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1,249 words match “LAB”

MAILABLE a.
Admissible lawfully into the mail. [U.S.]
MALABAR n.
egion in the western part of the Peninsula of India, between the mountains and the sea. Malabar nut (Bot.), the seed of an East Indian acanthaceous shrub, the Adhatoda Vasica, sometimes used medicinally.
MESOLABE n.
An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube. Brande & C.
MONOSYLLABIC a.
Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language. -- Mon`o*syl*lab"ic*al*ly, adv.
MONOSYLLABISM n.
The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.
MONOSYLLABLE n.
A word of one syllable.
MONOSYLLABLED a.
Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Cleveland.
MULTISYLLABLE n.
A word of many syllables; a polysyllable. [R.] -- Mul`ti*syl*lab"ic, a.
OCTOSYLLABIC; OCTOSYLLABICAL a.
Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
OCTOSYLLABLE a. 2 definitions
Octosyllabic.
OUTLABOR v.
To surpass in laboring.
OVERLABOR v. 2 definitions
To cause to labor excessively; to overwork. Dryden.
PARALLELABLE a.
Capable of being paralleled, or equaled. [R.] Bp. Hall.
PARISYLLABIC; PARISYLLABICAL a.
Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.
PERFLABLE a.
Capable of being blown through. [Obs.]
PHILABEG n.
See Filibeg.
POLYSYLLABIC; POLYSYLLABICAL a.
Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.
POLYSYLLABICISM n.
Polysyllabism.
POLYSYLLABICITY n.
Polysyllabism.
POLYSYLLABISM n.
The quality or state of being polysyllabic.
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