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foolscap n
- (strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
- (more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
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iOS adj
- Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.
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browser diversity n
- A powerful leader; a monarch, ruler.
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website parsing v
- To furnish proof of, to show.
- To take as evidence.
- To see, note, or gain knowledge of.
- (with to) To present personal religious testimony.
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website parsing n
- (historical) The lamb eaten at Passover.
- (figuratively) Jesus Christ, symbolized as a sacrifice.
- (heraldry) A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag.
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spallation n
- Fragmentation due to stress or impact.
- (physics) A nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons.
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jQuery adj
- Unhappy or unfortunate.
- Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.
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iOS adj
- Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
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eddy n
- A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to, the main current.
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turtle v
- To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.
- To turn and swim upside down.
- To hunt in the water.
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frivolous adj
- Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
- Of little weight or importance; not worth notice.
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keyboard n
- An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
- A suspension of an ongoing activity.
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screen size v
- To smarten up, to dress, to decorate.
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asterism n
- A small group of stars that forms a visible pattern but is not an official constellation.
- A rarely used typographical symbol (⁂, three asterisks arranged in a triangle), used to call attention to a passage or to separate sub-chapters in a book.
- (mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited in some crystals by reflected light or by transmitted light.
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iOS v
- To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
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HTML5 adj
- Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
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quandary n
- A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a pickle; a predicament.
- A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
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cicatrise v
- To heal a wound through scarring (by causing a scar or cicatrix to form).
- To form a scar.
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roriferous adj
- Producing or generating dew.
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jerkwater adj
- (US, colloquial, pejorative) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, backward.
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touchscreen v
- To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
- To impose a handicap on.
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cortical adj
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
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FITML n
- The act of buying and selling ecclesiastical offices and pardons.
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keyboard n
- A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.
- A decorative carved grotesque figure on a building.
- A fictional winged creature.
- (slang, pejorative) An ugly woman.
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beleaguer v
- To besiege; to surround with troops.
- To vex, harass, or beset.
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didactic adj
- Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
- Excessively moralizing.
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jinx v
- To cast a spell on.
- To bring bad luck to.
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crenellation n
- A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot.
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napiform adj
- Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.
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lebensraum n
- Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.
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