glare (noun)

  • 81beat — I. verb (beat; beaten or beat; beating) Etymology: Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan; akin to Old High German bōzan to beat Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to strike repeatedly: a. to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain… …

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  • 82bloom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English blome lump of metal, from Old English blōma Date: before 12th century 1. a mass of wrought iron from the forge or puddling furnace 2. a bar of iron or steel hammered or rolled from an ingot II. noun Etymology:… …

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  • 83glaze — I. verb (glazed; glazing) Etymology: Middle English glasen, from glas glass Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to furnish or fit with glass 2. a. to coat with or as if with a glaze < the storm glazed trees with ice > …

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  • 84Lojban — la lojban. Pronunciation [la ˈloʒban] …

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  • 85pretense — I (ostentation) noun affectation, affectedness, airs, artificiality, blatancy, bravado, demonstration, display, empty show, false appearance, false show, fanfaronade, flagrancy, flashiness, flourish, fuss, garishness, gaudiness, glare, glitter,&#8230; …

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  • 86heat — heat1 [ hit ] noun *** ▸ 1 hot quality ▸ 2 part of competition ▸ 3 in physics ▸ 4 strong feeling/anger ▸ 5 pressure and criticism ▸ 6 for making building warm ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) singular or uncount the quality of being hot, or how hot something is …

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  • 87blind — 1 /blaInd/ adjective 1 CAN T SEE a) unable to see: He was nearly blind in one eye. | go blind (=become blind): In later stages of the disease, sufferers often go blind. b) the blind (plural) people who are unable to see: talking books for the&#8230; …

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  • 88heat — I UK [hiːt] / US [hɪt] noun Word forms heat : singular heat plural heats *** 1) [singular/uncountable] the quality of being hot, or the degree to which something is hot These paints can withstand heat up to 200 degrees. The firefighters were&#8230; …

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  • 89spotlighting — /ˈspɒtlaɪtɪŋ/ (say spotluyting) noun 1. Also, spotlight shooting. night shooting with the aid of a spotlight for locating animals and causing them to freeze in the glare of the light to make an easy mark. 2. night observation of nocturnal animals …

  • 90tint — /tɪnt / (say tint) noun 1. a colour, or a variety of a colour; hue. 2. a colour diluted with white; a colour of less than maximum chroma, purity, or saturation (as opposed to a shade, which is produced by adding black). 3. a delicate or pale&#8230; …