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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15,837 words match “HER”

ARCHERESS n.
A female archer. Markham.
ARCHERSHIP n.
The art or skill of an archer.
ARCHERY n. 2 definitions
Archers, or bowmen, collectively. Let all our archery fall off In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607).
ASHERY n. 2 definitions
A place where potash is made.
ATHERINE n.
A small marine fish of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides.
ATHERMANCY n.
Inability to transmit radiant; impermeability to heat. Tyndall.
ATHERMANOUS a.
Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous.
ATHERMOUS a.
Athermanous.
ATHEROID a.
Shaped like an ear of grain.
ATHEROMA n. 2 definitions
An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.
ATHEROMATOUS a.
Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.
ATMOSPHERE n. 6 definitions
surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.
ATMOSPHERIC; ATMOSPHERICAL a. 4 definitions
Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of the earth.
ATMOSPHERICALLY adv.
In relation to the atmosphere.
ATMOSPHEROLOGY n.
The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.
ATTRACTION SPHERE n. 3 definitions
The central mass of the aster in mitotic cell division; centrosphere.
AUTOBIOGRAPHER n.
One who writers his own life or biography.
AUTOCOHERER n.
A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector.
AVOUCHER n.
One who avouches.
AWEATHER adv.
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather ! Totten.
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