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2,093 words match “ODE”

ORNITHODELPHIA n.
Same as Monotremata. -- Or`ni*tho*del"phid, a.
OSTEODENTINE n.
A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.
OSTRACODERMI n.
A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
OUTROAD; OUTRODE n.
An excursion. [Obs.] "Outrodes by the ways of Judea." Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).
OVERMODEST a.
Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.
PALINODE n. 2 definitions
An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
PHELLODERM n.
A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
PHYLLODE n.
Same as Phyllodium.
PLACODERM n.
One of the Placodermi.
PLACODERMAL a.
Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
PLACODERMATA n.
Same as Placodermi.
PLACODERMI n.
An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.
PLATINODE n.
A cathode. [R.]
PLEURODERES n.
A group of fresh-water turtles in which the neck can not be retracted, but is bent to one side, for protection. The matamata is an example.
PODESTA n. 2 definitions
One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. Brande & C.
PODETIUM n.
A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
POLYPODE n. 2 definitions
A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody. [Written also polypod.]
PYGOPODES n.
A division of swimming birds which includes the grebes, divers, auks, etc., in which the legs are placed far back.
REMODEL v.
To model or fashion anew; to change the form of. The corporation had been remodeled. Macaulay.
RHAPSODE n.
A rhapsodist. [R.] Grote.
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