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111withering — Synonyms and related words: Sanforizing, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, air drying, anhydration, arrogant, atrophy, attenuation, baneful, biting, bitter, calamitous, cataclysmal, cataclysmic,… …
112AUSTRALIA — a continent entirely within the Southern Hemisphere, about one fourth smaller than Europe, its utmost length from E. to W. being 2400 m., and breadth 1971; the coast has singularly few inlets, though many and spacious harbours, only one great… …
113hǽðung — f ( e/ a) heating, parching [see hǽtung] …
114parcometru — PARCOMÉTRU, parcometre, s.n. Aparat de taxare pentru parcarea autovehiculelor. – Din fr. parcomètre. Trimis de valeriu, 03.02.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 parcométru s. n., pl. parcométre Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic … …
115parking — PÁRKING parkinguri n. Loc pentru staţionarea (mai) îndelungată a autovehiculelor; parcaj; parcare. /cuv. engl. Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX PÁRKING s.n. (Anglicism) Parcaj; loc de parcare pentru automobile. [pl. uri, scris şi… …
116hot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. heated (see heat); peppery, biting. See taste, excitability, pungency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a high temperature] Syn. torrid, burning, fiery, flaming, blazing, very warm, feverish,… …
117torrid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hot, burning, arid, parched, sizzling, scorching; equatorial, tropical; ardent, passionate. See heat, feeling. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tropic] Syn. tropical, austral, broiling, blazing, fiery,… …
118ardent — (adj.) early 14c., of alcoholic distillates, brandy (ardent spirits), etc., from O.Fr. ardant (13c.) burning, hot; zealous, from L. ardentem (nom. ardens) glowing, fiery, hot, ablaze, also used figuratively of passions, prp. of ardere to burn,… …
119parch — (v.) mid 13c., possibly from M.E. perchen, variant of perishen to perish (see PERISH (Cf. perish)). Related: Parched; parching …
120torrent — (n.) c.1600, from Fr. torrent, from L. torrentem (nom. torrens) rushing stream, originally roaring, boiling, burning, parching, prp. of torrere to parch (see TERRAIN (Cf. terrain)). Sense of any onrush (of words, feelings, etc.) first recorded… …
