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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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507 words match “ROMAN”

ROMANTICLY adv.
Romantically. [R.] Strype.
ROMANTICNESS n.
The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness. Richardson.
ROMANY n. 2 definitions
A gypsy.
ROMANZA n.
See Romance,5.
AEROMANCY n.
Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.
ALECTOROMANCY n.
See Alectryomancy.
ALEUROMANCY n.
Divination by means of flour. Encyc. Brit.
ASTROMANTIC a.
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] Dr. H. More.
AUSTROMANCY n.
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.
BROMANIL n.
A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine.
CATOPTROMANCY n.
A species of divination, which was perforned by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.
CEROMANCY n.
Divination by dropping melted wax in water.
CHIROMANCER n.
One who practices chiromancy. Dryden.
CHIROMANCY n.
The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.
CHIROMANIST; CHIROMANTIST n.
A chiromancer.
CHIROMANTIC; CHIROMANTICAL a.
Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
CLEROMANCY n.
A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
COROMANDEL n.
The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.
ELEUTHEROMANIA n.
A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [R.] Carlyle.
ELEUTHEROMANIAC a.
Mad for freedom. [R.]
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