margosa | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, neem, neem tree, nim tree |
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margrave | (noun) a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess) | - |
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(noun) the military governor of a frontier province in medieval Germany | - |
marguerite | (noun) tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Leucanthemum vulgare, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, oxeye daisy, white daisy |
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(noun) perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy |
narghile | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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nargileh | (noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water | Synonyms: calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, kalian, narghile, sheesha, shisha, water pipe |
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oleomargarine | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, marge, oleo |
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overcharge | (noun) a price that is too high | - |
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(verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overload, surcharge |
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
overlarge | (adjective) excessively large | Synonyms: too large |
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parget | (noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys | Synonyms: pargeting, pargetting |
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(verb) apply ornamental plaster to | - |
pargeting | (noun) ornamental plastering | Synonyms: pargetting |
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(noun) ornamental plasterwork | Synonyms: pargetry, pargetting |
(noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys | Synonyms: parget, pargetting |
pargetry | (noun) ornamental plasterwork | Synonyms: pargeting, pargetting |
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pargetting | (noun) ornamental plastering | Synonyms: pargeting |
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(noun) ornamental plasterwork | Synonyms: pargeting, pargetry |
(noun) plaster used to coat outer walls and line chimneys | Synonyms: parget, pargeting |
rearguard | (noun) a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body | - |
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recharge | (verb) charge anew | - |
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(verb) load anew | Synonyms: reload |
rechargeable | (adjective) capable of being recharged | - |
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sargasso | (noun) brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | Synonyms: gulfweed, sargassum, Sargassum bacciferum |
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sargassum | (noun) brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea | Synonyms: gulfweed, sargasso, Sargassum bacciferum |
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sparge | (noun) the act of sprinkling or splashing water | Synonyms: sprinkle, sprinkling |
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(verb) scatter with liquid; wet lightly | Synonyms: besprinkle, sprinkle |
(verb) agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | - |
stargaze | (verb) have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy | Synonyms: daydream, dream, woolgather |
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(verb) observe the stars | - |
stargazer | (noun) heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head | - |
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(noun) a physicist who studies astronomy | Synonyms: astronomer, uranologist |
(noun) someone indifferent to the busy world | Synonyms: lotus-eater |
stargazing | (noun) observation of the stars | - |
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supercargo | (noun) an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase | - |
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supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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(verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
supercharged | (adjective) fraught with great emotion | Synonyms: charged |
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(adjective) (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger | - |
supercharger | (noun) compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine | - |
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surcharge | (noun) an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) | - |
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(verb) show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given | - |
(verb) fill to an excessive degree | - |
(verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, overload |
(verb) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote | - |
(verb) fill to capacity with people | - |
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak |
(verb) charge an extra fee, as for a special service | - |
target | (noun) sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at | Synonyms: butt |
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(noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | Synonyms: aim, object, objective |
(noun) a reference point to shoot at | Synonyms: mark |
(noun) the location of the target that is to be hit | Synonyms: target area |
(noun) a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence | Synonyms: fair game, prey, quarry |
(verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, direct, place, point |
teargas | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas |
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(verb) attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes | - |
unarguable | (adjective) against which no argument can be made | Synonyms: inarguable |
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unarguably | (adverb) in an unarguable and undisputed manner | Synonyms: inarguably, undisputedly |
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unargumentative | (adjective) not given to or characterized by argument | - |
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uncharged | (adjective) of a particle or body or system; having no charge | - |
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undercharge | (noun) an insufficient charge | - |
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(noun) a price that is too low | - |
(verb) charge (someone) too little money | - |
undischarged | (adjective) still capable of exploding or being fired | Synonyms: unexploded |
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(adjective) owed as a debt | Synonyms: outstanding, owing |