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1,706 words match “ZED”

AUTOGAMOUS a.
Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
AUTOTYPE n.
A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
AXIOMATIC; AXIOMATICAL a.
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms. "Axiomatical truth." Johnson. The stores of axiomatic wisdom. I. Taylor.
AYLE n.
st a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.
AZOLE n.
Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five- membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro-are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfur…
AZOTED a.
Nitrogenized; nitrogenous.
BADGE n.
the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.
BAHAI n.
sts. Baha in 1863 declared himself the supreme prophet of the sect, and became its recognized head. There are upwards of 20,000 Bahais in the United States.
BAOBAB n.
A gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
BAPTIZABLE a.
Capable of being baptized; fit to be baptized. Baxter.
BAPTIZE v.
name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name. I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. Shak.
BARBARIAN n. 2 definitions
A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.
BARBARIC a.
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. "Wild, barbaric music." Sir W. Scott.
BARBARISM n.
An uncivilized state or condition; rudeness of manners; ignorance of arts, learning, and literature; barbarousness. Prescott.
BARBARIZE v.
To make barbarous. The hideous changes which have barbarized France. Burke.
BARBAROUS a.
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
BARD n.
with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning. -- Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
BARGAIN n.
s to convey the lands to the bargainee, and becomes by such contract a trustee for and seized to the use of the bargainee. The statute then completes the purchase; i.e., the bargain vests the use, and the statute vests the possession. Blackstone. -- Into the bargain, over and above what is stipulated; besides. -- To…
BARIUM n.
e. It is difficult to obtain the pure metal, from the facility with which it becomes oxidized in the air. Atomic weight,
BARRIO n.
In Spain and countries colonized by Spain, a village, ward, or district outside a town or city to whose jurisdiction it belongs.
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