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1,234 words match “GUE”

UNGUENT n.
A lubricant or salve for sores, burns, or the like; an ointment. Cowper.
UNGUENTARY a.
Like an unguent, or partaking of its qualities.
UNGUENTOUS a.
Unguentary.
UNGUESTLIKE adv.
In a manner not becoming to a guest. [R.] Milton.
UNTONGUE v.
To deprive of a tongue, or of voice. [Obs.] Fuller.
VAGUE a. 6 definitions
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the vague villains." Hayward. She danced along with vague, regardless eyes. Keats.
VAGUELY adv.
In a vague manner. What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak. Hawthorne.
VAGUENESS n.
The quality or state of being vague.
VARGUENO n.
A decorative cabinet, of a form originating in Spain, the body being rectangular and supported on legs or an ornamental framework and the front opening downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.
VOGUE n. 2 definitions
om, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase in vogue. One vogue, one vein, One air of thoughts usurps my brain. Herbert. Whatsoever its vogue may be, I still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what Burke. Use may revive the obsoletes…
WHITE PLAGUE n.
Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.
A n.
In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.
AARD-VARK n.
rrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
ABROAD adv.
To be abroad. (a) To be wide of the mark; to be at fault; as, you are all abroad in your guess. (b) To be at a loss or nonplused.
ACCOMPLISH v.
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. ix. 2. He had accomplished half a league or more. Prescott.
ACCORD v.
rly also by to; as, his disposition accords with his looks. My heart accordeth with my tongue. Shak. Thy actions to thy words accord. Milton.
ACCUSATION n.
a lighter offense. We come not by the way of accusation To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. Shak.
ACETOL n.
Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same.
ACROSTIC n.
m cxix.). See Abecedarian. Double acrostic, a species of enigma, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words.
ADJUNCT n.
A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. Wotton.
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