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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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287 words match “GAST”

AGAST p.
See Aghast.
AGAST; AGHAST v.
To affright; to terrify. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
AGASTRIC a.
Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
ANTIORGASTIC a.
Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
ANTORGASTIC a.
See Antiorgastic.
ARTHROGASTRA n.
A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.
BRANCHIOGASTROPODA n.
Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.
CACOGASTRIC a.
Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle.
DIGASTRIC a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.
ENGASTRIMUTH n.
An ventriloquist. [Obs.]
ENTOGASTRIC a.
to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.
EPIGASTRIAL a.
Epigastric.
EPIGASTRIC a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.
EPIGASTRIUM n.
The upper part of the abdomen.
FLABBERGAST v.
To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.
FLABBERGASTATION n.
The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] London Punch.
HEPATOGASTRIC a.
See Gastrohepatic.
HYPOGASTRIC a.
Of or pertaining to the hypogastrium or the hypogastric region. Hypogastric region. (a) The lower part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen below the umbilical and between the two iliac regions.
HYPOGASTRIUM n.
The lower part of the abdomen.
MEGASTHENE n.
One of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.
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