DEMIURGE | • demiurge n. (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter. • demiurge n. (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being… • demiurge n. (Figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative… |
DEMURING | • demuring v. Present participle of demure. • DEMURE v. to look modestly. |
EMBRUING | • embruing v. Present participle of embrue. • EMBRUE v. to drench, also IMBRUE. |
ERYNGIUM | • eryngium n. (Botany) Any of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles. • Eryngium prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – a flowering plant of cosmopolitan distribution, including… • ERYNGIUM n. (Greek) a plant of the genus Eryngium, sea holly, reputed to be an aphrodisiac, also ERINGO, ERYNGO. |
GERANIUM | • geranium n. Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, the cranesbills, of family Geraniaceae. • geranium n. The common name for flowering plants of the genus Pelargonium. • geranium n. A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium. |
GLUMPIER | • GLUMPY adj. (dialect) sulky. |
GRUMPHIE | • grumphie n. (Scotland) A sow (female pig). • GRUMPHIE n. (Scots) a pig, also GRUMPHY. |
GRUMPIER | • grumpier adj. Comparative form of grumpy: more grumpy. • GRUMPY adj. bad-tempered. |
GRUMPIES | • GRUMPY n. a bad-tempered person. |
IMPUGNER | • impugner n. One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts. • IMPUGNER n. one who impugns, attacks with words. |
MAUNGIER | • MAUNGY adj. scabby, also MANGEY, MANGY. |
MERINGUE | • meringue n. A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned. • meringue n. A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet. • meringue v. (Cooking, transitive) To prepare as a meringue dish. |
QUAGMIRE | • quagmire n. A swampy, soggy area of ground. • quagmire n. (Figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle. • quagmire v. (Transitive) To embroil (A person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty. |
REFUGIUM | • refugium n. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for… • refugium n. (Aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification… • REFUGIUM n. (Latin) a stable area during a period of continental climatic change. |
RELUMING | • reluming v. Present participle of relume. • RELUME v. to light again, also RELUMINE. |
RESUMING | • resuming v. Present participle of resume. • RESUME v. to begin again. |
SMUDGIER | • smudgier adj. Comparative form of smudgy: more smudgy. • SMUDGY adj. having smudges. |
UMBERING | • umbering v. Present participle of umber. • UMBER v. to colour with a brown pigment. |
UMPIRAGE | • umpirage n. (Law, archaic) The office (or term of office) of an umpire. • UMPIRAGE n. the function of an umpire. |