CANTUS | • CANTUS n. (Latin) a melody or chant, esp. in mediaeval ecclesiastical music. |
CENTUM | • centum adj. (Indo-European studies) Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a… • centum n. (Sanskrit and other Indian philology) Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic. • centum n. (India) Perfect score on a board exam. |
INTUIT | • intuit v. (Transitive, intransitive) To know intuitively or by immediate perception. • INTUIT v. to know without conscious reasoning. |
INTURN | • inturn v. (Transitive) To turn in or inward. • inturn n. The act or process of turning in. • inturn n. (Wrestling) A move where the wrestler puts his thigh between the tights of his opponent, and lifts him up. |
INTUSE | • intuse n. (Obsolete) A bruise; a contusion. • INTUSE n. (Spenser) a bruise. |
MANTUA | • mantua n. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France. • mantua n. (Obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. • mantua n. (Obsolete) A woman’s cloak or mantle. |
MENTUM | • mentum n. (Anatomy) The chin. • mentum n. (Malacology) A chin-like projection below the mouth of certain mollusks. • mentum n. (Entomology) The central part of the labium in insects. |
PANTUN | • pantun n. Synonym of pantoum. • PANTUN n. (Malay) a Malayan verse form, also PANTOUM. |
SANTUR | • santur n. A type of hammered dulcimer played in Persian music. • SANTUR n. (Arabic) an Eastern dulcimer, also SANTIR, SANTOOR, SANTOUR. |
UBUNTU | • ubuntu n. (South Africa) A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people’s allegiances and relations with each other. • UBUNTU n. (Xhosa) a quality of humanity and compassion. |
UNTUCK | • untuck v. (Transitive) To remove something from a relatively hidden location or position where it is tucked. • untuck v. (LGBT, of a drag queen, trans woman, etc.) To remove that which is concealing one’s penis and testicles… • UNTUCK v. to release from being tucked up. |
UNTUNE | • untune v. (Transitive) To cause (something) to be out of tune; to make incapable of harmony, or of harmonious action. • UNTUNE v. to put out of tune. |
UNTURF | • unturf v. (Transitive) To strip the turf from. • UNTURF v. to strip of turf. |
UNTURN | • unturn v. To turn in a reverse way, especially so as to open something. • UNTURN v. to turn backwards. |