English words for 'Surrounding a bulla'
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noun
- An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
- (US, military slang) A military prison or its enclosing stockade.
- (figurative) A place for someone or something to get ready.
- (baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
- An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort.
- (baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
- a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
- a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
verb
noun
- (bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
- (Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
- (botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- any plant of the genus Veronica
noun
adv
- Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
- With adverbs of manner.
- With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
- With predicative adjectives.
- To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
- Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
- With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
- With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
- Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
- With verbs, especially past participles.
- Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
- of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
- to the greatest extent; completely
- to a degree (not used with a negative)
- actually or truly or to an extreme
intj
adj
noun
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force
adj
noun
verb
noun
- mature female of mammals of which the male is called ‘bull’
- a large unpleasant woman
- female of domestic cattle:
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
- (strictly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (uncommon, uncountable) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (astronomy) LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
- (derogatory, UK, Ireland, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (loosely or informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
- (US, military, slang) A third-year cadet at West Point.
- (fishing, slang) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.
verb
noun
- A mechanical bull in the form of a horse.
- (by extension) A spirited or uncontrollable person.
- (humorous) A supposed sexual position that involves the man telling the woman something disagreeable during sex (e.g. that he has a sexually transmitted disease, or prefers another woman), causing her to struggle or lash out.
- A wild or untamed horse, characteristically difficult to ride.
- a wild horse that is vicious and difficult or impossible to break in
noun
noun
noun
verb
- Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
- (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
- To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
- To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
- (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
- Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
- To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
- (British Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) To cry.
- (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- utter words loudly and forcefully
- make a loud noise, as of animal
- emit long loud cries
- make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
- act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
- laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
noun
- A young or little bull; a male calf.
- (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
- (chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of bullet chess.
- (slang) One year of prison time.
- (Canada, US, horse racing) The best workout time at a track on a given day at a specific distance, traditionally marked by a printer's bullet.
- A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
- Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
- A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
- Ellipsis of bullet vibrator.
- (attributive) Very fast (speedy).
- (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
- (Ireland, particularly Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
- A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
- (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
- (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
- (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- a high-speed passenger train
verb
- (slang, transitive) To fire from a job; to dismiss.
- (transitive, slang, rare) To inflict bullet shots upon.
- (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
- (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
- (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
verb
noun
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
noun
name
noun
- (slang) A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
- (chiefly Ireland, slang) The penis.
- (computing) The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, slang, rare) The vulva.
- (informal) In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“an Irishman”).
- (originally US) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“a Mickey Finn: an alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
- (informal) The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
- (chiefly Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
adj
verb
noun
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
- (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
noun
- An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
- (US, military slang) A military prison or its enclosing stockade.
- (figurative) A place for someone or something to get ready.
- (baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
- An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort.
- (baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
- a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
- a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
noun
adv
- Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
- With adverbs of manner.
- With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
- With predicative adjectives.
- To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather.
- Before a noun preceded by the definite article.
- With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
- With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
- Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
- With verbs, especially past participles.
- Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
- of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
- to the greatest extent; completely
- to a degree (not used with a negative)
- actually or truly or to an extreme
intj
verb
noun
- (bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
- (Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
- (botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- any plant of the genus Veronica
noun
verb
noun
- mature female of mammals of which the male is called ‘bull’
- a large unpleasant woman
- female of domestic cattle:
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
- (strictly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (uncommon, uncountable) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (astronomy) LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
- (derogatory, UK, Ireland, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (loosely or informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
- (US, military, slang) A third-year cadet at West Point.
- (fishing, slang) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.
verb
noun
- A mechanical bull in the form of a horse.
- (by extension) A spirited or uncontrollable person.
- (humorous) A supposed sexual position that involves the man telling the woman something disagreeable during sex (e.g. that he has a sexually transmitted disease, or prefers another woman), causing her to struggle or lash out.
- A wild or untamed horse, characteristically difficult to ride.
- a wild horse that is vicious and difficult or impossible to break in
noun
noun
noun
verb
- Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
- (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
- To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
- To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
- (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
- Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
- To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
- (British Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) To cry.
- (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
- utter words loudly and forcefully
- make a loud noise, as of animal
- emit long loud cries
- make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
- act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
- laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
noun
- A young or little bull; a male calf.
- (banking, finance) A large scheduled repayment of the principal of a loan; a balloon payment.
- (chess, uncountable) Ellipsis of bullet chess.
- (slang) One year of prison time.
- (Canada, US, horse racing) The best workout time at a track on a given day at a specific distance, traditionally marked by a printer's bullet.
- A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
- Ammunition for a sling or slingshot which has been manufactured for such use.
- A rejection letter, as for employment, admission to a school or a competition.
- (slang) An ace (the playing card).
- (fishing) A plumb or sinker.
- Ellipsis of bullet vibrator.
- (attributive) Very fast (speedy).
- (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
- (Ireland, particularly Northern Ireland) The heavy projectile thrown in a game of road bowling.
- A notation used on pop music charts to indicate that a song is climbing in the rankings.
- (figuratively) Anything that is projected extremely fast.
- (Australia) A roughly bullet-shaped sweet consisting of a cylinder of liquorice covered in chocolate.
- (typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle ⟨•⟩, often used to mark items in a list.
- a projectile that is fired from a gun
- (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- a high-speed passenger train
verb
- (slang, transitive) To fire from a job; to dismiss.
- (transitive, slang, rare) To inflict bullet shots upon.
- (transitive, informal) To make a shot, especially with great speed.
- (intransitive, informal) To speed, like a bullet.
- (transitive, informal) To draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
noun
name
noun
- (slang) A young bull, especially one which is unbranded and running wild; a bullock.
- (chiefly Ireland, slang) The penis.
- (computing) The smallest distance that a computer mouse can move a cursor on a screen, which is used to measure the device's resolution or sensitivity.
- (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, slang, rare) The vulva.
- (informal) In take the mickey: a person's (false) pride, which is criticized through disparagement or ridicule; piss.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Short for Mickey Bliss (“an act of urinating; a piss”).
- (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“an Irishman”).
- (originally US) Alternative letter-case form of Mickey (“a Mickey Finn: an alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”).
- (informal) The noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala), a honeyeater endemic to eastern and southeastern Australia.
- (chiefly Canada, informal) A small bottle of liquor, such as whiskey, usually holding 375 millilitres (13.2 imperial fluid ounces; 12.7 U.S. fluid ounces), typically shaped to fit in one's pocket.
adj
verb
noun
- (bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.
- (card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.
- (card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.
- (uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.
- the principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull
verb
noun
- (bullfighting) A circular swinging movement of the cape, used to avoid the bull.
- (Roman Catholicism) The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
- (botany) A flower of the genus Veronica, usually having blue petals.
- any plant of the genus Veronica
verb
noun
- A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders.
- (slang) A superhero.
- (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
- a strip of land projecting into a body of water
adj
noun
- (UK) Clipping of bullseye.
- (uncountable, informal, euphemistic, slang) Clipping of bullshit.
- An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants, camels and seals.
- (LGBTQ, slang) An elderly lesbian.
- (military, firearms) The central portion of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
- (slang, uncountable) Beef.
- A lie.
- Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
- (euphemistic, informal) Nonsense.
- A large, strong man.
- A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
- (finance) An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
- A man who has sex with someone else's partner, with the consent of both.
- A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
- (Philadelphia, slang) A man or boy.
- A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
- Any adult male bovine.
- (loosely) Any bovine of an aggressive or long-horned breed regardless of age and sex.
- (US, slang) A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.
- a large and strong and heavyset man
- a serious and ludicrous blunder
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
- an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
- mature male of various mammals of which the female is called ‘cow’; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
- a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
- the center of a target
- Obscene word for unacceptable behavior
verb
- (intransitive, often with into or through) To force oneself (in a particular direction); to move aggressively.
- To mock; to cheat.
- (UK, military, transitive) To polish (boots) to a high shine.
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise prices in.
- (agriculture, transitive, of a bull) To mate with (a cow or heifer).
- (finance, transitive) To endeavour to raise the market price of.
- (agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.
- (intransitive) To lie, to tell untruths.
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
- advance in price
- push or force