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DIDELPHIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or relating to the Didelphia. -- n.
DIDELPHIC a.
Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.
DIDELPHID a. 2 definitions
Same as Didelphic.
DIDELPHOUS a. 2 definitions
Didelphic.
DIDELPHYC a.
Same as Didelphic.
DIDELPHYS n.
hich includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.
EDELWEISS n.
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
FADELESS a.
Not liable to fade; unfading.
FARDEL n. 2 definitions
A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak. A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat.
FIDELITY n. 4 definitions
Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty. Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. Macaulay. The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty. A. Hamilton.
GODELICH a.
Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GRADELY a. 2 definitions
Decent; orderly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- adv.
GRIDELIN n.
A color mixed of white, and red, or a gray violet. [Written also gredaline, grizelin.] Dryden.
GRINDELIA n.
The dried stems and leaves of tarweed (Grindelia), used as a remedy in asthma and bronchitis.
GRUNDEL n.
A groundling (fish). [Prov. Eng.]
GUIDELESS a.
Without a guide. Dryden.
GUNDELET n.
See Gondola. Marston.
INDELECTABLE a.
Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable. [R.] Richardson.
INDELIBERATE a.
Done without deliberation; unpremeditated. [Obs.] -- In`de*lib"er*ate*ly, adv. [Obs.]
INDELIBERATED a.
Indeliberate. [Obs.]
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