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litter
(encz) | litter,nosítka n: Jan Červák |
litter
(encz) | litter,odpadky Zdeněk Brož |
litter
(encz) | litter,vrh n: porod u některých zvířat Jirka Daněk |
Litter
(gcide) | Litter \Lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Littered
(l[i^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Littering.]
1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as
the floor of a stall.
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Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp.
Hackett.
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For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden.
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2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew
with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
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The room with volumes littered round. --Swift.
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3. To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those
which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human
beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
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We might conceive that dogs were created blind,
because we observe they were littered so with us.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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The son that she did litter here,
A freckled whelp hagborn. --Shak.
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Litter
(gcide) | Litter \Lit"ter\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r), n. [F. liti[`e]re, LL.
lectaria, fr. L. lectus couch, bed. See Lie to be
prostrated, and cf. Coverlet.]
1. A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick
or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
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There is a litter ready; lay him in 't. --Shak.
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2. Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for
animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
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To crouch in litter of your stable planks. --Shak.
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Take off the litter from your kernel beds. --Evelyn.
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3. Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating
slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
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Strephon, who found the room was void.
Stole in, and took a strict survey
Of all the litter as it lay. --Swift.
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4. Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish,
or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a
state of litter.
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5. The young brought forth at one time, by a cat, dog, sow or
other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
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A wolf came to a sow, and very kindly offered to
take care of her litter. --D. Estrange.
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Reflect upon that numerous litter of strange,
senseless opinions that crawl about the world.
--South.
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Litter
(gcide) | Litter \Lit"ter\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r), v. i.
1. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make
one's bed in litter. [R.]
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The inn
Where he and his horse littered. --Habington.
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2. To produce a litter.
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A desert . . . where the she-wolf still littered.
--Macaulay.
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litter
(wn) | litter
n 1: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in
public places)
3: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles
by bearers
4: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: {bedding
material}, bedding, litter]
v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"
2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around
3: give birth to a litter of animals |
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aglitter
(encz) | aglitter,jiskřící adj: dave |
block splitter
(encz) | block splitter,lamačka dlažby n: [tech.] Pino |
clitter
(encz) | clitter,vrzat v: Zdeněk Brož |
flitter
(encz) | flitter, v: |
flittering scotoma
(encz) | flittering scotoma, n: |
glitter
(encz) | glitter,pozlátko n: Zdeněk Brožglitter,třpytit v: Zdeněk Brož |
glittering
(encz) | glittering,třpytivý adj: Zdeněk Brožglittering,zářivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
glittery
(encz) | glittery,třpytivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hairsplitter
(encz) | hairsplitter,puntičkář n: Zdeněk Brož |
litter
(encz) | litter,nosítka n: Jan Červáklitter,odpadky Zdeněk Brožlitter,vrh n: porod u některých zvířat Jirka Daněk |
litter basket
(encz) | litter basket, n: |
litter lout
(encz) | litter lout, n: |
litter-basket
(encz) | litter-basket, n: |
litter-bearer
(encz) | litter-bearer, n: |
litterateur
(encz) | litterateur, |
litterbin
(encz) | litterbin, n: |
litterbug
(encz) | litterbug,nepořádník n: Zdeněk Brož |
littered
(encz) | littered,rozházený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
litterer
(encz) | litterer, |
littering
(encz) | littering,pohazování n: Zdeněk Brožlittering,rozhazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
rail-splitter
(encz) | rail-splitter, n: |
sidesplitter
(encz) | sidesplitter, n: |
splitter
(encz) | splitter,rozdvojka n: Pinosplitter,štípač n: Zdeněk Brožsplitter,štípačka n: Zdeněk Brož |
splitter cable
(encz) | splitter cable,kabelová rozdvojka n: např. headphone splitter cable;
2-way splitter cable ap. Pino |
the pick of the litter
(encz) | the pick of the litter, |
the runt of the litter
(encz) | the runt of the litter, |
unlittered
(encz) | unlittered, adj: |
Aglitter
(gcide) | Aglitter \A*glit"ter\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + glitter.]
