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7,372 words match “DEN”

MANHADEN n.
See Menhaden.
MARSDENIA n.
h fragrant flowers, several species of which furnish valuable fiber, and one species (Marsdenia tinctoria) affords indigo.
MENHADEN n.
An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.
MIDDEN n. 2 definitions
ic tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens.
MIDDEN CROW n.
The common European crow. [Prov. Eng.]
MILDEN v.
To make mild, or milder. Lowell.
MISBODEN p.
of Misbede.
MISCONFIDENT a.
Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting. [R.] Bp. Hall.
MISCREDENT n.
A miscreant, or believer in a false religious doctrine. [Obs.] Holinshed.
MODENA n.
A certain crimsonlike color. Good.
MODENESE a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.
MOLYBDENA n.
See Molybdenite.
MOLYBDENITE n.
ring in soft, lead-gray, foliated masses or scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
MOLYBDENOUS a.
See Molybdous.
MOLYBDENUM n.
A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.
MORDENTE n.
An embellishment resembling a trill.
MUCKMIDDEN n.
A dunghill. [Scot.]
MULTIDENTATE a.
Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.
NONCOINCIDENCE n.
Lack of coincidence.
NONCOINCIDENT a.
Not coincident.
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