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• wa´ter|less|ly — wa|ter|less «WT uhr lihs, WOT », adjective. using or containing little or no water: »waterless cooking. We know that the moon is an airless, waterless world (Atlantic). –wa´ter|less|ly, adverb. –wa´ter|less|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• wa|ter|less — «WT uhr lihs, WOT », adjective. using or containing little or no water: »waterless cooking. We know that the moon is an airless, waterless world (Atlantic). –wa´ter|less|ly, adverb. –wa´ter|less|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• fil´ter|less — fil|ter «FIHL tuhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a device for passing a liquid or gas slowly through paper, sand, charcoal, felt, or other porous media. A filter is used to remove impurities from drinking water. 2. paper, sand, charcoal, felt, or other… …   Useful english dictionary

• flut´ter|less — flut|ter «FLUHT uhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to wave back and forth quickly and lightly; quiver: »A small flag fluttered in the breeze. 2. to move or flap the wings without flying or with short flights: »The chickens fluttered excitedly when they… …   Useful english dictionary

• char´ter|less — char|ter «CHAHR tuhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a written grant by a government to a colony, a group of citizens, a university, or a business or a corporation, bestowing the right of organization, with other privileges, and specifying the form of… …   Useful english dictionary

• gar´ter|less — gar|ter «GAHR tuhr», noun, verb. –n. a band or strap to hold up a stocking or sock. It is usually elastic. –v.t. to fasten with a garter: »Women used to the standard welt…were gartering in the sheer part of the stocking and getting runs (New York …   Useful english dictionary

• shut´ter|less — shut|ter «SHUHT uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a movable cover, usually one of a pair, for a window; blind: »When we shut up our cottage for the winter, we put shutters on all the windows. 2. a) a movable cover or slide for closing any opening: »Every… …   Useful english dictionary

• lus|ter|less — «LUHS tuhr lihs», adjective. without luster; dull; colorless: »What Dr. Ostwald calls a “flat” voice is a smudged, lusterless, hesitant way of speaking (Science News Letter) …   Useful english dictionary

• mas|ter|less — «MAS tuhr lihs, MAHS », adjective. having no master; uncontrolled or unprotected by a master: »Many a town must now be masterless, And women s voices rule (William Morris) …   Useful english dictionary

• shel|ter|less — «SHEHL tuhr lihs», adjective. 1. giving no shelter: »The wind blew across the shelterless beach. 2. having no shelter: »a shelterless roadstead …   Useful english dictionary

• sis|ter|less — «SIHS tuhr lihs», adjective. having no sister …   Useful english dictionary