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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



801 words match “NATURAL”

GUERNSEY LILY n.
A South African plant (Nerine Sarniensis) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey.
GUTTIFEROUS a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferæ) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.
H n. 2 definitions
The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.
HABIT n. 7 definitions
The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.
HABITAT n. 2 definitions
The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.
HAND n. 23 definitions
killful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. Hazlitt.
HANOVERIAN n. 2 definitions
A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
HEADDRESS n. 2 definitions
ar in a most beautiful headdress, whether it be a crest, a comb, a tuft of feathers, or a natural little plume. Addison.
HELMINTHOLOGY n.
The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
HERNIA n.
A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. Strangulated hernia, a…
HERPETOLOGIST n.
One versed in herpetology, or the natural history of reptiles.
HERPETOLOGY n.
The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoölogy which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.
HETEROTOPISM; HETEROTOPY n. 2 definitions
A deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.
HEXYLENE n.
liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.
HIGH-SPIRITED a.
Full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
HILL n. 4 definitions
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain. Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4.
HIMSELF pron. 2 definitions
One's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself. By himself, alone; unaccompanied; apart; sequestered; as, he sits or studies by himself. -- To leave one to himse…
HISTORY n. 3 definitions
n in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. -- Natural history, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.
HOLE n. 6 definitions
An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. Dryden. The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Luke ix. 58.
HOLLOW a. 11 definitions
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. Ex. xxvii. 8..
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