bristling
21To bristle up — Bristle Bris tle, v. i. 1. To rise or stand erect, like bristles. [1913 Webster] His hair did bristle upon his head. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear as if covered with bristles; to have standing, thick and erect, like bristles. [1913… …
22horrent — adjective Etymology: Latin horrent , horrens, present participle of horrēre Date: 1667 1. archaic covered with bristling points ; bristled 2. archaic standing up like bristles ; bristling …
23bristle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bristil, from brust bristle, from Old English byrst; akin to Old High German burst bristle, and perhaps to Latin fastigium top Date: 14th century a short stiff coarse hair or filament • bristlelike adjective II.… …
24B-17 Flying Fortress — Infobox Aircraft name= B 17 Flying Fortress caption= This TB 17G was assigned various USAAF training commands type= Strategic bomber national origin = United States manufacturer= Boeing first flight= 28 July 1935cite web |url=… …
25Mary Rose — For later ships with the same name, see HMS Mary Rose. For the play by J.M. Barrie, see Mary Rose (play). The remnants of the Mary Rose undergoing conservation in Portsmouth …
26Pike (weapon) — A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear used two handed and used extensively by infantry both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a counter measure against cavalry assaults. Unlike many similar weapons, the pike is not intended …
27Katharine Kerr — (born 1944) is a science fiction and fantasy novelist, best known for her series of Celtic influenced high fantasy novels set in the fictional land of Deverry. Biography Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and given the name Nancy Brahtin …
28Orthrozanclus — Temporal range: Middle Cambrian …
29Gillian Lowndes — is an English ceramic sculptor who currently lives and works in Essex, England. She was born in Cheshire, England in 1936 and spent much of her childhood in India. She studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts beginning in 1957 and spent a …
30horrid — horridly, adv. horridness, n. /hawr id, hor /, adj. 1. such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable. 2. extremely unpleasant or disagreeable: horrid weather; She thought her uncle was horrid. 3. Archaic. shaggy or bristling; rough.… …
