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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6,274 words match “REN”

GRENE a.
Green. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GYRENCEPHALA n.
The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted. -- Gyr"en*ceph"a*lous, a.
HAIREN a.
Hairy. [Obc.] His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor.
HARENGIFORM a.
Herring-shaped.
HEARTRENDING a.
Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
HEPATORENAL a.
Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.
HEREN a.
Made of hair. [Obs.] Chaucer.
HERRENHAUS n.
See Legislature, Austria, Prussia.
HIPPOCRENE n.
which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration. Keats. Nor maddening draughts of Hippocrene. Longfellow.
HORRENDOUS a.
Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] I. Watts.
HORRENT a.
ding erect, as bristles; covered with bristling points; bristled; bristling. Rough and horrent with figures in strong relief. De Quincey. With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton.
HORSE-DRENCH n. 2 definitions
A dose of physic for a horse. Shak.
HYDRENCEPHSLOID a.
Same as Hydrocephaloid.
IMMATURENESS n.
The state or quality of being immature; immaturity. Boyle.
IMPRENABLE a.
Impregnable. [Obs.]
IMPURENESS n.
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Milton.
INADHERENT a. 2 definitions
Not adhering.
INCOHERENCE; INCOHERENCY n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle.
INCOHERENT a. 2 definitions
Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward.
INCOHERENTIFIC a.
Causing incoherence. [R.]
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