English words for 'plural of dust-devil'
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noun
- A dust devil.
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- an evil supernatural being
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
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verb
- (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To annoy or bother.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- (rare) A duststorm.
adj
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
noun
- A dust devil.
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- an evil supernatural being
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
name
verb
- (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To annoy or bother.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (possibly only in the plural) A clump of dust; a dust bunny.
- An old bottle of spirits that has been kept for a long time.
- (military, slang) A supply petty officer.
- A migrant farmer from the dustbowl.
- (informal) A miller (from the image of millers being covered in flour dust).
- A dustman.
- A recording of music from another era, especially R&B; an oldie.
- A person of mixed race who has a swarthy complexion.
- A medium-brown color.
- An old person, especially one who is unwilling to change with the times.
- (rare) A duststorm.
adj
- Covered with dust.
- (figurative) Old; outdated; stuffily traditional.
- Grey or greyish.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse).
- (British, slang, chiefly in negative constructions) Ugly, unwell, inadequate, bad.
- covered with a layer of dust
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
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