ALKALOIDAL | • alkaloidal adj. (Organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to alkaloids. • ALKALOIDAL adj. pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali. |
BLOCKADING | • blockading v. Present participle of blockade. • BLOCKADE v. to block with troops or ships. |
COCKTAILED | • cocktailed v. Simple past tense and past participle of cocktail. • COCKTAIL v. to dock a horse's tail. |
DEKALOGIES | • dekalogies n. Plural of dekalogy. • DEKALOGY n. a group of ten novels. |
DIPLOSPEAK | • diplospeak n. Diplomatic language; The careful use of euphemism and noncontroversial language to obscure points that… • diplo-speak n. Alternative form of diplospeak. • DIPLOSPEAK n. the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats. |
DRAGONLIKE | • dragonlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a dragon. • DRAGONLIKE adj. like a dragon. |
KALSOMINED | • kalsomined v. Simple past tense and past participle of kalsomine. • KALSOMINE v. to whitewash with this, also CALCIMINE. |
KAOLINISED | • kaolinised v. Simple past tense and past participle of kaolinise. • KAOLINISE v. to turn into kaolin, a very pure white clay, also KAOLINIZE. |
KAOLINIZED | • kaolinized v. Simple past tense and past participle of kaolinize. • KAOLINIZE v. to turn into kaolin, a very pure white clay, also KAOLINISE. |
PADLOCKING | • padlocking v. Present participle of padlock. • PADLOCK v. to lock securely. |
PICKADILLO | • PICKADILLO n. (Spanish) a traditional Mexican dish of ground meat, tomatoes etc, also PICADILLO, PICCADILLO. |
PINAKOIDAL | • pinakoidal adj. Alternative form of pinacoidal. • PINAKOIDAL adj. denoting a type of crystal face, also PINACOIDAL. |
SHADOWLIKE | • shadowlike adj. Resembling or characteristic of a shadow. • SHADOWLIKE adj. like a shadow. |
SKORDALIAS | • SKORDALIA n. (Greek) a dip of cold whipped potatoes and garlic served with pita bread. |
SOUNDALIKE | • soundalike n. A sound, music recording, etc. that audibly resembles another. • sound-alike n. Someone who has a similar voice to another. • SOUNDALIKE n. one that sounds like another. |
THYLAKOIDS | • thylakoids n. Plural of thylakoid. • THYLAKOID n. any of a membranous disk of lamellae within plant chloroplasts. |