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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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4,026 words match “ILE”

TENSILE a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to extension; as, tensile strength.
TENSILED a.
Made tensile. [R.]
TEREBILENIC a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, C7H8O4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.
TERPILENE n.
A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.
TETRAXILE a.
Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.
TEXTILE a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. Textile cone (Zoöl.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.
THAMNOPHILE n.
A bush shrike.
THEREWHILE adv.
At that time; at the same time. [Obs.] Laud.
THERMOPILE n.
An instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric curr…
THERMOTENSILE a.
Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature.
THREE-MILE a.
Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state.
THREE-PILE n.
An old name for the finest and most costly kind of velvet, having a fine, thick pile. I have served Prince Florizel and in my time wore three-pile. Shak.
THREE-PILED a. 3 definitions
Having the quality of three-pile; best; most costly. [R.] Thou art good velvet; thou 'rt three-piled piece. Shak.
TILE v. 9 definitions
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated; as, to tile a Masonic lodge.
TILE-DRAIN v.
To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
TILEFISH n.
A large, edible, deep-water food fish (Lopholatilus chamæleonticeps) more or less thickly covered with large, round, yellow spots.
TILER n. 2 definitions
A man whose occupation is to cover buildings with tiles. Bancroft.
TILERY n.
A place where tiles are made or burned; a tile kiln.
TILESEED n.
Any plant of the genus Geissois, having seeds overlapping like tiles on a roof.
TILESTONE n. 2 definitions
A tile of stone.
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