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2,406 words match “PED”

TORPEDOIST n.
One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes.
TRIPEDAL a.
Having three feet.
TRUMPET-SHAPED a.
Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
TWO-LIPPED a. 2 definitions
Having two lips.
U-SHAPED a. 2 definitions
Having the form of the letter U; specif. (Phys. Geog.),
UNEXPEDIENT a.
Inexpedient. [Obs.]
UNHOPED a.
Not hoped or expected. "With unhoped success." Dryden. Blessings of friends, which to my door Unasked, unhoped, have come. J. N. Newman.
UNHOPED-FOR a.
Unhoped; unexpected.
UNIPED a.
Having only one foot. Wright.
UNNAPPED a.
Finished without a nap. I did not attempt her with a threadbare name, Unnapped with meritorious actions. Beau. & Fl.
UNPALPED a.
Destitute of a palp.
UNPEDIGREED a.
Not distinguished by a pedigree. [R.] Pollok.
UNSHAPED; UNSHAPEN a.
Not shaped; shapeless; misshapen; deformed; ugly.
UNSPED a.
Not performed; not dispatched. [Obs.] Garth.
UNSTRIPED a. 2 definitions
Not striped.
UNWARPED a.
Not warped; hence, not biased; impartial.
UPHEAPED a.
Piled up; accumulated. God, which shall repay all with upheaped measure. Udall.
URN-SHAPED a.
Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
VASE-SHAPED a.
Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
VELOCIPEDE n.
king the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
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