English words for 'Alternative form of shellac.'
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verb
noun
- A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.
- (informal, US) A beating; a thrashing.
- lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
noun
- The shell itself.
- (cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
- (basketball, countable) A power forward.
- (colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.
- (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
- The crew rowing in a four boat.
- A person who is four years old.
- Four o'clock.
- (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
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adj
noun
- Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
- (historical) A former low-denomination coin of northern India.
- (zoology) Ellipsis of pie-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”).
- (figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
- A pie chart.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 27.9 cm.
- (informal) Something very easy; a piece of cake.
- (slang) The vulva.
- (slang) A kilogram of drugs, especially cocaine.
- A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
- (Northeastern US) A pizza.
- A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
- (letterpress typography) Alternative form of pi (“metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered”).
- (cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
- dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
verb
- (transitive) To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
- (transitive, UK, slang, often followed by off) To ignore (someone).
- (transitive) Alternative form of pi (“to spill or mix printing type”).
- (transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
noun
- The shell itself.
- (cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.
- (basketball, countable) A power forward.
- (colloquial) A regatta event for four boats.
- (countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.
- The crew rowing in a four boat.
- A person who is four years old.
- Four o'clock.
- (countable) Anything measuring four units, as length.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips
num
adj
noun
- Any of various other, non-pastry dishes that maintain the general concept of a shell with a filling.
- (historical) A former low-denomination coin of northern India.
- (zoology) Ellipsis of pie-dog (“an Indian breed, a stray dog in Indian contexts”).
- (figuratively) The whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided in parts.
- A pie chart.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 27.9 cm.
- (informal) Something very easy; a piece of cake.
- (slang) The vulva.
- (slang) A kilogram of drugs, especially cocaine.
- A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.)
- (Northeastern US) A pizza.
- A paper plate covered in cream, shaving foam or custard that is thrown or rubbed in someone’s face for comical purposes, to raise money for charity, or as a form of political protest; a custard pie; a cream pie.
- (letterpress typography) Alternative form of pi (“metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered”).
- (cricket) An especially badly bowled ball.
- dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
verb
- (transitive) To go around (a corner) in a guarded manner.
- (transitive, UK, slang, often followed by off) To ignore (someone).
- (transitive) Alternative form of pi (“to spill or mix printing type”).
- (transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).
verb
noun
- A processed secretion of the lac insect, Coccus lacca; used in polishes, varnishes etc.
- (informal, US) A beating; a thrashing.
- lac purified by heating and filtering; usually in thin orange or yellow flakes but sometimes bleached white
- a thin varnish made by dissolving lac in ethanol; used to finish wood
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