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824 words match “KY”

WACKE; WACKY n.
A soft, earthy, dark-colored rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
WALKYR n.
See Valkyria.
WHELKY a. 2 definitions
Shelly. "Whelky pearls." Spenser.
WHISKEY; WHISKY n.
A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim- whiskey.
WHISKY RING; WHISKEY RING n.
A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.
WHISKY; WHISKEY n.
, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. -- Crooked whisky. See under Crooked. -- Whisky
WHISKYFIED; WHISKEYFIED a.
Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. [Humorous] Thackeray.
WICKIUP WICKYUP n.
Vars of Wikiup.
WORKYDAY n.
vely. [Written also workiday, and workaday.] [Obs. or Colloq.] Prithee, tell her but a workyday fortune. Shak.
ZINCKY n.
, Pertaining to zinc, or having its appearance. [Written also zinky.]
ZINKY a.
See Zincky. Kirwan.
ABELMOSK n.
rmerly Abelmoschus- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
ADAMANT n.
a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton.
ADHESIVE a.
Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
AETHRIOSCOPE n.
It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.
AFTER-GLOW n.
A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.
AGARIC n.
An old name for severwal species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
AGUISH a.
Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. Granville.
AIR n.
osphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
ALBINO n.
the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chloroph…
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