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encirclement

n. 1 The act of encircle or the state of being encircled 2 (context military English) The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it

enfolding

n. A folding around something. vb. (present participle of enfold English)

rack one's brain

vb. (context idiomatic English) To struggle to think of or remember something.

glooming

Etymology 1 vb. (present participle of gloom English) Etymology 2

n. twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming

glooming

Etymology 1 vb. (present participle of gloom English) Etymology 2

n. twilight of morning or evening; the gloaming

spazz out

alt. (context intransitive English) To lose one's physical or emotional control vb. (context intransitive English) To lose one's physical or emotional control

out of tune

a. not in agreement, especially in musical pitch

ordinary differential equations

n. (ordinary differential equation English)

hard-on

alt. (context slang vulgar English) erection of the penis n. (context slang vulgar English) erection of the penis

polyarthritis

n. Any arthritis affecting five or more joints, often caused by an autoimmune disorder.

brin

n. One of the radiating sticks of a fan.

subpar

a. 1 Of less than a traditional or accepted standard 2 (context golf English) below par 3 (context finance English) Trading a price below face value.

mark-to-markets

n. (mark-to-market English)

hashes out

vb. (en-third-person singularhash out)

paguma

n. (context zoology English) Any of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus (taxlink Paguma genus noshow=1), resembling weasels.

splash out

vb. (context ambitransitive English) to spend a lot of money on something pleasant, but not necessary.

cohoe

n. (alternative spelling of coho English)

sulphur works

n. (alternative spelling of sulfur works English)

for-

pre. 1 (context no longer productive English) Meaning "far", "away"; "from", "out" e.g. forbid, forget, forsay; forbear, fordeem. 2 (context no longer productive English) Meaning "completely", "to the fullest extent" e.g. fordo; superseded by combinations with "up" in senses where no upward movement is involved, e.g. forgive = ''give up (one's offenses)'', forgather = "gather up", forbeat = "beat up", etc. 3 (context dialectal English) very; excessively.

yass

part. (context US dialectal Scottish English) (eye dialect of yes English)

cefluprenam

n. A cephalosporin antibiotic.

three-point shot

n. (context basketball English) A shot attempted from beyond the three-point line.

professorships

n. (plural of professorship English)

tuwhit tuwhoo

interj. The hoot of an owl. n. The hoot of an owl.

convenes

vb. (en-third-person singular of: convene)

bush baptists

n. (bush baptist English)

chaise lounge

n. (context US English) chaise longue

beyondness

n. The state or quality of being beyond.

atacaman

a. Of, from, or pertaining to Atacama. n. Someone from Atacama.

suprise

n. (misspelling of surprise English) vb. (misspelling of surprise English)

embryopathy

n. (context pathology English) Any developmental disorder of an embryo

lateral pass

n. 1 (context American football English) a pass thrown laterally and that counts as a hand-off 2 (context American football English) any hand-off, whether lateral or backward

forcefields

n. (plural of forcefield English)

nongolf

a. Not golf; not associated with golfing.

rolling news

n. a 24-hour, continuously updated news service on radio or television

hard news

n. (context publishing broadcasting English) factual reportage of events which are socially or politically significant and of a serious nature, as opposed to the reporting of entertaining, humorous, or gossipy accounts of relatively inconsequential events.

puppetry

n. 1 (context uncountable English) The art of making, and performing with puppets 2 (context countable English) The action of a puppet, or a stilted or puppet-like dramatic performance

preadmission

a. Prior to admission (to a hospital, university, etc.). n. Admission, as of steam, to an engine cylinder before the backstroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.

escrowed

vb. (en-past of: escrow)

soulstress

n. (context informal music English) A female soulster.

speedboat

n. 1 A fast boat, usually small (for 1-8 people) 2 A boat designed and built for racing 3 A boat used for waterskiing

webforms

n. (plural of webform English)

anisotropies

n. (plural of anisotropy English)

crown flower

n. A large shrub, ''Calotropis gigantea'', growing up to 4 meters tall, with clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color.

thede

n. 1 (context UK dialectal Scotland English) A nation; people. 2 (context UK dialectal Scotland English) A country; land; kingdom.

jeweled

a. (alternative spelling of jewelled English)

wo'n't

Etymology 1 contraction (context archaic English) (alternative spelling of won't English) Etymology 2

contraction (context archaic English) (alternative spelling of wouldn't English)

eroticisations

n. (plural of eroticisation English)

deontologically

adv. In a deontological manner.

immeability

n. Inability to pass through or to permit passage.

polyacoustics

n. The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds.

pseudo

a. 1 Other than what is apparent, a sham. 2 insincere. 3 spurious. n. 1 An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. 2 A poseur; one who is fake. 3 (context travel industry informal English) pseudo-city code 4 (context Internet English) A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. 5 (short for pseudoephedrine English)

cuprotungstite

n. (context mineral English) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.

placoderms

n. (plural of placoderm English)

mechatronic

a. Of or relating to mechatronics.

troke

vb. (alternative form of troak English)

inisle

vb. (obsolete form of enisle English)

graphotypes

n. (plural of graphotype English)

infantilists

n. (plural of infantilist English)

risp

vb. to rub together, to rasp or grate

fets

vb. (en-third-person singular of: fet)

varnishes

n. (plural of varnish English)

byte

n. 1 (context computing English) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text. 2 (context computing English) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits

endoprostheses

n. (plural of endoprosthesis English)

hilltop

n. The peak or crest of a hill.

ingirting

vb. (present participle of ingirt English)

miasmata

n. Irregular (plural of miasma nocap=1 English)

seiche

n. (context hydrology English) A short-term standing wave oscillation of the water level in a lake, characteristic of its geometry.

off-corn

n. waste or inferior corn thrown out during dressing.

rubber trees

n. (rubber tree English)

pucel

n. (obsolete form of pucelle English)

acrospiring

vb. (present participle of acrospire English)

testacean

a. Covered with or having a shell. n. (context zoology English) One of the rhizopods in Testacea.

hydrozoans

n. (plural of hydrozoan English)

maltier

a. (en-comparativemalty)

byte codes

n. (byte code English)

practical

a. 1 Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis 2 Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use 3 Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical n. (context British English) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability

dumble

n. 1 (context UK dialectal English) A dale with a stream 2 (context slang English) A stupid person.

exophthalmy

n. (archaic form of exophthalmia English)

latitant
  1. (context archaic English) Lying hid; concealed; latent. v

  2. (inflection of latitō 3 p pres actv indc Latin)

tiresomely

adv. In a tiresome manner; wearisomely.

burdens

n. (plural of burden English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: burden)

anticough

a. (context of a medicine English) Suppressing coughing.

thiocine

n. (context organic compound English) An unsaturated eight-membered heterocycle having seven carbon atoms, one sulfur atom and three double bonds

boxmen

n. (plural of boxman English)

calligraphists

n. (plural of calligraphist English)

tremblest

vb. (en-archaic second-person singular of tremble English)

Usage examples of "tremblest".

Thou tremblest, and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thine errand.

Thou callest thyself the mighty king of the world, and yet thou tremblest before the arms of thy subject!