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2,782 words match “BIT”

REEXHIBIT v.
To exhibit again.
REHIBITION n.
The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.
REHIBITORY a.
Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.
REINHABIT v.
To inhabit again. Mede.
SHEEPBITE v.
To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts. [Obs.] Shak.
SHEEPBITER n.
One who practices petty thefts. [Obs.] Shak. There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange.
SORBITE n.
e berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. -- Sor*bit"ic, a.
SORBITION n.
The act of drinking or sipping. [Obs.]
STILBITE n.
A common mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. Called also desmine.
STROMBITE n.
A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.
SUBITANEOUS a.
Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] Bullokar. -- Sub`i*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
SUBITANY a.
Subitaneous; sudden; hasty. [Obs.] Hales.
SUBITO adv.
In haste; quickly; rapidly.
SUBORBITAL; SUBORBITAR a.
Situated under or below the orbit.
SUPRAORBITAL; SUPRAORBITAR a.
Situated above the orbit of the eye. Supraorbital point (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon.
TIDBIT n.
A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel. [Written also titbit.]
TITBIT n.
Same as Tidbit.
TOBIT n.
A book of the Apocrypha.
TRILOBITA n.
An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.
TRILOBITE n.
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment.
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