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al´ter|nat´ing|ly — al|ter|nate «verb. L tuhr nayt, AL ; adjective, noun. L tuhr niht, AL », verb, nat|ed, nat|ing, adjective, noun. –v.i. 1. to occur by turns, first one and then the other; happen or be arranged by turns. Squares and circles alternate in this row:… … Useful english dictionary
pre´ter|nat´u|ral|ness — pre|ter|nat|u|ral «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uhl, NACH ruhl», adjective. 1. out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional; unusual: »preternatural keenness of sight (W. H. Hudson). 2. due to something above or beyond nature; supernatural:… … Useful english dictionary
pre´ter|nat´u|ral|ly — pre|ter|nat|u|ral «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uhl, NACH ruhl», adjective. 1. out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional; unusual: »preternatural keenness of sight (W. H. Hudson). 2. due to something above or beyond nature; supernatural:… … Useful english dictionary
pre|ter|nat|u|ral — «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uhl, NACH ruhl», adjective. 1. out of the ordinary course of nature; abnormal; exceptional; unusual: »preternatural keenness of sight (W. H. Hudson). 2. due to something above or beyond nature; supernatural: »Eglinton Wood a… … Useful english dictionary
al|ter|nat|ing current — «L tuhr NAY tihng, AL », an electric current in which the electricity flows regularly in one direction and then the other, usually reversing 120 times per second. Abbr: a.c … Useful english dictionary
pre|ter|nat|u|ral|ism — «PREE tuhr NACH uhr uh LIHZ uhm, NACH ruh LIHZ », noun. 1. preternatural character or condition. 2. the recognition of the preternatural … Useful english dictionary
sub|ter|nat|u|ral — «SUHB tuhr NACH uhr uhl», adjective. below what is natural; less than natural. ╂[< subter + natural] … Useful english dictionary
ter — ter; ter·a·con·ic; ter·a·cryl·ic; ter·a·glin; ter·aph; ter·as; ter·a·tism; ter·a·to·genesis; ter·a·to·gen·ic; ter·a·to·log·i·cal; ter·a·tol·o·gist; ter·a·tol·o·gy; ter·a·to·ma; ter·a·to·sis; ter·bi·um; ter·centennial; ter·centesimal; ter·ce·ron;… … English syllables
nat|ter — «NAT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to grumble; fret: »Their voices, like the voices of tired, nattering old women, retreated up the stairs (New Yorker). 2. Especially British. to chatter; prate. –n. idle chatter or prating, especially of a grumbling … Useful english dictionary
nat — ag·nat·ic; ag·nat·i·cal·ly; aleu·ro·nat; al·ter·nat; al·ter·nat·ing·ly; an·nat·to; ap·la·nat; ap·la·nat·ic; as·sig·nat; ben·zoi·nat·ed; cog·nat·ic; cor·o·nat·ed; cre·nat·ed; des·ig·nat·able; det·o·nat·abil·i·ty; det·o·nat·able; dom·i·nat·ing·ly;… … English syllables
