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8,597 words match “ELL”

GOR-BELLIED a.
Bog-bellied. [Obs.]
GOR-BELLY n.
A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. [Obs.]
GOROON SHELL n.
A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).
GOUGESHELL n.
A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.
GRAVELING; GRAVELLING n. 3 definitions
The act of covering with gravel.
GRAVELLINESS n.
State of being gravelly.
GRAVELLY a.
Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil.
GREAT-BELLIED a.
Having a great belly, bigbellied; pregnant; teeming. Shak.
GROMWELL n.
e), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera. [Written also gromill.]
GRUELLY a.
Like gruel; of the consistence of gruel.
HAIL-FELLOW n.
An intimate companion. Hail-fellow well met. Lyly.
HAIRBELL n.
See Harebell.
HARD-SHELL a.
Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict. [Collog., U.S.]
HAREBELL n.
A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also hairbell.] E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott .
HAUSTELLATA n.
An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.
HAUSTELLATE a. 2 definitions
Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n.
HAUSTELLUM n.
The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.
HAZELLY a.
Of the color of the hazelnut; of a light brown. Mortimer.
HEARTSWELLING a.
Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
HEELLESS a.
Without a heel.
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