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Pudenda
The external organs of generation.
Meninges
The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord; the pia mater, dura mater, and arachnoid membrane.
Fantoccini
Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.
Belles-lettres
Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
Figurant
One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene,..
Myriopoda
See Myriapoda.
Centigramme
The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.
Chitterlings
The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.
Catacaustic
Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
Hauberk
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used syn..
Onto
On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep.
Good-bye
Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep.
Farewell
Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare y..
Bedclothes
Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed.
Commons
The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people.
Calamite
A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the..
Facetiae
Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.
Catamenia
The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.
Chilopoda
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs convert..
Est
East.
Aldine
An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign ..
Draughts
A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).
Maize
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.
Fives
A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game.
Tongs
An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or m..
Sulks
The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.
Sedan
A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
Louvre
A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).
Singles
See Single, n., 2.
Peter
A common baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles,
Where
Whether.
Furze
A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europaeus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.
Stelmatopoda
Same as Gymnolaemata.
Groats
Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.
Jutes
Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.
Odontolite
A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.
Eaves
The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.
Prognathi
A comprehensive group of mankind, including those that have prognathous jaws.
Meatus
A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear.
Olein
A fat, liquid at ordinary temperatures, but solidifying at temperatures below 0ยก C., found abundantly in both the animal and vegetable kingdoms (see Palmitin). It dissolves solid fats, especial..
Jacob
A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel.
Kie
Kine; cows.
Diaper
Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
Teens
The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.
Than
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the ..
Leam
See Leme.
Alp
A very high mountain. Specifically, in the plural, the highest chain of mountains in Europe, containing the lofty mountains of Switzerland, etc.
Faery
Fairy.
Labia
See Labium.
Chacma
A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
Bigg
See Big, n. & v.
Traps
Small or portable articles for dress, furniture, or use; goods; luggage; things.
Banns
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place.
Cypher
See Cipher.
Forger
One who forges, makes, of forms; a fabricator; a falsifier.
Pons
A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and conne..
Nought
See Naught.
Pampas
Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagoni..
Cilia
The eyelashes.
Fungi
See Fungus.
Raphides
See Rhaphides.
Rattan
One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for ..
Ambush
A disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station. Hence: Unseen peril; a device to entrap; a snare.
Cultus
Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.
Coma
A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.
Chops
The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.
Cist
A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cin..
Baboon
One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities..
Mayor
The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge.
Deer
Any animal; especially, a wild animal.
Clench
See Clinch.
Wares
See 4th Ware.
And
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence.
Chaps
The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap.
Nates
The buttocks.
Guards
A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards."
Sirrah
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ..
Goods
See Good, n., 3.
Armada
A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Mayhem
The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.
Cerebellum
The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Shogun
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally ..
Pummel
Same as Pommel.
Lagan
See Ligan.
Adversaria
A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
Sundries
Many different or small things; sundry things.
Coon
A raccoon. See Raccoon.
Hedgehog
A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll ..
Protozoa
The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
Concertina
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two he..
Duds
Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments.
Vitals
Organs that are necessary for life; more especially, the heart, lungs, and brain.
Apophasis
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius ..
Delawares
A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
Idem
The same; the same as above; -- often abbreviated id.
Dermis
The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.
Kite
Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
Rotatoria
Same as Rotifera.
Pancreas
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often ..
Laemodipoda
A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.
Tenne
A tincture, rarely employed, which is considered as an orange color or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.
Dhow
A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.
Cuspid
One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.
Moonstone
A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The best specimens come from Ceylon.
Confidante
One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
Grains
See 5th Grain, n., 2 (b).
Harpoon
A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand..
Her
The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.
Principia
First principles; fundamental beginnings; elements; as. Newton's Principia.
Panegyric
An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.
Whitlow
An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually appl..
Grandee
A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.
Bitters
A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.
Leavings
Things left; remnants; relics.
Silage
Short for Ensilage.
Town
Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of ..
Ozone
A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule. It is a streng oxidi..
Epidermis
The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.
Egesta
That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.
Dejecta
Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.
Aggression
The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."
Manganese
An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily oxidized. Its ores occur abundantly in nature as the minerals pyrolusite, ma..
