pull out all the stops use all resources available
glottal stop a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
Lepiota cepaestipes a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base
plateletpheresis platelets are separated from whole blood and the rest is returned to the donor
flight of steps a stairway between one floor or landing and the next
polytheistic worshipping or believing in more than one god
foetal distress an abnormal condition of a fetus
political dissident a dissenter from political orthodoxy
palatalized produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')
blood test a serologic analysis of a sample of blood
palatalised produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin')
Polianthes tuberosa a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers
Leptoptilus dubius large Indian stork with a military gait
fetal distress an abnormal condition of a fetus
bloodlust a desire for bloodshed
Louis the Pious third son of Charlemagne and king of France and Germany and Holy Roman Emperor (778-840)
protoceratops small horned dinosaur
Bletilla striata Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
pilotless lacking a pilot
polytheist one who believes in a plurality of gods