BUILDDOWN | • builddown n. A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by… • build␣down v. (Card games) In solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value (e.g. 4♦ over 5♣). • BUILDDOWN n. a planned reduction. |
BUILDDOWNS | • builddowns n. Plural of builddown. • BUILDDOWN n. a planned reduction. |
DISBOWELED | • disboweled v. Simple past tense and past participle of disbowel. • DISBOWEL v. to remove the intestines of. |
MIDDLEBROW | • middlebrow adj. (Derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between. • middlebrow n. A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between. • MIDDLEBROW n. a person who is moderately but not highly cultivated. |
BOWDLERISED | • bowdlerised v. Simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerise. • BOWDLERISE v. to expurgate a book or writing, by removing whatever might be considered indelicate, esp. to do so unnecessarily, also BOWDLERIZE. |
BOWDLERIZED | • bowdlerized v. Simple past tense and past participle of bowdlerize. • bowdlerized adj. Expurgated, especially in a comprehensive way (such as systematically throughout an entire work). • Bowdlerized v. Simple past tense and past participle of Bowdlerize. |
DISBOWELLED | • disbowelled v. Simple past tense and past participle of disbowel. • DISBOWEL v. to remove the intestines of. |
MIDDLEBROWS | • middlebrows n. Plural of middlebrow. • MIDDLEBROW n. a person who is moderately but not highly cultivated. |
DISEMBOWELED | • disemboweled v. Simple past tense and past participle of disembowel. • DISEMBOWEL v. to take out the bowels of. |
MIDDLEBROWED | • MIDDLEBROWED adj. midway between highbrow and lowbrow. |
DISEMBOWELLED | • disembowelled v. (Chiefly Britain) simple past tense and past participle of disembowel. • DISEMBOWEL v. to take out the bowels of. |
MIDDLEBROWISM | • middlebrowism n. Middlebrow attitudes generally. • MIDDLEBROWISM n. the state of being middlebrow. |
UNBOWDLERISED | • UNBOWDLERISED adj. not bowdlerised, also UNBOWDLERIZED. |
UNBOWDLERIZED | • unbowdlerized adj. Not bowdlerized. • UNBOWDLERIZED adj. not bowdlerized, also UNBOWDLERISED. |
MIDDLEBROWISMS | • MIDDLEBROWISM n. the state of being middlebrow. |