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Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Spelling words with their definitions: To find the meanings of our spelling words

Submersible
capable of being submerged.
capable of functioning while submersed:


Snorkelling
the sport of swimming with a snorkel and face mask. 


Narcosis
a state of stupor or drowsiness.
a state of stupor or greatly reduced activity produced by a drug. Compare nitrogen narcosis.


Storeys

noun, plural sto·reys. Chiefly British.



Nuclear
pertaining to or involving atomic weapons:
nuclear war.
operated or powered by atomic energy:
a nuclear submarine.
(of a nation or group of nations) having atomic weapons.
of, relating to, or forming a nucleus.
of, relating to, or like the nuclear family:
nuclear bonds.


Column
Architecture.
  1. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
  2. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or
  3. polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
any columnlike object, mass, or formation:
a column of smoke.
a vertical row or list:
Add this column of figures.
a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usually typographically justified:
There are three columns on this page.
a regular feature or series of articles in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually having a
readily identifiable heading and the byline of the writer or editor, that reports or comments
upon a particular field of interest, as politics, theater, or etiquette, or which may contain letters
from readers, answers to readers' queries, etc.
a long, narrow formation of troops in which there are more members in line in the direction of
movement than at right angles to the direction (distinguished from line1def 35).


Weight


the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
Physics. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the
local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational
acceleration, as a measure of mass.
a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass:
avoirdupois weight.
a unit of heaviness or mass:


Barracouta

noun, plural (especially collectively) bar·ra·cou·ta, (especially referring to two

or more kinds or species) bar·ra·cou·tas,  snoek.



Enormous
greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense:
an enormous fortune.
outrageous or atrocious:
enormous wickedness; enormous crimes.


Terrifying

verb (used with object), ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing.

to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.

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