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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,960 words match “FRA”

INFRASCAPULAR a.

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

INFRASPINAL a. 2 definitions

Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

INFRASPINATE; INFRASPINOUS a.

Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

INFRASTAPEDIAL a. 2 definitions

The infrastapedial part of the columella.

INFRASTERNAL a.

Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

INFRATEMPORAL a.

Below the temple; below the temporal bone.

INFRATERRITORIAL a.

Within the territory of a state. Story.

INFRATROCHLEAR a.

Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

IRREFRAGABILITY n.

The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.

IRREFRAGABLE a.

Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*ref"ra*ga*bly, adv.

IRREFRANGIBILITY n.

The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.

IRREFRANGIBLE a.

Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another. -- Ir`re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.

LINGUA FRANCA n.

The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the language of the people of the region and foreign traders.

LITHOFRACTEUR n.

An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

To frame wrongly.

Shipwreck; ruin. [Obs.] acon.

causing shipwreck. [Obs.] r. Taylor.

The osprey. [Obs.] Holland.

See Orphrey. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

OSSIFRAGE n. 2 definitions

The lammergeir.