See Also: dulcify(medicine)
dulcify(dictionary)

red-necked (iou) and dulcify (iou)


red-necked (iou)



red-necked adjective. L19.
[from RED adjective + NECKED.]
Chiefly Zoology. Having a red neck. L19.
red-necked avocet an Australian avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae. red-necked grebe a holarctic grebe, Podiceps grisegena. red-necked nightjar an Iberian and N. African nightjar, Caprimulgus ruficollis. red-necked phalarope a northern holarctic phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, which has a chestnut patch on the neck when in breeding plumage. red-necked wallaby an Australian wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus, naturalized in parts of Britain.
Holding redneck views; characteristic of a redneck; reactionary, conservative. Orig. US. M20.

dulcify (iou)



dulcify verb trans. L16.
[Latin dulcificare, from dulcis sweet: see -FY.]
Make sweet to the taste, sweeten; fig. sweeten in temper, mollify. L16.
Chemistry. Wash the soluble salts out of; neutralize the acidity of. E17-E19.
dulcification noun E17.