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dorsibranchiata
a division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [see illusts. under annelida and chaetopoda.]
dosing
of dose
exciting
of excite
excoriating
of eccoriate
exuding
of exude
faux pas
a false step; a mistake or wrong measure.
fayed
of fay
felicitating
of felicitate
fertileness
fertility.
fetch
to bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.
fetichism
alt. of fetishism
fetters
of fetter
feuter
to set close; to fix in rest, as a spear.
fibre
a tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. the piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.
fifing
of fife
form
a suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
gainstanding
of gainstand
guaranteed
of guarantee
has
of have
hast
of have
have
of have-of have
ical
relating to the patriarch abraham.-of or pertaining to the brahmans or to their doctrines and worship.
ies
of pettifoggery
indices
of index
jarring
of jar
kin
a diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin.
lectern
see lecturn.
liad
a celebrated greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of ilium, the ancient troy. the iliad is ascribed to homer.
lucernarida
a division of acalephs, including lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also calycozoa.-a more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the discophora.
lullaby
a song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.-hence: good night; good-by.
men
of keelman
misspense
a spending improperly; a wasting.
morassy
marshy; fenny.
neatness
the state or quality of being neat.
nebulation
the condition of being nebulated; also, a clouded, or ill-defined, color mark.
necklaced
wearing a necklace; marked as with a necklace.
neckland
a neck of land.
necklet
a necklace.
needleful
as much thread as is used in a needle at one time.
needlefuls
of needleful
neighbor
to adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.-to associate intimately with.
nephrolithic
of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi.
newsboy
a boy who distributes or sells newspaper.
nidi
of nidus
niere
one who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.-a receptacle for rags or shreds.-a movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
nigged
hammer-dressed; -- said of building stone.
obtuse-angular
having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.
overfill
to fill to excess; to surcharge.
parterie
articles made of the blades or fiber of the lygeum spartum and stipa (/ macrochloa) tenacissima, kinds of grass used in spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses.
pharynges
of pharynx
plastic
a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [mw10 gives origin of word as 1905]
pluralities
of plurality
portrayed
of portray
proselytized
of proselytize
pumping
of pump
quartzous
quarzose.
quickened
of quicken
ries
of lachrymatory
sacra
of sacrum
salometer
see salimeter.
salsuginous
growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.
salt
sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at epsom, england, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.
sanguinity
the quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.
sapling
a young tree.
sarcoderma
a fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.-a sarcocarp.
sarcomas
of sarcoma
saxicavas
of saxicava
self-explaining
explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.
sentential
comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation.-of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause.
spilikins
of spilikin
squired
of squire
squireling
a petty squire.
squireship
squirehood.
squiring
of squire
stapled
of staple
stapling
of staple
stared
of stare
staring
of stare
started
of start
starting
of start
strewn
of strew
ties
of constitutionality-of rurality
tooled
of tool
tooling
of tool
tormented
of torment
tormenting
of torment
torquated
having or wearing a torque, or neck chain.
towered
of tower
towering
of tower
toyed
of toy
toying
of toy
traced
of trace
tracing
of trace
tracked
of track
tracking
of track
trades union
alt. of trade union
tried
of try
trucking
of truck
tted
of cat
women
of herdswoman