See Also: ear-splitting(dictionary)
Splitting(health)
Splitting(medicine)
splitting(dictionary)
splitting(1)(dictionary)
splitting(2)(dictionary)
SPLITTING A CAUSE OF ACTION(law)
hair-splitting(dictionary)
Gift-Splitting(law)
Embryo splitting(health)

majolica (iou) and splitting(2) (iou)


majolica (iou)



majolica noun & adjective. . M16.
[Italian, from the former name of the island of Majorca.]
A. noun. A fine kind of Renaissance Italian earthenware with coloured decoration on an opaque white glaze; any of various Other kinds of glazed Italian ware. Also, a modern imitation of this. M16.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of majolica. M19.

splitting(2) (iou)



splitting ppl adjective. L16.
[from SPLIT verb + -ING2.]
Causing or undergoing splitting. L16.
Of a noise: very loud or piercing; ear-splitting. E19.
Of a headache: very painful, severe. E19.
Very fast. E19.