Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

1,977 words match “LAM”

FLAMMEOUS a.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
FLAMMIFEROUS a.
Producing flame.
FLAMMIVOMOUS a.
Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745).
FLAMMULATED a.
Of a reddish color.
FLAMY a.
Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope.
FLIMFLAM n.
A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.
FRESNEL LAMP; FRESNEL LANTERN n.
A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.
FULLAM n.
A false die. See Fulham.
GLAMA n.
A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude.
GLAMOUR n. 4 definitions
hings to appear different from what they really are. The air filled with a strange, pale glamour that seemed to lie over the broad valley. W. Black.
GLAMOURIE n.
Glamour. [Scot.]
GLOWLAMP n. 2 definitions
An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.
HALF-CLAMMED a.
Half-filled. [Obs.] Lions' half-clammed entrails roar food. Marston.
HELAMYS n.
See Jumping hare, under Hare.
HYDROXYLAMINE n.
A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent.
INCLAMATION n.
Exclamation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
INFLAME v. 6 definitions
To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. Chapman.
INFLAMED p. 2 definitions
Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.
INFLAMER n.
The person or thing that inflames. Addison.
INFLAMMABILLTY n.
Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.
← Previous Page 12 of 99 Next →