English words containing girdler:

noun

The branch of meteorology concerned with winds; the study of winds. rare (now historical).

noun

The pattern of winds characteristic to an area.

verb

Appoint or ordain as a deacon.

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He was deaconed in 1853 and priested in 1854 in the diocese of newcastle.

noun

(in catholic, anglican, and orthodox churches) an ordained minister of an order ranking below that of priest.

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In 1984 he was ordained a catholic deacon and is currently a member of the pastoral staff at st. co…

noun

A plant, especially a rose, which bears dense clusters of flowers.

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Though most of us think of a cut rose as a single flower on the end of a stem, roses that flower in…

noun

A type of rose (= garden plant with thorns (= sharp points) on its stems and pleasant-smelling flowers), grown for its flowers, which grow in small groups

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Grow taller shrub roses at the back of the border, floribundas in the centre and miniature roses ne…

noun

A synthetic insecticide and acaricide of low toxicity to mammals and short lifetime; 1,2-dibromo-2,2-dichloroethyl dimethyl phosphate, (ch₃ o)₂ po·o·chbr·cbrcl₂.

verb

Understand or realize something.

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It was amazing that graham hadn't twigged before

noun

A slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.

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Sound wave vibrations are absorbed by leaves, branches and twigs of trees and shrubs.

noun

A small branch of a blood vessel or nerve.

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Cutaneous nerve twigs