Attelet
a small, thin, top-ornamented skewer used decoratively for serving sandwiches and hors d’oeuvres.
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- Attemper
to modify or moderate by mixing or blending with something different or opposite. to regulate or modify the temperature of. to soothe; mollify; mitigate. to accommodate; adapt (usually followed by to). Historical Examples It was evident that neither fire nor clothing would, in an habitation like that, attemper the chilling blasts. Ormond, Volume I (of […]
- Attempt
to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles. Archaic. to attack; move against in a hostile manner: to attempt a person’s life. Archaic. to tempt. an effort made to accomplish something: He made an attempt to swim across the lake. an attack or assault: […]
- Attempted
to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles. Archaic. to attack; move against in a hostile manner: to attempt a person’s life. Archaic. to tempt. an effort made to accomplish something: He made an attempt to swim across the lake. an attack or assault: […]
- Attempting
to make an effort at; try; undertake; seek: to attempt an impossible task; to attempt to walk six miles. Archaic. to attack; move against in a hostile manner: to attempt a person’s life. Archaic. to tempt. an effort made to accomplish something: He made an attempt to swim across the lake. an attack or assault: […]
- Attenborough
noun Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010) his brother, Richard, Baron Attenborough. born 1923, British film actor, director, and producer; his films include Gandhi (1982), […]