nubbin stretcher
humorous (US regional )
noun
A heavy rain that causes ears of maize to develop fully.
Origin
1960s.
- multidrug-resistant
- multi-electrode
- multielectron
- multi-element
- multi-employer
- multi-engine
- multi-engined
- multienzyme
- multi-ethnic
- multi-event
- multiexposure
- multifaced
- multifaceted
- multifactor
- multifactorial
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- multi-faculty
- multifaith
- multifamily
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- multifariousness
- multiferous
- multifetal
- multi-fiber