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adj. tensile
(a) known as; regarded as
(b) not fully developed or mature; immature
(c) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tractile
(d) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
 
adj. surreptitious
(a) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; debonaire
(b) harsh or corrosive in tone; bitter; blistering; caustic; virulent
(c) sexually exciting or gratifying
(d) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; undercover; underground
 
adj. superannuated
(a) of a bluish shade of green; teal
(b) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; cruel; roughshod; savage; vicious
(c) old
(d) having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; gold; golden
 
adj. provincial
(a) having three units or components or elements; triple; triplex
(b) not perceptible to the touch
(c) characteristic of the provinces or their people
(d) limited in duration to a single episode
 
adj. portly
(a) completely wanting or lacking; free; innocent
(b) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; come off; come away
(c) peculiar to the individual
(d) euphemisms for 'fat'

 

n. optometrist
(a) a major division of a long poem
(b) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
(c) sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; contriteness
(d) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances
 
adj. equable
(a) capable of being known; cognisable; cognoscible
(b) (of a male) unable to copulate
(c) not easily irritated; good-tempered; placid
(d) belonging to this earth or world
 
adj. culpable
(a) repetition of same sense in different words; tautologic; tautological
(b) having four units or components; fourfold; four-fold
(c) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; blameable; blameful; censurable
(d) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; debonaire
 
adj. leonine
(a) of or characteristic of or resembling a king of beasts
(b) having a hole cut through; perforate; punctured
(c) pardonable
(d) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder; psychopathological
 
adj. illicit
(a) general; of or pertaining to a class or kind
(b) without compunction or human feeling; inhuman
(c) contrary to or forbidden by law; outlawed; unlawful
(d) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought

adj. tensile (c) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; pliable; pliant; tractile
adj. surreptitious (d) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; hugger-mugger; hush-hush; secret; undercover; underground
adj. superannuated (c) old
adj. provincial (c) characteristic of the provinces or their people
adj. portly (d) euphemisms for 'fat'
n. optometrist (b) a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
adj. equable (c) not easily irritated; good-tempered; placid
adj. culpable (c) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; blameable; blameful; censurable
adj. leonine (a) of or characteristic of or resembling a king of beasts
adj. illicit (c) contrary to or forbidden by law; outlawed; unlawful

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