corrida | (noun) a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators | Synonyms: bullfight |
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corridor | (noun) an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it | - |
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harridan | (noun) a scolding (even vicious) old woman | - |
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horrid | (adjective) exceedingly bad | - |
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(adjective) grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror | Synonyms: hideous, horrific, outrageous |
horridly | (adverb) in a hideous manner | Synonyms: hideously, monstrously |
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horridness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, dreadfulness, terribleness |
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hurridly | (adverb) on the run or in a hurry | Synonyms: on the fly |
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irridenta | (noun) a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another | Synonyms: irredenta |
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irridentism | (noun) the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related | Synonyms: irredentism |
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irridentist | (noun) an advocate of irredentism | Synonyms: irredentist |
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override | (noun) the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something | Synonyms: nullification |
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(noun) a manually operated device to correct the operation of an automatic device | - |
(verb) rule against | Synonyms: overrule, overthrow, overturn, reverse |
(verb) ride (a horse) too hard | - |
(verb) counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift in a vehicle) | - |
(verb) prevail over | - |
overriding | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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porridge | (noun) soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick | - |
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torrid | (adjective) extremely hot and dry | - |
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(adjective) emotionally charged and vigorously energetic | - |
(adjective) characterized by intense emotion | Synonyms: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid |
torridity | (noun) extreme heat | - |
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