esp brit and canadian
1scrutineer — /skrooht n ear /, n. Chiefly Brit. and Canadian. an official examiner, esp. of votes in an election. [1550 60; SCRUTIN(Y) + EER] * * * …
2religion — religionless, adj. /ri lij euhn/, n. 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and… …
3squash — squash1 squasher, n. /skwosh, skwawsh/, v.t. 1. to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel. 2. to suppress or put down; quash. 3. to silence or disconcert (someone), as with a crushing retort or emotional or… …
4labor — laboringly, adv. laborless, adj. /lay beuhr/, n. 1. productive activity, esp. for the sake of economic gain. 2. the body of persons engaged in such activity, esp. those working for wages. 3. this body of persons considered as a class… …
5stabile — adj. /stay bil, beuhl/ or, esp. Brit., / buyl/; n. /stay beel/ or, esp. Brit., / buyl/, adj. 1. fixed in position; stable. 2. Med. resistant to physical or chemical changes. n. 3. a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of …
6Nazi Germany — Greater German Reich Großdeutsches Reich ↓ 1933–1945 …
7rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …
8Cornwall — /kawrn wawl/ or, esp. Brit., / weuhl/, n. 1. a county in SW England. 397,200; 1369 sq. mi. (3545 sq. km). 2. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Ottawa, on the St. Lawrence. 46,144. * * * Administrative (pop., 2001: 501,267, including the… …
9hurricane — /herr i kayn , hur / or, esp. Brit., / keuhn/, n. 1. a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 mph (32 m/sec). Cf. tropical cyclone, typhoon. 2. a storm of the most intense… …
10gill — gill1 [gil] n. [ME gile, prob. < Anglo N < or akin to ON gjǫlnar, jaws, gills, older Dan ( fiske) gaeln, Swed gäl < IE base * ghelunā , jaw > Gr chelynē, lip, jaw] 1. the organ for breathing of most animals that live in water, as fish …
