(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
mating
mating
adj
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
noun
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
(zoology) Sexual union; copulation.
verb
present participle of mate
meting
meting
noun
The act of one who metes; a distribution or handing out.
verb
present participle of mete
miting
miting
noun
(obsolete, term of endearment) A little one; a mite.
mongst
muting
muting
noun
The dung of birds.
The process by which something is muted or silenced.
verb
present participle of mute
nutmeg
nutmeg
noun
(countable) A whole nutmeg seed.
(soccer, field hockey or ice hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.
(uncountable) The powdered seed, ready for use.
A grey-brown colour.
A small moth, Hadula trifolii, feeding on plants and native to the Northern Hemisphere.
An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.
verb
(soccer, transitive) To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).
(transitive) To flavour with nutmeg.
taming
taming
noun
The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
verb
present participle of tame
tangum
tangum
noun
A kind of piebald horse from Tibet.
tegmen
tegmen
noun
(anatomy) A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals.
(biology) A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.
(botany) An integument such as the inner membrane of the coat of a seed.
(entomology) In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the tegmina are the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. Note that the more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina.
tignum
timing
timing
noun
(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
(countable, obsolete) An occurrence or event.
(countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
(countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.