All English words - page 3519

Meanings of Neckful:

noun

A quantity that fills the neck; as much as the neck will hold.

Meanings of Necking:

noun

A short, plain, concave section between the capital and the shaft of a classical doric or tuscan column.

Usage examples:

A more elaborate doric capital of white marble, with flutes on the necking, is stored west of the b…

verb

(of two people) kiss and caress amorously.

Usage examples:

We started necking on the sofa

Meanings of Neckings:

noun

A short, plain, concave section between the capital and the shaft of a classical doric or tuscan column.

Usage examples:

A more elaborate doric capital of white marble, with flutes on the necking, is stored west of the b…

Meanings of Necklace:

noun

An ornamental chain or string of beads, jewels, or links worn round the neck.

Usage examples:

A diamond necklace

verb

(in south africa) kill (someone) with a tyre necklace.

Usage examples:

The angry residents, definitely frustrated with the law enforcement approach to their distress call…

Meanings of Necklaced:

verb

(in south africa) kill (someone) with a tyre necklace.

Usage examples:

The angry residents, definitely frustrated with the law enforcement approach to their distress call…

noun

An ornamental chain or string of beads, jewels, or links worn round the neck.

Usage examples:

A diamond necklace

Meanings of Necklaces:

noun

An ornamental chain or string of beads, jewels, or links worn round the neck.

Usage examples:

A diamond necklace

verb

(in south africa) kill (someone) with a tyre necklace.

Usage examples:

The angry residents, definitely frustrated with the law enforcement approach to their distress call…

Meanings of Necklet:

noun

A fairly close-fitting and typically rigid ornament worn around the neck.

Usage examples:

Lismore jewel centre has a range of gold and silver rings, watches, bracelets and necklets, bangles…

Meanings of Neckline:

noun

The edge of a woman's garment at or below the neck, used with reference to its height or shape.

Usage examples:

A sundress with a square neckline

Meanings of Necklines:

noun

The edge of a woman's garment at or below the neck, used with reference to its height or shape.

Usage examples:

A sundress with a square neckline

Meanings of Necks:

noun

The part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.

Usage examples:

She had a silver crucifix around her neck

verb

(of two people) kiss and caress amorously.

Usage examples:

We started necking on the sofa

Meanings of Necktie:

noun

Another term for tie (sense 4 of the noun).

Meanings of Neckties:

noun

Another term for tie (sense 4 of the noun).

Meanings of Neckwear:

noun

Items worn around the neck, such as collars or ties, collectively.

Usage examples:

Will looked down at his neckwear and blushed

Meanings of Neckwears:

noun

Items worn around the neck, such as collars or ties, collectively.

Usage examples:

Will looked down at his neckwear and blushed

Meanings of Neckweed:

noun

The plant hemp (used with humorous allusion to the use of hempen rope for hanging people).

Meanings of Necro:

Relating to a corpse or death.

Usage examples:

Necromancy

Meanings of Necrobacillosis:

noun

Disease caused by the gram-negative anaerobic bacterium fusobacterium necrophorum, affecting domestic and wild animals and (less commonly) humans; an instance or form of this.

Meanings of Necrobiosis:

noun

Gradual degeneration and death of cells in the body tissues.

Usage examples:

Diabetic necrobiosis typically causes discrete pretibial plaques, not the confluent skin changes se…

Meanings of Necrogenic:

adjective

Produced by contact with dead bodies; arising from dead bodies; (medicine) designating a wart-like form of tuberculosis of the skin acquired by contact with infected human or bovine tissue, seen especially in pathologists, abattoir workers, and butchers (now historical).

Meanings of Necrogenous:

adjective

Designating a reaction to a plant pathogen in which there is necrosis of the cells surrounding the site of infection, isolating the pathogen and preventing its further spread.

Meanings of Necrolatry:

noun

Worship of or excessive reverence for the dead.

Usage examples:

There is a strain of elvis worship that veers close to necrolatry

Meanings of Necrologic:

adjective

Of the nature of, relating to, or characterized by necrology; = "necrological".

Meanings of Necrologically:

adverb

With reference to necrology (or, more generally, death or dying); by means of a necrology or obituary.

Meanings of Necrologies:

noun

An obituary notice.

Usage examples:

In the second necrology, possibly written slightly later and at san isidoro about 1150, fernando's …

Meanings of Necrologist:

noun

The author of an obituary notice.

Usage examples:

But for the moment, i am pleased to have been given this chance to contrive my own fable and plead …