ABSTRACTED | • abstracted adj. Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart. • abstracted adj. (Now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete. • abstracted adj. (Now rare) Abstract; abstruse; difficult. |
ABSTRACTER | • abstracter n. One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. • abstracter n. Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work. • abstracter n. An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions. |
ABSTRICTED | • abstricted adj. Separated by abstriction. • abstricted v. Simple past tense and past participle of abstrict. • ABSTRICT v. to set free spores etc. by constriction of the stalk. |
BACKSTREET | • backstreet adj. Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents. • backstreet adj. (Figuratively) Done in poor and unsanitary conditions, secretly and illegally; back-alley. • backstreet n. Alternative spelling of back street. |
BAITCASTER | • baitcaster n. (Fishing) A baitcasting reel. |
BESCATTERS | • bescatters v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bescatter. • BESCATTER v. (archaic) to scatter over. |
BRACTEATES | • bracteates n. Plural of bracteate. • BRACTEATE n. thin beaten plate of gold or silver. |
BRUSCHETTA | • bruschetta n. A light Italian dish of toasted bread with a topping of olive oil, garlic and chopped tomatoes. • BRUSCHETTA n. (Italian) toasted ciabatta or other bread coated with olive oil and topped with grilled tomatoes etc. |
CARBONETTE | • CARBONETTE n. (New Zealand) a ball of compressed coal dust used as fuel. |
CHATTERBOX | • chatterbox n. (Informal) One who chats or talks to excess. • chatterbox n. A cootie catcher (children’s fortune-telling device). • chatterbox n. (Computing) Synonym of chatterbot. |
EBRACTEATE | • ebracteate adj. (Botany) Having no bracts. • EBRACTEATE adj. without bracts. |
HACKBUTTER | • hackbutter n. An arquebusier. • HACKBUTTER n. one who uses a hackbut, also HACKBUTEER, HAGBUTEER, HAGBUTTER. |
OBTRUNCATE | • obtruncate v. To deprive of a limb; to lop. • OBTRUNCATE v. to cut or lop off the head of. |
SUBTRACTED | • subtracted v. Simple past tense and past participle of subtract. • SUBTRACT v. to take away, also SUBSTRACT. |
SUBTRACTER | • subtracter n. One who, or that which, subtracts. • SUBTRACTER n. one who subtracts, also SUBTRACTOR. |
TETRABASIC | • tetrabasic adj. (Chemistry, of an acid) containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms. • tetrabasic adj. (Chemistry, of a salt) having four atoms of a univalent metal. • TETRABASIC adj. of acids, having four replaceable hydrogen atoms. |
TETRABRACH | • TETRABRACH n. in classical prosody, a word or metrical foot composed of four short syllables. |
TURTLEBACK | • turtleback n. Anything having the shape of a turtle’s back (that is, its shell). • turtleback n. (Nautical) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly. • turtleback n. (Military, nautical) An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of… |