became a Platonic target: The Number 6 manned the fuze setter, trying with cranks to make two mechanical pointers coincide with two electrical pointers and unflinchingly nihilating the evasive essent.
Jag, Puma Lee-sex queen, fashion setter and homicidal maniac-ripped into yet another two-pound bag of lowbrow snack food.
The three setters, Voyou, Gamin, and Mioche, were in fine feather,--David had killed a woodcock and a brace of grouse oven them that morning,--and they were thrashing about the spinney an short range when I came up, gun under arm and pipe lighted.
About the same time a man named Manuzzi, a stone setter for his first trade, and also a spy, a vile agent of the State Inquisitors--a man of whom I knew nothing--found a way to make my acquaintance by offering to let me have diamonds on credit, and by this means he got the entry of my house.
He even spent some years with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, the primary rules setter for the profession.
So corporate America fought back, recruiting members of Congress to take on the SEC and the standard setters at the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
William Swayne, known to the whole valley as Willie the Twig by reason of his solitary lordship of some ten square miles of new and old afforestation along the border, found nothing interesting in gatherings for social chit-chat, and preferred his deer and his setters to more garrulous company.
The setter lured a coney in, the verser dealt him the cards, and the barnacle, the third, egged their mark on.
Now he sheepishly stopped thinking about what a great setter into speech he was of the thoughts of an ignorant black girl from the Afric forest.
Two Sealyham terriers, and a young Irish setter, who effusively made the Chief Inspector welcome.
It had been built for a middle-sized dog, like a collie or setter or, yes, a Weimaraner, and I had to lay in a fetal position to fit, but that was the least of my problems.
He was about to sit down to his supper when his eye fell upon the Irish setter, on his haunches in the doorway.
The gaze-hounds, of which there were two taken just in case, were in reality nothing but greyhounds according to modem language, while the lymers were a sort of mixture between the bloodhound and the red setter of today.