BLACKBIRDER | • blackbirder n. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour). • blackbirder n. A ship used for blackbirding. • BLACKBIRDER n. (Australian slang) a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader. |
CHARBROILED | • charbroiled v. Simple past tense and past participle of charbroil. • CHARBROIL v. to broil over charcoal. |
CHARGRILLED | • chargrilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill. • chargrilled adj. Grilled on burning charcoal. • char-grilled v. Simple past tense and past participle of char-grill. |
CLARICHORDS | • clarichords n. Plural of clarichord. • CLARICHORD n. an old keyboard stringed instrument in which the tangent striking the string and producing the sound also determines the vibrating length, also CLAVICHORD. |
COMRADELIER | • COMRADELY adj. like a comrade. |
CORDILLERAN | • cordilleran adj. Relating to a cordillera. • CORDILLERAN adj. relating to a cordillera, a mountain ridge or chain. |
CORDILLERAS | • cordilleras n. Plural of cordillera. • CORDILLERA n. (Spanish) a mountain ridge or chain. |
CORRIVALLED | • corrivalled v. Simple past tense and past participle of corrival. • CORRIVAL v. to rival, also CORIVAL. |
DIMERCAPROL | • dimercaprol n. (Organic chemistry) The mercaptan 2,3-dimercaptopropanol used as an antidote to arsenic poisoning. • DIMERCAPROL n. a compound developed as an antidote against lewisite and used to treat arsenic, mercury, and gold poisoning. |
DIRECTORIAL | • directorial adj. Of or pertaining to a director. • directorial adj. Of or pertaining to administration or to a directorate. • DIRECTORIAL adj. serving to direct. |
FRATRICIDAL | • fratricidal adj. Of or pertaining to fratricide. • FRATRICIDAL adj. relating to fratricide. |
IRRADICABLE | • irradicable adj. (Rare) Incapable of being rooted out or eradicated. • IRRADICABLE adj. that cannot be eradicated. |
IRRADICABLY | • irradicably adv. In an irradicable manner. • IRRADICABLE adv. that cannot be eradicated. |
PERICARDIAL | • pericardial adj. (Cardiology) Of, or relating to the pericardium. • pericardial adj. Surrounding or next to the heart. • PERICARDIAL adj. relating to the pericardium, a membranous sac containing the heart, also PERICARDIAC, PERICARDIAN. |
PRAECORDIAL | • praecordial adj. Alternative form of precordial. • præcordial adj. Obsolete form of precordial. • PRAECORDIAL adj. in front of the heart, also PRECORDIAL. |
REDACTORIAL | • redactorial adj. Related to redaction. • REDACTORIAL adj. relating to redaction. |
RURIDECANAL | • ruridecanal adj. Of or pertaining to a rural dean. • RURIDECANAL adj. concerning a rural dean and his jurisdiction. |
SORORICIDAL | • sororicidal adj. Of or pertaining to sororicide, the killing of one’s sister. • SORORICIDAL adj. relating to sororicide, the killing of one's own sister. |
VARICOLORED | • varicolored adj. Having a variety of colors; variegated or motley. • VARICOLORED adj. of different colours, also VARICOLOURED. |