an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
Origin: 1585–95; < French: literally, contradiction, past participle of démentir to deny, Old Frenchdesmentir, equivalent to des-dis-1 + mentir to lie < Latinmentīrī
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.