12 new words everyday
26/06/2024
#6958
PARAVAIL
PARAVAIL
At the bottom; lowest. Cowell.
#33822
PICKTHANK
PICKTHANK
One who strives to put another under obligation; an officiousperson; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.Smiling pickthanks, and base newsmongers. Shak.
#13916
SUBROTUND
SUBROTUND
Somewhat rotund.
#18433
FOREORDINATION
FOREORDINATION
Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination;predestination.
#8361
MANILLE
MANILLE
See 1st Manilla, 1.
#33974
RECOMBINE
RECOMBINE
To combine again.
#78667
ANTHOPHORE
ANTHOPHORE
The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx andcorolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.
#56874
PATERNALISM
PATERNALISM
The theory or practice of paternal government. See Paternalgovernment, under Paternal. London Times.
#51208
OBE
OBE
See Obi.
#5959
CHALK
CHALK
A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowishwhite color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the samecomposition as common limestone.
#33472
MEATUS
MEATUS
A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus.See Illust. of Ear.
#36527
CRINOIDEA
CRINOIDEA
A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinctfamilies and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of thefossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointedstem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.