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9,281 words match “EAR”

HEARTY a. 4 definitions
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. Marston.
HEARTYHALE a.
Good for the heart. [Obs.]
HEN-HEARTED a.
Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.
HIGH-HEARTED a.
Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High"-heart`ed*ness, n.
HOLLOW-HEARTED a.
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
HOOKE'S GEARING n.
Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
ICY-PEARLED a.
Spangled with ice. Mounting up in icy-pearled car. Milton.
IMPEARL v. 2 definitions
To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls. [Poetic] Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. Milton.
INDEAR v.
See Endear.
INEARTH v.
To inter. [R.] Southey.
INFRATROCHLEAR a.
Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
INHEARSE v.
To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin. Shak.
INSEARCH v.
To make search after; to investigate or examine; to ensearch. [Obs.]
INTERLINEAL; INTERLINEAR a.
rted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv.
INTERLINEARY a. 2 definitions
Interlinear. -- n.
INTRANUCLEAR a.
Within the nucleus of a cell; as. the intranuclear network of fibrils, seen in the first stages of karyokinesis.
IRON-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master. Cowper.
IRREVERSIBLE STEERING GEAR n.
A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever.
JEARS n.
See 1st Jeer (b).
JEW'S-EAR n.
A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judæ, or Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.
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