English words containing dewar:

noun

A crystalline compound present in the bark and other parts of some trees (notably the horse chestnut, aesculus hippocastanum), and used in tests to identify certain bacteria by means of its fluorescence.

verb

Block or enclose with a wall of bricks.

Usage examples:

The doors have been bricked up

noun

A small rectangular block typically made of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building.

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Mud and wattle or sun-dried bricks are used in house building in rural areas; well-off families may…

noun

A large and relatively heavy mobile phone, typically an early model with limited functionality.

Usage examples:

I had one of those motorola bricks as my first cell phone

noun

Excrement.

Usage examples:

Maybe this keech about ‘microclimate’ was true

adjective

Relating to a government minister or ministers.

Usage examples:

A back-bencher who had never held ministerial office

adjective

Relating to or involving government ministers

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Ministerial job/role/post he could be in line for a ministerial job soon after the election., the p…

verb

Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.

Usage examples:

They had sold the car

noun

An act of selling or attempting to sell something.

Usage examples:

Every other television commercial is a sell for australian lager

noun

A disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something.

Usage examples:

Actually, hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on corfu