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414 words match “MONT”

INDOCILITY n.
lect; unteachableness; intractableness. The stiffness and indocility of the Pharisees. W. Montagu.
INDUEMENT n.
The act of induing, or state of being indued; investment; endowment. W. Montagu.
INDULGER n.
One who indulges. W. Montagu.
INFEASIBLENESS n.
The state of quality of being infeasible; infeasibility. W. Montagu.
INFORM v.
to tell. Shak. He might either teach in the same manner,or inform how he had been taught. Monthly Rev. To inform against, to communicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.
INOSCULATE v.
To intercommunicate; to interjoin. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.
INSTANT n.
A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3.
INTENTIVENESS n.
Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
INTERCALARY a.
Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
INTERMITTINGLY adv.
With intermissions; at intervals. W. Montagu.
INTERNECTION n.
Intimate connection. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
INVISCERATE v. 2 definitions
To breed; to nourish. [R.] W. Montagu.
IRREPENTANCE n.
Want of repentance; impenitence. Bp. Montagu.
ISOCRYME n.
connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean temperature in the coldest month of the year.
JACQUEMINOT n.
A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.
JANUARY n.
The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
JASPERIZE v.
make to resemble, jasper. Polished specimens of jasperized and agatized woods. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
JEWISH CALENDAR n.
received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of the months, which are Babylonian- Assyrian in origin, replaced older ones, Abib, Bul, etc., at the time of the Babylonian Exile. Nineteen years constitute a lunar cycle, of which the 3d, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years are…
JULY n.
The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
JUNE n.
The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. And what is so rare as a day in June Then, if ever, come perfect days. Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern Unite…
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