| atomic clock |
an extremely accurate timekeeping device regulated by the reliably constant frequency at which atoms of certain highly reactive substances absorb or emit electromagnetic radiation. |
| Augean |
extremely dirty or disagreeable; filthy. [1/2 definitions] |
| awful |
extremely unpleasant. [2/4 definitions] |
| awfully |
very; extremely. [1/2 definitions] |
| ballistic missile |
a long-range missile that reaches its target by falling freely at extremely high speed along a precalculated trajectory. |
| balsa |
a tree of tropical America, the wood of which is extremely light in weight. [1/2 definitions] |
| beggarly |
extremely poor or unkempt; like a beggar. [1/2 definitions] |
| blistering |
extremely hot. [1/2 definitions] |
| blizzard |
in meteorology, a violent snowstorm characterized by high winds of no less than 35 miles (56 kilometers) per hour and lasting three hours or more. A blizzard results in extremely reduced visibility. [1/2 definitions] |
| brilliant |
extremely shiny or bright; glittering. [1/5 definitions] |
| broil1 |
to cause to become extremely hot or burned, esp. at the top surface, [1/6 definitions] |
| bubbly |
extremely cheerful; spontaneously exuberant. [1/2 definitions] |
| build up |
to describe or conceive of (someone or something) in an extremely positive light. [1/5 definitions] |
| burn out |
to become extremely tired and no longer interested in doing something. [1/4 definitions] |
| butcher |
someone who has committed many, or extremely vicious, murders. [1/6 definitions] |
| can't wait |
to feel extremely excited in anticipation of something. |
| cellophane noodle |
an extremely thin, transparent Oriental noodle. |
| circuit breaker |
a switch or other device that automatically interrupts the electric current when a circuit is overloaded or extremely stressed in another way. |
| colossal |
extremely large in size, magnitude, or effect; enormous; gigantic; huge. |
| cracking |
unusually; extremely; very. [1/3 definitions] |
| crazy |
(informal) extremely fond; passionately devoted (usu. fol. by "about"). [1/8 definitions] |