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556 words match “OKER”

MOTHERLY a.
ke, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal; as, motherly authority, love, or care. Hooker.
MOUSE n.
es of very small lemurs of the genus Chirogaleus, found in Madagascar. -- Mouse piece (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also mouse buttock.
MUSTER n.
if. Ye publish the musters of your own bands, and proclaim them to amount of thousands. Hooker.
MYSTIC; MYSTICAL a.
ystic gulf from God to man. Emerson. God hath revealed a way mystical and supernatural. Hooker.
NAUGHT a.
use; begone, away! All will be naught else. Shak. Things naught and things indifferent. Hooker.
NERVATION n.
are frail characters if employed alone for the determination of existing genera. J. D. Hooker.
NEWFANGLIST n.
One who is eager for novelties or desirous of change. [Obs.] Tooker.
NOCIVE a.
Hurtful; injurious. [R.] Hooker.
NOTE n.
ain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life -- a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there w…
NOTWITHSTANDING adv.
isdom of God himself, are, notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ. Hooker. You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the sm…
NOURISH v.
foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions." Hooker.
NOURISHMENT n.
which serves to nourish; nutriment; food. Learn to seek the nourishment of their souls. Hooker.
OBDURATE a.
ustom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. Hooker. Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth Shak.
OBJECT v.
t and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong impediment or other objecting itself. Hooker. Pallas to their eyes The mist objected, and condensed the skies. Pope.
OBSERVANT n.
One who observes forms and rules. [Obs.] Hooker.
OFFERER n.
One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.
OFTENNESS n.
Frequency. Hooker.
OLERACEOUS a.
Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent. Sir T. Browne.
ONENESS n.
ne; singleness in number; individuality; unity. Our God is one, or rather very oneness. Hooker.
OPERATE v.
To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits. [Brokers' Cant]
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