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8,862 words match “RAN”

IRANIC a.
Iranian.
IRREFRANGIBILITY n.
The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.
IRREFRANGIBLE a.
Not refrangible; that can not be refracted in passing from one medium to another. -- Ir`re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.
ITERANCE n.
Iteration. [Obs.]
ITERANT a.
Repeating; iterating; as, an iterant echo. Bacon.
ITINERANCY n. 2 definitions
A passing from place to place. Dr. H. More.
ITINERANT a. 2 definitions
ing about a country; going or preaching on a circuit; wandering; not settled; as, an itinerant preacher; an itinerant peddler. The king's own courts were then itinerant, being kept in the king's palace, and removing with his household in those royal progresses which he continually made. Blackstone.
ITINERANTLY adv.
In an itinerant manner.
JABORANDI n.
The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
JACARANDA n. 2 definitions
The native Brazilian name for certain leguminous trees, which produce the beautiful woods called king wood, tiger wood, and violet wood.
JAZERANT n.
sewed upon linen or the like; also, this kind of armor taken generally; as, a coat of jazerant.
JELERANG n.
A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel.
KERANA n.
A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
KNIGHT-ERRANT n.
A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
KNIGHT-ERRANTRY n.
nture or scheme. The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.
KORAN n.
of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [Written also Kuran or Quran.]
KRANG n.
The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. [Written also crang and kreng.]
KRANGING HOOK n.
A hook for holding the blubber while cutting it away. [Written also cranging hook.]
LABORANT n.
A chemist. [Obs.] Boyle.
LABYRINTHIBRANCH a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici. -- n.
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