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2,023 words match “HAM”

WHAME n.
A breeze fly.
WHAMMEL v.
To turn over. [Prov. Eng.]
WHIMWHAM n. 2 definitions
device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack. [R.] They'll pull ye all to pieces for your whimwhams. Bear. & Fl.
WITHAMITE n.
A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland.
XANTHAMIDE n.
An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide.
XANTHORHAMNIN n.
A glucoside extracted from Persian berries as a yellow crystalline powder, used as a dyestuff.
YELLOWHAMMER n. 2 definitions
A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark. [Written also yellow-ammer.]…
AAM n.
varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.]
ABASH v.
nd, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.
ABASHMENT n.
The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.
ABDEST n.
Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse.
ABOMINATION n.
That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.
ABOUND v.
; to be plentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.
ABOUT-SLEDGE n.
The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
ABSENTATION n.
The act of absenting one's self. Sir W. Hamilton.
ABSOLUTIST n.
o believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the absolute. Sir. W. Hamilton.
ABSORBABILITY n.
The state or quality of being absorbable. Graham (Chemistry).
ABSTRACTIVELY adv.
In a abstract manner; separately; in or by itself. Feltham.
ACCOIL v.
To coil together. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
ADEQUATE a.
nt; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.
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