allotted | (adjective) given as a task | - |
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ballottement | (noun) a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) | - |
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blotter | (noun) the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station | Synonyms: charge sheet, day book, police blotter, rap sheet |
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(noun) absorbent paper used to dry ink | Synonyms: blotting paper |
blotto | (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
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charlotte | (noun) a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard | - |
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clotted | (adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | Synonyms: clogged |
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clotting | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: coagulation, curdling |
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culotte | (noun) a divided skirt | - |
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epiglottis | (noun) a flap of cartilage that covers the windpipe while swallowing | - |
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epiglottitis | (noun) inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing | - |
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glottal | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by the glottis | - |
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glottis | (noun) the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated | - |
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glottochronological | (adjective) pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source | - |
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glottochronology | (noun) the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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lotte | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, monkfish |
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lottery | (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: drawing |
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(noun) something that is regarded as a chance event | - |
lotto | (noun) a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards | Synonyms: beano, bingo, keno |
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plotted | (adjective) with planning and intention | Synonyms: aforethought, planned |
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plotter | (noun) an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures | - |
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(noun) a member of a conspiracy | Synonyms: coconspirator, conspirator, machinator |
(noun) a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action | Synonyms: schemer |
(noun) a clerk who marks data on a chart | Synonyms: mapper |