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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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589 words match “NEST”

DISHONESTLY adv.
In a dishonest manner.
DISHONESTY n. 4 definitions
Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.
EARNEST n. 7 definitions
determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.
EARNESTFUL a.
Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EARNESTLY adv.
In an earnest manner.
EARNESTNESS n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving.
ERNEST n.
See Earnest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ERNESTFUL a.
Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FENESTRA n.
A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.
FENESTRAL a. 3 definitions
Of or pertaining to a fenestra.
FENESTRATE a. 2 definitions
Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.
FENESTRATED a. 2 definitions
Same as Fenestrate.
FENESTRATION n. 2 definitions
The state or condition of being fenestrated.
FENESTRULE n.
One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.
FINESTILL v.
To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.
FINESTILLER n.
One who finestills.
FUNEST a.
Lamentable; doleful. [R.] "Funest and direful deaths." Coleridge. A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn.
HANGNEST n. 2 definitions
A nest that hangs like a bag or pocket.
HONEST a. 5 definitions
Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. Chaucer. Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak.
HONESTATION n.
The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [Obs.] W. Montagu.
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