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725 words match “LEND”

MOLENDINACEOUS; MOLENDINARIOUS a.

Resembling the sails of a windmill.

PERPETUAL CALENDAR n.

A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension.

A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.

RESPLENDENCE; RESPLENDENCY n.

The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor. Son! thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, heir of all my might. Milton. The resplendency of his own almighty goodness. Dr. J. Scott.

g with brilliant luster; very bright. -- Re*splen"dent*ly, adv. With royal arras and resplendent gold. Spenser.

RESPLENDISHANT a.

Resplendent; brilliant. [R. & Obs.] Fabyan.

RESPLENDISHING a.

Resplendent. [Obs.]

ROMAN CALENDAR n.

The calendar of the ancient Romans, from which our modern calendars are derived. It is said to have consisted originally of ten months, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304 days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the y…

An eruption on the hind leg of a horse. [Written also sellanders, and sellenders.] On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called "mallenders" in the fore leg, and "sallenders" in the hind leg. Youatt.

Slender. [Obs.] Chaucer.

SELLANDERS; SELLENDERS n.

See Sallenders.

SLENDER a. 6 definitions

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton.

SPLENDENT a. 2 definitions

Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.

SPLENDID a. 3 definitions

Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.

SPLENDIDIOUS a.

Splendid. [Obs.]

SPLENDIDLY adv.

In a splendid manner; magnificently.

SPLENDIDNESS n.

The quality of being splendid.

Splendid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

SPLENDIFEROUS a.

Splendor-bearing; splendid. Bale (1538). "A splendiferous woman." Haliburton. [Now used humorously.]

SPLENDOR n. 3 definitions

Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson.