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5,729 words match “OVER”

HOVER-HAWK n.
The kestrel.
HOVERER n.
A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.
HOVERINGLY adv.
In a hovering manner.
IMPOVERISH v. 2 definitions
To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families.
IMPOVERISHER n.
One who, or that which, impoverishes.
IMPOVERISHMENT n.
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott.
IMPROVER n.
One who, or that which, improves.
INCONTROVERTIBILITY n.
The state or condition of being incontrovertible.
INCONTROVERTIBLE a.
Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. Sir T. Browne. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.
INDISCOVERABLE a.
Not discoverable; undiscoverable. J. Conybeare.
INDISCOVERY n.
Want of discovery. [Obs.]
INTROVERSION n.
The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley.
INTROVERT v. 2 definitions
To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.
IRRECOVERABLE a.
Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable; as, an irrecoverable loss, debt, or injury. That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon.
LOOVER n.
See Louver.
LOVER n. 3 definitions
usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. Gower. Love is blind, and lovers can not see The pretty follies that themselves commit. Shak.
LOVER; LOVERY n.
See Louver. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
LOVERWISE adv.
As lovers do. As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.
MANOVERY n.
A contrivance or maneuvering to catch game illegally.
MISGOVERN v.
To govern ill; as, to misgovern a country. Knolles.
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