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715 words match “TIG”

TIGRINE a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to a tiger; like a tiger.
TIGRISH a.
Resembling a tiger; tigerish.
AIR-TIGHT a. 2 definitions
So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
ANASTIGMATIC a.
Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.
ANTIGALASTIC a.
Causing a diminution or a suppression of the secretion of milk.
ANTIGRAPH n.
A copy or transcript.
ANTIGUGGLER n.
A crooked tube of metal, to be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.
ASTIGMATIC a.
Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
ASTIGMATISM n.
A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistictness of vision.
ATTIGUOUS a.
Touching; bordering; contiguous. [Obs.] -- At*tig"u*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
CASTIGATE v. 2 definitions
To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.
CASTIGATION n. 2 definitions
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism. The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving.
CASTIGATOR n.
One who castigates or corrects.
CASTIGATORY a. 2 definitions
Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
CENTIGRADE a.
graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boilin…
CENTIGRAM; CENTIGRAMME n.
The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.
CITIGRADAE n.
A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.
CITIGRADE a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the Citigradæ. -- n.
COLLITIGANT a. 2 definitions
One who litigates or wrangles. [Obs.]
CONTIGNATION n. 2 definitions
The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.
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