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1. ablow, adj.2 View full entry 1905
...Of the wind: blowing. In predicative use only....
2. access, v.2 View full entry 1953
...trans....
3. altaltissimo, n. View full entry 1975
...The very highest point....
4. behemothian, adj. View full entry 1910
...Monstrously large; of or belonging to a large animal....
5. birthing, n. View full entry 1901
...The action or process of giving birth; childbirth, labour; now esp. ‘natural’ childbirth, in which there is a minimum of medical intervention. Also, the moment of birth, the fact of being born...
6. colourfully | colorfully, adv. View full entry 1907
...Expressively; vividly; in a lively or spirited manner....
7. compartment, v. View full entry 1930
...trans. To divide or put into compartments (lit. and fig.). Chiefly in pa. pple. Cf. compartmented...
8. dogdayed, adj. View full entry 1934
...Of the dog days. Cf. dog day1....
9. dolphined, adj. View full entry 1934
...Containing or having dolphins....
10. eppie, n. View full entry 1987
...A fit of temper or a tantrum, likened hyperbolically to an epileptic fit; (occas. lit.) an epileptic fit....
11. figura, n. View full entry 1959
...Theol. = type Cf. figure12....
12. free-float, v. View full entry 1947
...intr. and trans. To (cause to) float freely (lit. and fig.)....
13. gridlock, v. View full entry 1982
...trans. (lit. and fig.). To make a gridlock of or cause a gridlock in; to block the progress of (a person or thing), to bring to a...
14. gridlocked, adj. View full entry 1982
...Subject to a gridlock; brought to a standstill (lit. and fig.)....
15. ˈhigh-powered, adj. View full entry 1903
...Having great power or drive (lit. and fig.); forceful, energetic; of good or high quality....
16. inbe, v. View full entry 1921
...To be within....
17. larked, adj. View full entry 1952
...With larks overhead, noisy with the song of larks....
18. low-impact, adj. View full entry 1967
...That causes little impact or makes little impression; that involves little impact (lit. and fig.)....
19. mano a mano, n., adj., and adv. View full entry 1950
...Any confrontation, contest, or duel (lit. and fig.); (Bullfighting) a corrida in which two matadors compete in turn against two or more bulls....
20. marmorealize, v. View full entry 1948
...trans. To commemorate (fig., as if with a statue or inscription in marble); to immortalize; to render fixed or permanent....
