ovalescentadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈlɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvəˈlɛs(ə)nt/ rare.
Approximately oval.
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1890 Cent. Dict. 4192/2 Ovalescent, somewhat oval; tending to an oval form.
1988 D. Shanahan Legal Tender 11 Only the Arab ladies tread the pavement.., watching us with ovalescent eyes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1890- to be torn between
- to be touched in her wind
- to be touched in his wind
- to be touched in the wind
- to be trapped in a time warp
- to be travelling a person's way
- to be tried for one's life
- to be trimmed by the head
- to be trimmed by the stern
- to be trimmed so much by the head
- to be trimmed so much by the stern
- to be tripping
- to be true to oneself
- to be turned in on oneself
- to be twitched with
- to be unable etc to wait
- to be unable to fight one's way out of a paper bag
- to be unable to pour etc out of a boot
- to be unable to pour piss out of a boot
- to be unable to pour water out of a boot
- to be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- to be unable to run a whelk stall
- to be unable to wait
- to be under a misapprehension
- time-tested