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Explanation, description, examples of the random words:
| 1 | Multisulcate Having many furrows. |
| 2 | Nasalize To render nasal, as sound; to insert a nasal or sound
in. To utter words or letters with a nasal sound; to speak
through the nose. |
| 3 | Trudgeman A truchman. |
| 4 | Realness The quality or condition of being real; reality. |
| 5 | Pull To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly. To draw apart; to tear; to rend. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to
pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch. To move or operate by the motion of drawing towards one;
as, to pull a bell; to pull an oar. To hold back, and so prevent from winning; as, the
favorite was pulled. To take or make, as a proof or impression; -- hand presses
being worked by pulling a lever. To strike the ball in a particular manner. See Pull, n.,
8. To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or
hauling; to tug; as, to pull at a rope. The act of pulling or drawing with force; an effort to move
something by drawing toward one. A contest; a struggle; as, a wrestling pull. A pluck; loss or violence suffered. A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled;
as, a drawer pull; a bell pull. The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river. The act of drinking; as, to take a pull at the beer, or the
mug. Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an
advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the
pull. A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side,
or an off ball to the side. |
| 6 | Watch The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil;
wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close
observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a
watching or guarding by night. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a
body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a
watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept. The period of the night during which a person does duty
as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till
his relief; hence, a division of the night. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about
the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing
watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who
together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time,
usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and
the starboard watch. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to
keep vigil. To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the
lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel. To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to
seek opportunity. To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to
attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a
fever. To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly
in its place; -- said of a buoy. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of,
for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and
observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature. To tend; to guard; to have in keeping. |
| 7 | Quadrifurcated Having four forks, or branches. |
| 8 | Equipment The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as
for a voyage or expedition. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an
expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles
comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives,
cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry
equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments. |
| 9 | Rough Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the
surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough
cloth. Not level; having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a
piece of land, or of a road. Not polished; uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond. Tossed in waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other
piece of water. Marked by coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of
dress, appearance, or the like; as, a rough coat. Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or
polish. Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough
temper. Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough
measures or actions. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; --
said of sound, voice, and the like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers. Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine. Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough
day. Hastily or carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as,
a rough estimate; a rough draught. Produced offhand. Boisterous weather. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly. To render rough; to roughen. To break in, as a horse, especially for military
purposes. To cut or make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as,
to rough out a carving, a sketch. |
| 10 | Transumption Act of taking from one place to another. |
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