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3,578 words match “LET”

HOMILETIC; HOMILETICAL a. 2 definitions
e; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.] His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.
HOMILETICS n.
The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
HOOKLET n.
A little hook.
HOULET n.
An owl. See Howlet.
HOWLET n.
An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning.
HYPOSKELETAL a.
Beneath the endoskeleton; hypaxial; as, the hyposkeletal muscles; -- opposed to episkeletal.
IMPLETION n. 2 definitions
The act of filling, or the state of being full. Sir T. Browne.
INCIRCLET n.
A small circle. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
INCOMPLETE a. 2 definitions
Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. A most imperfect and incomplete divine. Milton.
INCOMPLETELY adv.
In an incomplete manner.
INCOMPLETENESS n.
The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle.
INCOMPLETION n.
Want of completion; incompleteness. Smart.
INLET n. 3 definitions
which an inclosed place may be entered; a place of ingress; entrance. Doors and windows,inlets of men and of light. Sir H. Wotton.
INVALETUDINARY a.
Wanting health; valetudinary. [R.]
ISLET n. 2 definitions
A little island.
KINGLET n. 2 definitions
A little king; a weak or insignificant king. Carlyle.
LAKELET n.
A little lake. Southey.
LANCELET n.
A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
LANDAULET n.
A small landau.
LEAFLET n. 3 definitions
A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
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