Bacchanalia
A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
Rial
A Spanish coin. See Real.
Marginalia
Marginal notes.
Gourmand
A greedy or ravenous eater; a glutton. See Gormand.
Crossbones
A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.
Trombone
A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, ben..
Nares
The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.
Canonry
A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.
Saturnalia
The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even t..
Fritter
A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster ..
Potential
In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with ..
Asteridea
A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.
Oxygen
A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly hea..
Bastion
A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curt..
Hydrogen
A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousan..
Lens
A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, ..
Osmium
A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance ..
Silicon
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline ..
Ophidia
The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.
Unmentionables
The breeches; trousers.
Lu
See Loo.
Draff
A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
Soapsuds
Suds made with soap.
Nones
The fifth day of the months January, February, April, June, August, September, November, and December, and the seventh day of March, May, July, and October. The nones were nine days before the ..
Cranium
The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
Echiuroidea
A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.
Chordata
A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
Stein
See Steen.
Gawky
Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
Comet
A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet..
Nitrogen
A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting..
Pus
The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Feces
dregs; sediment; excrement. See FAeces.
Ashes
The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
Trephine
An instrument for trepanning, being an improvement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.
Metisse
The offspring of a white person and an American Indian.
Giblets
The inmeats, or edible viscera (heart, gizzard, liver, etc.), of poultry.
Roly-poly
Rolly-poly.
Ingesta
That which is introduced into the body by the stomach or alimentary canal; -- opposed to egesta.
Cattle
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
Vermin
An animal, in general.
Sweepings
Things collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
Evangelist
A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A wr..
Dickens
The devil.
Treacle
A remedy against poison. See Theriac, 1.
Expeditionist
One who goes upon an expedition. [R].
Hemorrhoids
Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods.
Entremets
A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.
Globulin
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the cr..
Memorabilia
Things remarkable and worthy of remembrance or record; also, the record of them.
Saunter
To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.
Apotheosis
The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
Graves
The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
Galore
Plenty; abundance; in abundance.
Cougar
An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also ..
Lozenge
A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil.
Hemoglobin
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined..
Syllogism
The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows fro..
Socage
A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in..
Tweezers
Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.
Suds
Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
Urus
A very large, powerful, and savage extinct bovine animal (Bos urus / primigenius) anciently abundant in Europe. It appears to have still existed in the time of Julius Caesar. It had very large h..
Hallelujah
Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration.
Diencephalon
The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.
Ambages
A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.
Alms
Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
Elephant
A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks..
Errata
See Erratum.
Imminence
The condition or quality of being imminent; a threatening, as of something about to happen. The imminence of any danger or distress.
Pleiades
The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.
Tadpole
The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog,..
Pennant
A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board ..
Nonsuit
A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not ..
Castanets
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment ..
Hysterics
Hysteria.
Reliquiae
Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.
Miscellanea
A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.
Fusee
A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil.
Excreta
Matters to be excreted.
Parchment
The skin of a lamb, sheep, goat, young calf, or other animal, prepared for writing on. See Vellum.
Analects
Alt. of Analecta
Iron
The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, ..
Electrocute
To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]
Penetralia
The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.
Electuary
A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.
Quadrivium
The four "liberal arts," arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- so called by the schoolmen. See Trivium.
Decadency
A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."
Scissors
A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of sci..
Lemures
Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.
Soot
A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; ..
Lithography
The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between ..
Bellows
An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purpos..
Foots
The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead.
Anathema
A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed.
Nippers
Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
Pike
A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.
A
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter,..
Pray
See Pry.
Diatom
One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular Algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are calle..
Another
One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
Pierides
The Muses.
Diffusiveness
The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
Whorl
A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
Lights
The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Silique
An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alte..
Intellection
A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
Jigger
A species of flea (Sarcopsylla, / Pulex, penetrans), which burrows beneath the skin. See Chigoe.
Reins
The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
Ought
See Aught.
Entrails
The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.
Annals
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
Mews
An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.
Headquarters
The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, th..
Emery
Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum.
Kopeck
A small Russian coin. One hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents.
Fingerling
A young salmon. See Parr.
Season
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the e..
Pincers
See Pinchers.
