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1,499 words match “PEAR”

COMPEAR v. 2 definitions
To appear. [Obs.]
DISAPPEAR v. 2 definitions
To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.
DISAPPEARANCE n.
The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
DISAPPEARING n.
p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.
EELSPEAR n.
A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
EMPEARL v.
To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
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.
LOPEARED a.
Having ears which lop or hang down.
MOTHER-OF-PEARL n.
The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.
NONAPPEARANCE n.
Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
REAPPEAR v.
To appear again.
REAPPEARANCE v.
A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
SEA PEAR n.
A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
SHAKESPEAREAN a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc.]
SPEAR n. 8 definitions
Fig.: A spearman. Sir W. Scott.
SPEARER n.
One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
SPEARFISH n. 2 definitions
A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
SPEARHEAD n.
The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
SPEARMAN n.
One who is armed with a spear. Acts xxiii. 23.
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