| ADMEASURING | • admeasuring v. Present participle of admeasure. • ADMEASURE v. to measure. |
| ADMINICULAR | • adminicular adj. (Obsolete) Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory. • ADMINICULAR adj. corroborative. |
| ADMIRAUNCES | • ADMIRAUNCE n. (Spenser) admiration, also ADMIRANCE, ADMIRATION. |
| ADUMBRATING | • adumbrating v. Present participle of adumbrate. • ADUMBRATE v. to foreshadow vaguely, to intimate. |
| ADUMBRATION | • adumbration n. (Uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. • adumbration n. (Countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. • adumbration n. (Countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what… |
| ADUMBRATIVE | • adumbrative adj. Of or pertaining to adumbration. • ADUMBRATIVE adj. with the character of a sketch or outline. |
| ANACARDIUMS | • ANACARDIUM n. a genus of plants including the cashew tree. |
| BARRAMUNDIS | • barramundis n. Plural of barramundi. • BARRAMUNDI n. (Native Australian) an Australian river-fish, also BARRAMUNDA, BURRAMUNDI. |
| DRAMATURGIC | • dramaturgic adj. Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage. • DRAMATURGIC adj. relating to dramaturgy, also DRAMATURGICAL. |
| GRADUALISMS | • gradualisms n. Plural of gradualism. • GRADUALISM n. the belief that things proceed by degrees. |
| LIQUIDAMBAR | • liquidambar n. A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua. • liquidambar n. The tree itself, also called sweetgum. • Liquidambar prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Altingiaceae – the sweetgum trees, formerly classified as Hamamelidaceae. |
| MAQUILADORA | • maquiladora n. An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using… • MAQUILADORA n. (Spanish) a manufacturing plant in Mexico that produce parts for assembly in the United States, also MAQUILA. |
| MARIVAUDAGE | • marivaudage n. (Literary) A writing style characterized by an affectation of refinement, originating from the writing… • MARIVAUDAGE n. preciosity in literary style or expression. |
| PARLOURMAID | • parlourmaid n. (Britain) A maid who takes care of the parlour. • PARLOURMAID n. a female servant in a private home who serves at the table, keeps the house clean and answers the door to guests. |
| TRAUMATISED | • traumatised v. Simple past tense and past participle of traumatise. • TRAUMATISE v. to inflict a trauma upon, also TRAUMATIZE. |
| TRAUMATIZED | • traumatized v. Simple past tense and past participle of traumatize. • TRAUMATIZE v. to inflict a trauma upon, also TRAUMATISE. |
| VANGUARDISM | • vanguardism n. (Politics) The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself… • VANGUARDISM n. the condition of being or practice of positioning oneself as or within the vanguard of a movement, esp. political. |