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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



254 words match “KISH”

TETRAKISHEXAHEDRON n.
A tetrahexahedron.
THICKISH a.
Somewhat thick.
TRICKISH a.
Given to tricks; artful in making bargains; given to deception and cheating; knavish. -- Trick"ish*ly, adv. -- Trick"ish*ness, n.
TURKISH a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks. -- n.
WEAKISH a.
Somewhat weak; rather weak.
WEAKISHNESS n.
Quality or state of being weakish.
AGGLUTINATIVE a.
-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller.
ALEM n.
The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.
ALIZARIN n.
(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
ALSIKE n.
A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum.
ANGLO- n.
form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. -- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United Sta…
ANTRUSTION n.
A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.
ARGILLITE n.
Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
ARNAUT; ARNAOUT n.
f Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army.
ASPER n.
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
AURICULA n.
A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
BACKSHEESH; BACKSHISH n.
In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a gratuity; a "tip".
BARB n.
A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
BASHAW n.
A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
BASHI-BAZOUK n.
A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.
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