trigger finger

Definition of "trigger finger"

1. A finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

2. The forefinger (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

3. Difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

gouernment

[gouernment]

Definition of "gouernment" [gouernment]

1. Obsolete spelling of government. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

exurb

[exurb]

Definition of "exurb" [exurb]

1. A region lying beyond the suburbs of a city, especially one inhabited principally by wealthy people. (noun)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

quadric

Definition of "quadric"

1. Of or relating to geometric surfaces that are defined by quadratic equations. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hammer throw

Definition of "hammer throw"

1. An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle. (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

systematise

[systematise]

Definition of "systematise" [systematise]

1. Alternative spelling of systematize. (verb)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

raddleman

Definition of "raddleman"

1. A ruddleman (noun)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

tubal

[tub•al]

Definition of "tubal" [tub•al]

1. Of, relating to, or occurring in a tube, such as the fallopian tube or the eustachian tube. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

underthrow

[underthrow]

Definition of "underthrow" [underthrow]

1. To throw a pass that falls short of the receiver. (May take either the thrown pass or the receiver as its direct object.) (verb)   Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

practical

Definition of "practical"

1. Of, relating to, governed by, or acquired through practice or action, rather than theory, speculation, or ideals: gained practical experience of sailing as a deck hand. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

2. Manifested in or involving practice: practical applications of calculus. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

3. Actually engaged in a specified occupation or a certain kind of work; practicing. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

4. Capable of or suitable to being used or put into effect; useful: practical knowledge of Japanese. See Usage Note at practicable. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

5. Concerned with the production or operation of something useful: Woodworking is a practical art. (adjective)   American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

potterer

Definition of "potterer"

1. One who or that which potters; one who moves slowly or loiters. (noun)   The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

enrico fermi

Definition of "enrico fermi"

1. Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954) (noun)   WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.