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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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11,714 words match “TEN”

A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs of a feather.

PTENOGLOSSATE a.

Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.

or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal. [Obs.] " The purtenaunces of purgatory." Piers Plowman. Roast [it] with fire, his head with his legs, and with the purtenance [Rev. Ver., inwards] thereof. Ex. xii. 9.

Same as Butylene.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid.

ne's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike. [Trades-union Cant] J. McCarthy.

READVERTENCY n.

The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing. [R.] Norris.

To fasten again.

REFLECTENT a. 2 definitions

Bending or flying back; reflected. "The ray descendent, and the ray reflectent flying with so great a speed." Sir K. Digby.

REGENERATENESS n.

The quality or state of being rgenerate.

Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. Remittent fever (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See Malarial fever, under Malarial.

RENITENCE; RENITENCY n.

The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. Sterne. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. E. Darwin.

RENITENT a. 2 definitions

or the effect of it; acting against impluse by elastic force. "[Muscles] soft and yet renitent." Ray.

rs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last repetend is 283.

The state of being replete.

REPROBATENESS n.

The state of being reprobate.

RESOLUTENESS n.

The quality of being resolute.

A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

That which is retained. Hickok.

RETENTION n. 6 definitions

The power of retaining; retentiveness. No woman's heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. Shak.