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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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15,837 words match “HER”

CYPHER n.
See Cipher.
CYTHEREAN a.
Pertaining to the goddess Venus.
DASHER n. 3 definitions
That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
DEATH'S-HERB n.
The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior.
DEBAUCHER n.
One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.
DEBAUCHERY n. 2 definitions
om virtue, duty, or allegiance. The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke.
DECIPHER v. 3 definitions
To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
DECIPHERABLE a.
Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.
DECIPHERER n.
One who deciphers.
DECIPHERESS n.
A woman who deciphers.
DECIPHERMENT n.
The act of deciphering.
DECOHERER n.
A device for restoring a coherer to its normal condition after it has been affected by an electric wave, a process usually accomplished by some method of tapping or shaking, or by rotation of the coherer.
DEINOTHERIUM n.
See Dinotherium.
DEMOLISHER n.
One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.
DEMONOGRAPHER n.
A demonologist. [R.] Am. Cyc.
DIATHERMAL a.
Freely permeable by radiant heat.
DIATHERMANCY; DIATHERMANEITY n.
The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous. Melloni.
DIATHERMANISM n.
The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol.
DIATHERMANOUS a.
Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; - - opposed to athermanous.
DIATHERMIC a.
Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances. Melloni.
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