English words for 'Alternative spelling of pudding basin.'
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noun
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
verb
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- soak up with a sponge
noun
- Alternative spelling of spoon-bowl.
- (Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, sports, chiefly Australian rules football, rugby league) A match between the last placed and second last placed team in an Australian sports league, derived from the fact that the team that finishes last is informally awarded the "wooden spoon"
- the bowl (or head) of a spoon
noun
- Alternative spelling of fondue.
- (ballet) A lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
- (printing) The graded shift from one color into another.
- hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped
- cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
noun
name
- A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.
- England's largest county. Situated in the northeast of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.
noun
- (UK, cooking) A kind of boiled pudding with currants.
- The flowering annual plant Rudbeckia hirta.
- Hibiscus trionum in the family Malvaceae.
- Any black-eyed Susan vine of species Thunbergia alata, in the family Acanthaceae.
- Certain other members of the genus Rudbeckia.
- Any member of certain species of the Australian plant genus Tetratheca, particularly Tetratheca hirsuta, members of the family Elaeocarpaceae
- the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays
- annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
- tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center
noun
- Alternative spelling of saké.
- (obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
- Purpose or end; reason.
- Cause, interest or account.
- The benefit or regard of someone or something.
- a reason for wanting something done
- the purpose of achieving or obtaining
- Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
noun
- (British, also attributively) A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up.
- A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
- (gymnastics) A forward roll or sideways roll.
- (Canada, US) In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha).
- (games) A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope.
- (games) A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground.
- (informal) A short, plump person (especially a child).
- (gaming) Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”).
- (uncountable, historical) An activity or game involving rolling.
- (Australia) Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus).
- a rotund individual
- pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
adj
adv
noun
- (countable, uncountable, British) A type of steamed pudding.
- (informal) A heavy drinker.
- (countable, uncountable) A type of light cake.
- (countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
- (countable) A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
- Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
- (uncountable) The porous material that synthetic washing sponges are made of.
- (countable) A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
- (slang) A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.
- A person who readily absorbs ideas.
- (slang) A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
- Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
- A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
- The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
- (baking) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
- a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
- someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily
verb
- To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
- (transitive, intransitive with on or upon) To get by imposition; to scrounge.
- (intransitive, baking) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.
- To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
- To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
- (intransitive, slang) To take advantage of the kindness of others.
- (transitive) To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
- (marine biology, of dolphins) To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food.
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- ask for and get free; be a parasite
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
- soak up with a sponge
noun
- Alternative spelling of spoon-bowl.
- (Australia, New Zealand, idiomatic, sports, chiefly Australian rules football, rugby league) A match between the last placed and second last placed team in an Australian sports league, derived from the fact that the team that finishes last is informally awarded the "wooden spoon"
- the bowl (or head) of a spoon
noun
- Alternative spelling of fondue.
- (ballet) A lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.
- (printing) The graded shift from one color into another.
- hot cheese or chocolate melted to the consistency of a sauce into which bread or fruits are dipped
- cubes of meat or seafood cooked in hot oil and then dipped in any of various sauces
noun
name
- A British English dialect as spoken (and possibly written) in the county of Yorkshire.
- England's largest county. Situated in the northeast of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.
noun
- (UK, cooking) A kind of boiled pudding with currants.
- The flowering annual plant Rudbeckia hirta.
- Hibiscus trionum in the family Malvaceae.
- Any black-eyed Susan vine of species Thunbergia alata, in the family Acanthaceae.
- Certain other members of the genus Rudbeckia.
- Any member of certain species of the Australian plant genus Tetratheca, particularly Tetratheca hirsuta, members of the family Elaeocarpaceae
- the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays
- annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
- tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center
noun
- Alternative spelling of saké.
- (obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
- Purpose or end; reason.
- Cause, interest or account.
- The benefit or regard of someone or something.
- a reason for wanting something done
- the purpose of achieving or obtaining
- Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
noun
- (British, also attributively) A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up.
- A toy that rights itself when pushed over.
- (gymnastics) A forward roll or sideways roll.
- (Canada, US) In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha).
- (games) A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope.
- (games) A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground.
- (informal) A short, plump person (especially a child).
- (gaming) Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”).
- (uncountable, historical) An activity or game involving rolling.
- (Australia) Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus).
- a rotund individual
- pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed
adj
adv
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