Pliers
A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
Ion
One of the elements which appear at the respective poles when a body is subjected to electro-chemical decomposition. Cf. Anion, Cation.
Necrosis
Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries.
Anagogics
Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the Scriptures.
Gondola
A long, narrow boat with a high prow and stern, used in the canals of Venice. A gondola is usually propelled by one or two oarsmen who stand facing the prow, or by poling. A gondola for passe..
Roundhead
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Folks
In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe.
Workday
A day on which work is performed, as distinguished from Sunday, festivals, etc., a working day.
Into
To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
Adytum
The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
Crystal
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of..
Pleat
See Plait.
Phantasmagoria
An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instr..
Femme
A woman. See Feme, n.
Funereal
Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark; dismal; mournful.
Rumbling
a. & n. from Rumble, v. i.
Burthen
See Burden.
Mound
A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe.
Metis
Alt. of Metisse
Heckle
Same as Hackle.
Cowl
A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.
Reformed
Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those w..
Obelisk
An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyph..
Apodosis
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "T..
Jack
A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing fr..
Tanka
A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
Reptilia
A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as ..
Folk
Alt. of Folks
Amends
Compensation for a loss or injury; recompense; reparation.
Environs
The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.
Here
Of them; their.
Finis
An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.
Lotus
A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea ..
Entoprocta
A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.
Eclipse
An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that..
Hindbrain
The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
Ballet
An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.
Tights
Close-fitting garments, especially for the lower part of the body and the legs.
Nose
The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
Tunnel
A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.
Lynch
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
Vegetarian
One who holds that vegetables and fruits are the only proper food for man. Strict vegetarians eat no meat, eggs, or milk.
Grouse
Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathe..
Tasty
Having a good taste; -- applied to persons; as, a tasty woman. See Taste, n., 5.
Sprite
A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.
Distill
To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
Glissando
A gliding effect; gliding.
Paraphernalia
Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree.
Cinnamon
The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spice..
Trappings
That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations.
Microzoa
The Infusoria.
Sigillaria
Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
Uncial
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstr..
Neat
Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.
Sperm
The male fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.
Pleadings
The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is ..
Liturgy
An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Churc..
Hyena
Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habi..
Deprave
To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
Heat
A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical..
Mint
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.
Midbrain
The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
Stoop
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, wit..
Dote
A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
Proceeds
That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc.
Segno
A sign. See Al segno, and Dal segno.
Taenia
A genus of intestinal worms which includes the common tapeworms of man. See Tapeworm.
G
G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and French. It was also originally used as the treble clef, and has gradually changed into the c..
Calipers
An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot..
Crank
A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating ..
Nettle
A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the Northern, and U. chamaedryoides in the So..
Even
Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
Appropriate
Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
Confidant
Alt. of Confidante
Burrow
An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.
Kowtow
The same as Kotow.
Price
The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or sold, or offered for sale; equivalent in mon..
Sting
Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp ..
Manes
The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors.
Thrust
Thrist.
Scholia
See Scholium.
Manage
The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
Regress
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
Manifesto
A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or c..
Fundamental
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence: Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary; as, a fundamental truth; a fundamental ..
Trip
To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
Victuals
Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.
Nurse
One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especi..
Hobble
To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
Data
See Datum.
Miserere
The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere.
Assets
Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and ..
Sheep
Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
Deluge
A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
Defence
See Defense.
Catalog
Catalogue.
Piles
The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.]
Accouterments
Alt. of Accoutrements
Fleet
To sail; to float.
Oleomargarine
A liquid oil made from animal fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some li..
Madam
A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The..
Deanery
The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
Rain
Reign.
Gossamer
A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spide..
Syringe
A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or withou..
Mushroom
An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bear..
Congeries
A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.
Feet
See Foot.
Article
A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hen..
Platform
A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
Regalia
That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
Corps
The human body, whether living or dead.
Brooch
An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat.
Thistle
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.
Insignia
Distinguishing marks of authority, office, or honor; badges; tokens; decorations; as, the insignia of royalty or of an order.
Parhelion
A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an antheli..
Adamant
A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is n..
Jar
A turn. [Only in phrase.]
Eruption
The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile mov..
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