CONSTRUE | • construe n. A translation. • construe n. An interpretation. • construe v. (Transitive) To interpret or explain the meaning of something. |
INSTRESS | • instress n. In the philosophy of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the apprehension or realization of the inscape, or distinctive… • instress v. To apprehend or realize the inscape, or distinctive design, of an object. • INSTRESS v. to create an inner nature. |
INSTROKE | • instroke n. An inward stroke; specifically, in a steam engine or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving… • INSTROKE n. the upstroke of a piston. |
INSTRUCT | • instruct v. (Transitive) To teach by giving instructions. • instruct v. (Transitive) To tell (someone) what they must or should do. • instruct n. (Obsolete) Instruction. |
MENSTRUA | • menstrua n. Plural of menstruum. • MENSTRUUM n. (Latin) a solvent, esp. one used in the preparation of drugs. |
MINSTREL | • minstrel n. (Historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a… • minstrel n. (By extension). • minstrel v. (Transitive) To play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song). |
ONSTREAM | • onstream adj. Being produced. • onstream adj. Available for use. • on␣stream adv. In or into operation or production. |
UNSTRAPS | • unstraps v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unstrap. • UNSTRAP v. to remove a strap from. |
UNSTRESS | • unstress v. (Transitive, intransitive) Not to stress, or to remove the stress from. • unstress n. (Poetry) An unstressed syllable. • UNSTRESS v. to become less stressed. |
UNSTRING | • unstring v. (Transitive) To remove the string or strings from. • unstring v. (Transitive) To shake the nerves of; to cause anxiety or panic in. • unstring v. To defuse or relax. |
UNSTRIPS | • unstrips v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unstrip. • UNSTRIP v. (dialect) to strip. |
UNSTRUCK | • unstruck adj. Not having been struck. • unstruck v. Simple past tense and past participle of unstrike. • UNSTRUCK adj. not struck. |
UNSTRUNG | • unstrung adj. Not strung. • unstrung adj. (Informal) Emotionally upset; not able to keep it together. • unstrung v. Simple past tense and past participle of unstring. |