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170 words match “DEMI”

DEMITINT n. 2 definitions
That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
DEMITONE n.
Semitone. [R.]
DEMIURGE n. 3 definitions
The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.
DEMIURGIC a.
Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. "Demiurgic power." De Quincey.
DEMIVILL n.
A half-vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges. Blackstone.
DEMIVOLT n.
A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.
DEMIWOLF n.
A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.
ACADEMIAL a.
Academic. [R.]
ACADEMIAN n.
A member of an academy, university, or college.
ACADEMIC n. 2 definitions
A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.
ACADEMIC; ACADEMICAL a. 2 definitions
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
ACADEMICALLY adv.
In an academical manner.
ACADEMICALS n.
The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities.
ACADEMICIAN n. 2 definitions
A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts.
ACADEMICISM n. 2 definitions
A tenet of the Academic philosophy.
ACADEMISM n.
The doctrines of the Academic philosophy. [Obs.] Baxter.
ACADEMIST n. 2 definitions
An Academic philosopher.
ENDEMIAL a.
Endemic. [R.]
ENDEMIC n.
An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.
ENDEMIC; ENDEMICAL a.
Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.
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