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7,619 words match “LOW”

HOLLOWNESS n. 2 definitions
State of being hollow. Bacon.
HORNBLOWER n.
One who, or that which, blows a horn.
INBLOWN a.
Blown in or into. [Obs.]
INFLOW v.
To flow in. Wiseman.
INTERFLOW v.
To flow in. [R.] Holland.
JOSEPH'S FLOWER n.
A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.
JULY-FLOWER n.
See Gillyflower.
KILLOW n.
An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward.
KILOWATT n.
One thousand watts.
KILOWATT HOUR n.
A unit of work or energy equal to that done by one kilowatt acting for one hour; --approx. = 1.34 horse-power hour.
LUDLOW GROUP n.
A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.
MALLOW; MALLOWS n.
A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.
MALLOWWORT n.
Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.
MAYFLOWER n.
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
MELLOW a. 8 definitions
Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
MELLOWLY adv.
In a mellow manner.
MELLOWNESS n.
Quality or state of being mellow.
MELLOWY a.
Soft; unctuous. Drayton.
MONKFLOWER n.
A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.).
MOONFLOWER n. 2 definitions
A kind of morning glory (Ipomoea Bona-nox) with large white flowers opening at night.
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