Glittering; in a glitter.
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Bog blitter
(gcide) | bog \bog\ (b[o^]g), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf.
Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]
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1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable
matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to
sink; a marsh; a morass.
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Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit,
Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread.
--R. Jago.
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2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and
grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.]
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Bog bean. See Buck bean.
Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter,
Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.]
Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found
in the peat bogs of Ireland.
Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of
silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc.
Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum.
Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale.
Bog ore. (Min.)
(a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a
variety of brown iron ore, or limonite.
(b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.
Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.
Bog spavin. See under Spavin.
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clitter
(gcide) | clitter \clitter\ v. i.
to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special
bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or
grasshoppers.
Syn: stridulate.
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Flitter
(gcide) | Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. i.
To flutter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Flitter \Flit"ter\, v. t.
To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
--Lowell.
[1913 Webster]Flitter \Flit"ter\, n. [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern
to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
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Flittermouse
(gcide) | Flittermouse \Flit"ter*mouse`\, n. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf.
G. fledermaus, OHG. fledarm[=u]s. Cf. Flickermouse,
Flindermouse.] (Zool.)
A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and
flintymouse.
[1913 Webster]Pipistrel \Pi*pis"trel\, Pipistrelle \Pip`i*strelle"\, n. [F.
pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.] (Zool.)
A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called
also flittermouse.
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flittermouse
(gcide) | Flittermouse \Flit"ter*mouse`\, n. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf.
G. fledermaus, OHG. fledarm[=u]s. Cf. Flickermouse,
Flindermouse.] (Zool.)
A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and
flintymouse.
[1913 Webster]Pipistrel \Pi*pis"trel\, Pipistrelle \Pip`i*strelle"\, n. [F.
pipistrelle, It. pipistrello.] (Zool.)
A small European bat (Vesperugo pipistrellus); -- called
also flittermouse.
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Flittern
(gcide) | Flittern \Flit"tern\, a.
A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.
--McElrath.
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Glitter
(gcide) | Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
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1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
sword.
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The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
--Dryden.
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2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
See Gleam, Flash.
[1913 Webster]Glitter \Glit"ter\, n.
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;
brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal
equipage. --Milton.
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Glitterand
(gcide) | Glitterand \Glit"ter*and\, a.
Glittering. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Glittered
(gcide) | Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
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1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
sword.
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The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
--Dryden.
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2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
See Gleam, Flash.
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Glittering
(gcide) | Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
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1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
sword.
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The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
--Dryden.
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2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
See Gleam, Flash.
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Glitteringly
(gcide) | Glitteringly \Glit"ter*ing*ly\, adv.
In a glittering manner.
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Hairsplitter
(gcide) | Hairsplitter \Hair"split`ter\ (-spl[i^]t`t[~e]r), n.
One who makes excessively fine or needless distinctions in
reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter."
--De Quincey.
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Horse-litter
(gcide) | Horse-litter \Horse"-lit`ter\, n.
A carriage hung on poles, and borne by and between two
horses. --Milton.
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Litterateur
(gcide) | Litterateur \Lit`te`ra`teur"\ (l[-e]`t[asl]`r[.a]`t[~e]r"), n.
[F.]
One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a
literatus. " Befriended by one kind-hearted litt['e]rateur
after another." --C. Kingsley.
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litter-bearer
(gcide) | litter-bearer \litter-bearer\ n.
one who helps carry a stretcher.
Syn: stretcher-bearer.
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litterbin
(gcide) | litterbin \lit"ter*bin`\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r*b[i^]n`), n.
a bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which
the public can put rubbish.
Syn: litterbasket.
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litterbug
(gcide) | litterbug \lit"ter*bug`\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r*b[u^]g), n.
a person who litters public places with refuse.
Syn: litterer, litter lout.
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Littered
(gcide) | Litter \Lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Littered
(l[i^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Littering.]
