English words containing cozy up to:

verb

Continue working when one's fellow workers are on strike.

Usage examples:

The party blacklegged on the 1980 general strike, which was broken by the government.

noun

A person who continues working when fellow workers are on strike; a strike-breaker.

Usage examples:

The blacklegs who had arrived by rail were harassed by crowds of workers

noun

An acute infectious bacterial disease of cattle and sheep, causing necrosis in one or more legs.

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Such other clostridials include black disease, blackleg, braxy, bacterial redwater and tetanus.

noun

(in muslim countries) the devil or an evil spirit.

Usage examples:

More importantly, as the shaitan incarnate, he becomes a symbol of resistance for black british you…

noun

A substance, organ, or other agent that participates in an effect of synergy.

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This may require co-ordination of groups of muscle synergists within one limb, or between several l…

noun

A muscle that helps another muscle perform a particular function effectively

verb

Study assiduously.

Usage examples:

Kids swotting for exams

noun

A person who studies very hard.

Usage examples:

That speech confirms what many people feel and fear about politicians: that they were the most desp…

Past simple and past participle of swot uk informal or child's word

noun

(especially in former times) a person who makes a living by travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils.

Usage examples:

The tinkers live by mending pots and pans, telling fortunes and selling horses and ponies at the va…

verb

Attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way.

Usage examples:

He spent hours tinkering with the car

verb

To make small changes in something, because you hope to improve or fix it

Usage examples:

Chuck tinkers with the car’s engine all the time.