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Glabrous (adj) glab-rus (chiefly of the skin or a leaf) free from hair or down;…

Bonzer (adj) (Aus) (Informal) bon-za Brilliant; first rate Early 20th century perhaps an alteration of…

Exabyte (noun) ek-sa-bi-t (computing) A unit of information equal to one quintillion (10¹⁸) or, strictly,…

Scantling (noun) ska-nt-ling A timber beam of small cross section. A small amount of something…

Minacious (adj) min-ay-shus (rare) Menacing; threatening. Mid 17th century from Latin minax, minac- ‘threatening’ (from…

Titchy (adj) (Br/En) tich-ee (informal) Very small. (more…)

Eyas (noun) ai-as A young hawk, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the…

Pinta (noun) (Br/En) (informal) pai-nta A pint of milk. 1960s representing a pronunciation of pint…