1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as
the floor of a stall.
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Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp.
Hackett.
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For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden.
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2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew
with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
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The room with volumes littered round. --Swift.
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3. To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those
which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human
beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
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We might conceive that dogs were created blind,
because we observe they were littered so with us.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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The son that she did litter here,
A freckled whelp hagborn. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]littered \lit"tered\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]rd), adj.
having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion.
Syn: cluttered, messy, mussy, untidy.
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littered
(gcide) | Litter \Lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Littered
(l[i^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Littering.]
1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as
the floor of a stall.
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Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp.
Hackett.
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For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden.
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2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew
with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
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The room with volumes littered round. --Swift.
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3. To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those
which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human
beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
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We might conceive that dogs were created blind,
because we observe they were littered so with us.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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The son that she did litter here,
A freckled whelp hagborn. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]littered \lit"tered\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]rd), adj.
having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion.
Syn: cluttered, messy, mussy, untidy.
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litterer
(gcide) | litterer \lit"ter*er\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r*[~e]r), n.
1. a person who litters public places with refuse.
Syn: litterbug, litter lout.
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Littering
(gcide) | Litter \Lit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Littered
(l[i^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Littering.]
1. To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as
the floor of a stall.
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Tell them how they litter their jades. --Bp.
Hackett.
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For his ease, well littered was the floor. --Dryden.
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2. To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew
with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
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The room with volumes littered round. --Swift.
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3. To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those
which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human
beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
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We might conceive that dogs were created blind,
because we observe they were littered so with us.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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The son that she did litter here,
A freckled whelp hagborn. --Shak.
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littermate
(gcide) | littermate \lit"ter*mate`\ (l[i^]t"t[~e]r*m[=a]t`), n.
One of two or more animals born into the same litter.
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Littery
(gcide) | Littery \Lit"ter*y\, a.
Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or
constituting litter.
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Phase splitter
(gcide) | Phase splitter \Phase splitter\ (Elec.)
A device by which a single-phase current is split into two or
more currents differing in phase. It is used in starting
single-phase induction motors.
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slitter
(gcide) | slitter \slit"ter\ (sl[i^]t"t[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, slits.
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Splitter
(gcide) | Splitter \Split"ter\ (-t[~e]r), n.
One who, or that which, splits.
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aglitter
(wn) | aglitter
adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly] |
clitter
(wn) | clitter
v 1: make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special
bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or
grasshoppers stridulate" [syn: stridulate, clitter] |
flitter
(wn) | flitter
v 1: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
[syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver] |
flittering scotoma
(wn) | flittering scotoma
n 1: a localized area of diminished vision edged by shimmering
colored lights; in many people it indicates the onset of
migraine [syn: scintillating scotoma, {flittering
scotoma}] |
glitter
(wn) | glitter
n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn:
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation,
sparkle]
2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter,
sparkle, coruscation]
v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine] |
glittering
(wn) | glittering
adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly] |
glittery
(wn) | glittery
adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly] |
hairsplitter
(wn) | hairsplitter
n 1: a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions |
kitty litter
(wn) | Kitty Litter
n 1: granulated clay; placed in a container where it absorbs the
waste products of a cat or dog |
litter
(wn) | litter
n 1: the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
2: rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in
public places)
3: conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles
by bearers
4: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: {bedding
material}, bedding, litter]
v 1: strew; "Cigar butts littered the ground"
2: make a place messy by strewing garbage around
3: give birth to a litter of animals |
litter basket
(wn) | litter basket
n 1: bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which
the public can put rubbish [syn: litterbin, {litter
basket}, litter-basket] |
litter lout
(wn) | litter lout
n 1: a person who litters public places with refuse [syn:
litterer, litterbug, litter lout] |
litter-basket
(wn) | litter-basket
n 1: bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which
the public can put rubbish [syn: litterbin, {litter
basket}, litter-basket] |
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