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| design |
an artistic rendering; drawing. [1/11 definitions] |
| disapproval |
a refusal to approve; rendering of a negative opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| hang |
to keep (a jury) from rendering a decision by voting against the majority; deadlock. [1/17 definitions] |
| IHS |
abbreviation of a Greek rendering of the name Jesus. |
| interpretation |
a rendering of the meaning of music, drama, or the like through performance. [1/4 definitions] |
| knockout |
the act of striking a person down and rendering him or her unconscious. [1/3 definitions] |
| maim |
to cripple or disable, usu. by destroying or rendering useless a limb or extremity. [1/2 definitions] |
| ministration |
the process of rendering aid or service. [1/2 definitions] |
| phonics |
(used with a sing. verb) a method of teaching spelling, pronunciation, and reading that uses a phonetic rendering of the standard spelling system. [1/2 definitions] |
| spectroscope |
an optical instrument that enables examination, measurement, or recording of a spectrum by rendering its component electromagnetic waves, as of light or radiation, distinct and visible. |
| whaling1 |
the business or industry of hunting, killing, and rendering whales. |
| Yahweh |
a rendering of the pronunciation of the letters YHVH, used in Hebrew to represent the unutterable name of God; Jehovah. |
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