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774 words match “REED”

CREEDLESS a.
Without a creed. Carlyle.
CROSSBREED n. 2 definitions
A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.
DJEREED; DJERRID n. 2 definitions
A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]
ENFREEDOM v.
To set free. [Obs.] Shak.
FILIGREED a.
Adorned with filigree. Tatler.
FREEDMAN n.
A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.
FREEDOM n. 7 definitions
rom the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.
FREEDSTOOL n.
See Fridstol.
GREED n.
An eager desire or longing; greediness; as, a greed of gain.
GREEDILY n.
, adv. In a greedy manner.
GREEDINESS n.
The quality of being greedy; vehement and selfish desire. Fox in stealth, wolf in greediness. Shak.
GREEDY a. 2 definitions
r food or drink; ravenous; voracious; very hungry; -- followed by of; as, a lion that is greedy of his prey.
GREEDY-GUT n.
A glutton. [Low] Todd.
HALF-BREED a. 2 definitions
Half-blooded.
IMBREED v.
To generate within; to inbreed. [Obs.] Hakewill.
INBREED v. 2 definitions
To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds. To inbreed and cherish . . . the seeds of virtue. Milton.
INTERBREED v.
To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
JEREED n.
unt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights. [Written also jerreed, jerid.] Byron.
OVERBREED v.
To breed to excess.
OVERGREEDY a.
Excessively greedy.
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