Puzzling World

New words from a crosswords puzzle:

mast

Noun

The fruit of beech, oak, chestnut, and other forest trees, esp. as food for pigs and wild animals

bustle

verb

move in an energetic and busy manner.

(often as adj. bustling) (of a place) be full of activity

noun

excited activity and movement.

wee

adjective (weer, weest)

chiefly Scottish little.

ewe

noun

a female sheep.

bias

Verb /ˈbīəs/

Synonyms:

adjective: skew, obliqueverb: influence, prejudicenoun: prejudice, inclination, partiality, tendency

adverb: aslant, slantwise, sideways, athwart

biasing present participle; biased past participle; biased past tense; biases 3rd person singular present

1.Show prejudice for or against (someone or something) unfairly

2.Influence unfairly to invoke favoritism

3.Give a bias

Noun /ˈbīəs/biases plural

1.Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

2.A concentration on or interest in one particular area or subjec

3.A systematic distortion of a statistical result due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation

4.An edge cut obliquely across the grain of a fabric

5.In some sports, such as lawn bowling, the irregular shape given to a ball

6.The oblique course that such a shape causes a ball to run

7.A steady voltage, magnetic field, or other factor applied to an electronic system or device to cause it to operate over a predetermined range

Adjective

Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something

hoot

Noun

1.A deep or medium-pitched musical sound, often wavering or interrupted, that is the typical call of many kinds of owl

2.A similar but typically more raucous sound made by a horn, siren, or steam whistle

3.A shout expressing scorn or disapprovalthere were hoots of derision

4.A short outburst of laughterthe audience broke into hoots of laughter

5.An amusing situation or person

Verb

/ho͞ot/hooted past participle; hooted past tense; hooting present participle; hoots 3rd person singular present

1. (of an owl) Utter a hoot

2.(of a person) Make loud sounds of scorn, disapproval, or merrimentshe began to hoot with laughter

3.Express loud scornful disapproval of somethinghis questions were hooted down or answered obscenely

4.(of a horn, siren, etc.) Make a hoot

5.(of the driver of a vehicle) Sound (the horn)

Along with native American lacrosse, and polocrosse, other "sports with webbed rackets" of which I've never heard before are Gaelic hurling and shinty.