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838 words match “OLLA”

HUNDRED a.
Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
HURLBAT n.
See Whirlbat. [Obs.] Holland.
IMAGER n.
mages or forms likenesses; a sculptor. [Obs.] Praxiteles was ennobled for a rare imager. Holland.
IMAGINATE a.
Imaginative. [Obs.] Holland.
IMMATCHABLE a.
Matchless; peerless. [Obs.] Holland.
IMPALPABLE a.
Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "Impalpable, void, and bodiless." Holland.
IMPARK v.
common; hence, to inclose or shut up. They . . . impark them [the sheep] within hurdles. Holland.
IMPARTIBILITY n.
The quality of being incapable of division into parts; indivisibility. Holland.
IMPERIAL n.
A gold coin of Russia worth ten rubles, or about eight dollars. McElrath.
IMPRESSION n.
omets and impressions in the air. Milton. A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven. Holland.
IMPUISSANCE n.
Lack of power; inability. Bacon. Their own impuissance and weakness. Holland.
IMPUNITY n.
hough slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied. Cowper. The impunity and also the recompense. Holland.
INCARNATE a.
Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [Obs.] Holland.
INCERTITUDE n.
Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt. The incertitude and instability of this life. Holland. He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution. I. Taylor.
INCEST n.
act of a vicar, or other beneficiary, who holds two benefices, the one depending on the collation of the other.
INCIDENTAL a.
ty; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Rogers.
INCOGITATIVITY n.
The quality of being incogitative; want of thought or of the power of thinking. Wollaston.
INCORRUPTIBILITY n.
The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption. Holland.
INDOLENCY n.
Indolence. [Obs.] Holland.
INDUPLICATE a.
Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in æstivation.
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