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841 words match “DAL”

MUCKER v.
To scrape together, as money, by mean labor or shifts. [Obs.] Udall.
MULTIPLE a.
Called also the Law of Dalton, from its discoverer. -- Multiple algebra, a branch of advanced mathematics that treats of operations upon units compounded of two or more unlike units. -- Multiple conjugation (Biol.), a coalescence of many cells (as where an indefinite number of amoeboid cells flow together into a sing…
NAPHTHALENE n.
, a dyestuff obtained from certain diazo derivatives of naphthylamine, and called also magdala red. -- Naphthalene yellow (Chem.), a yellow dyestuff obtained from certain nitro derivatives of naphthol.
NEGATIVE a.
Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.
NETTLE v.
sure or uneasiness not amounting to violent anger. The princes were so nettled at the scandal of this affront, that every man took it to himself. L'Estrange.
NEUROCORD n.
s situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. -- Neu`ro*cor"dal, a.
NEVERMORE adv.
Never again; at no time hereafter. Testament of Love. Tyndale. Where springtime of the Hesperides Begins, but endeth nevermore. Longfellow.
NIMBUS n.
ndication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.
NOSEL v.
e the Scripture . . . to nosel thee in anything save in Christ, he is a false prophet. Tyndale.
NUCLEUS n.
A body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may…
NUMISMATIC; NUMISMATICAL a.
Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.
NUMISMATICS n.
The science of coins and medals.
NUMISMATOGRAPHY n.
A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.
NUMISMATOLOGY n.
The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.
OBJECTION n.
have no objection to going; unreasonable objections. "Objections against every truth." Tyndale.
OCELOT n.
An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackish ocellated spots and blotches, which are variously arranged. The ground color varies from reddish gray to tawny yellow.
OOSPHERE; OOESPHERE n.
analogous mass of protoplasm in the ovule of a flowering plant; an embryonic vesicle. Goodale.
ORBICULATE; ORBICULATED a.
Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline. Orbiculate leaf (Bot.), a leaf whose outline is nearly circular.
ORGAN n.
played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. Pope.
OTHERWAYS adv.
See Otherwise. Tyndale.
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