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- Difficult, tricky.
- Intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise; bearing ill will towards another.
- Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
- Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.
- Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating.
- Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
- Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
- Of little value or worth; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
- Powerful; fierce; strong.
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
noun
- The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
- Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
- The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
- Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
- A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
verb
- To be of some level of importance.
- To have as intentions of a given kind.
- To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/i_mean%20I%20mean
- To cause or produce (a given result); to bring about (a given result).
- Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
- To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
- Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
- To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
- To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
- To lament.
- To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
noun
noun
- A difficult problem.
- Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- A dirty or slovenly person.
- A police officer.
- A lecherous or sexist man.
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- A very obese person.
- An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
- A block of cast metal.
- earthenware, or an earthenware shard
verb
noun
- A particularly difficult question or puzzle.
- Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.
- A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
- Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
adv
adj
- In a physical form, not digital.
- Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).
- Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
- Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
- Containing alcohol.
- Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
- Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.
- Strong.
- Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.
- Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
- Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable, unequivocal.
- Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
- Tough and muscular.
- High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
- Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- Far, extreme.
- Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
- Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
- Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
- Hardened; having unusually strong defences.
- Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
- Resistant to pressure.
- hardcore
- Plosive.
- Unvoiced.
noun
adj
- Complicated.
- Many in number, numerous; multiple, multiplied.
- Various in kind or quality; diverse.
- Exhibited at diverse times or in various ways.
adv
noun
- A copy made by the manifold writing process.
- A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs or outputs.
- The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
- A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
- A topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ and is Hausdorff.
verb
adj
- Difficult; trying.
- Turbulent.
- Crude; unrefined.
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Violent; not careful or subtle.
- Not polished; uncut.
- Harsh-tasting.
- Somewhat ill; sick; in poor condition.
- Unwell due to alcohol; hungover.
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- Worn; shabby; weather-beaten.
- Not smooth; uneven.
noun
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
adv
verb
noun
- A difficult task or challenge.
- An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
- Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
- Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
- A woman's large breast.
- The twenty-first Lenormand card.
noun
adj
adj
adv
- Hard.
- In a large amount or to a large extent.
- On a large scale, expansively.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- In a boasting manner.
- In a loud manner.
noun
- The participant in ageplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- A initiated member of a sorority who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.
- The big leagues, big time.
adj
- Important or significant.
- Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.
- Popular.
- Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- Enthusiastic (about).
- Fat.
- Adult; (of a child) older.
- Populous.
- Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- Of great size, large.
- Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
- Old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
verb
adj
adj
- Unnecessarily complicated.
- Of a superior grade.
- Executed with skill.
- Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
verb
- To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
- To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- would like
- To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
- To breed (animals) as a hobby.
- To be sexually attracted to.
- To imagine, suppose.
adv
noun
- A diamond with a distinctive colour.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
- A whim.
- The imagination.
- A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
- Love or amorous attachment.
- The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
- That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
- An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
- An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
noun
- A difficult route.
- Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
- The output of a diff program, a diff file.
verb
- To compare two files or other objects, manually or otherwise.
- To run a diff program on (files or items) so as to produce a description of the differences between them, as for a patch file.
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noun
- A difficult maneuver
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- An important or critical situation.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
adj
verb
noun
- A problem or difficulty with something.
- A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.
- A sausage.
- A tooth projecting beyond the others; a broken or decayed tooth.
- A goal.
- A misnaged, an opponent to Chassidic Judaism (more likely modern, for cultural reasons).
- A dead tree that remains standing.
- A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.
- Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
- A pulled thread or yarn, as in cloth.
- One of the secondary branches of an antler.
verb
- To obtain or pick up.
- To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
- To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
- To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
- To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
adj
- Overly and needlessly complicated.
- Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
- Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
- Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
- Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.
noun
noun
- A difficulty or problem.
- A loan.
- An act of rubbing.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
verb
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To be rubbed against something.
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
verb
- To solve a difficult problem.
- To change rapidly in register.
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- To form cracks.
- To make a cracking sound.
- To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- To make a crack or cracks in.
- To make a sharply humorous comment.
- To open slightly.
- To overcome a security system or component.
- To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- To strike forcefully.
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- To tell (a joke).
- To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- To cause to make a sharp sound.
- To realize that one is transgender.
- To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).
- To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
adj
noun
- An attempt at something.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- Vagina.
- The space between the buttocks.
- A narrow opening.
- Any sharp sound.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- a meaningful chat.
- Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- Business; events; news.
- Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
adj
adj
- Difficult to understand; complicated.
- Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
- Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
- Rolled inward spirally.
- Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
verb
noun
adj
noun
- A baby rook.
- A baby pigeon, dove, or chicken.
- The meat of such a baby bird used as food.
- A thick cushion, especially a flat one covering the seat of a chair or sofa.
- A person of a short, fat figure.
verb
- To stuff thickly and sew through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, etc.
- To furnish with squabs, or cushions.
adv
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