(nautical) One employed on, owning, or managing a lighter.
lightermen
lightermen
noun
plural of lighterman
limelights
limelights
noun
plural of limelight
lithomarge
lithomarge
noun
kaolinite
megalithic
megalithic
adj
Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made.
mislighted
mislighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mislight
motherling
motherling
noun
(derogatory) Mother.
(diminutive, endearing) A mother, especially a precious one.
A woman's child.
phlegmatic
phlegmatic
adj
(archaic) Abounding in phlegm.
Generating, causing, or full of phlegm.
Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
noun
One who has a phlegmatic disposition.
phlegmiest
phlegmiest
adj
superlative form of phlegmy: most phlegmy
theligonum
theologism
theologium
thimblerig
thimblerig
noun
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
One operating such a game.
verb
(intransitive) To cheat in the thimblerig game.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To cheat (someone) by trickery.