English words containing genethliacon:

verb

Tolerate or allow (something, typically dissent or opposition).

Usage examples:

Jenny would brook no criticism of matthew

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

The lake district boasts lovely lakes and babbling brooks

noun

A small stream

Usage examples:

A brook runs past the house., she won’t brook any criticism of her work.

adjective

Easily set on fire.

Usage examples:

Inflammable materials

noun

A substance which is easily set on fire.

Usage examples:

‘as a garage, we have particular concerns such as vehicle collision, sparks igniting inflammables s…

adjective

Flammable

noun

(in billiards and snooker) a shot in which the player fails to strike the ball properly with the cue.

Usage examples:

Chalk is applied to the leather to make sure the tip ‘sticks’ to the cueball to prevent miscues, or…

verb

(in snooker and other sports) fail to strike (the ball or a shot) properly.

Usage examples:

He miscued a simple penalty in the sixth minute

noun

An error in reading, especially one caused by failure to respond correctly to a phonetic or contextual cue in the text.

Usage examples:

Miscue analysis is a way of listening to children read aloud for diagnostic purposes

adjective

Required, permitted, or enacted by statute.

Usage examples:

Statutory controls over prices

noun

A brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulphide (cinnabar).

Usage examples:

The two paint boxes were found to contain prussian blue, chrome yellow, vermilion (a red mercury su…

noun

A bright red colour

Usage examples:

She was wearing a jacket of bright vermilion., the fish has a lateral stripe of vermilion that divi…