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calamity
calamity
/kəˈlæmɪti/
noun
(
)
An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
(
cataclysm
,
calamity
,
catastrophe
,
disaster
,
tragedy
)
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
The earthquake was a disaster
the earthquake was a disaster
jingo
jingo
/ˈdʒɪŋɡoʊ/
noun
An extreme bellicose nationalist
(
chauvinist
,
hundred-percenter
,
jingo
,
flag-waver
,
jingoist
,
patrioteer
)
an extreme bellicose nationalist
fibula
fibula
/ˈfɪbjələ/
noun
The outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
(
calf bone
,
fibula
)
the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
The fibula is the thinner of the two bones in the lower leg
The fibula is the thinner of the two bones in the lower leg
pitch pine
pitch pine
/ˈpɪtʃ paɪn/
noun
Large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
(
northern pitch pine
,
Pinus rigida
,
pitch pine
)
large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
Large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
(
Georgia pine
,
longleaf pine
,
Pinus palustris
,
pitch pine
,
southern yellow pine
)
large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
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