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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,497 words match “LENT”

HEPTAVALENT a.
Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.
HEXAVALENT a.
Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.
IMPELLENT a. 2 definitions
Having the quality of impelling.
INDOLENT a. 3 definitions
dulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man. To waste long nights in indolent repose. Pope.
INDOLENTLY adv.
In an indolent manner. Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison.
INHALENT a.
Used for inhaling; as, the inhalent end of a duct. Dana.
INOPULENT a.
Not opulent; not affluent or rich.
INSOLENT a. 3 definitions
el; strange; unusual. [Obs.] If one chance to derive any word from the Latin which is insolent to their ears . . . they forth with make a jest at it. Petti If any should accuse me of being new or insolent. Milton.
INSOLENTLY adv.
In an insolent manner.
INTERREPELLENT a.
Mutually repellent. De Quincey.
INTRANSCALENT a.
Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
JACK-A-LENT n.
A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
LUCULENT a. 3 definitions
Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies." Hooker.
LUCULENTLY adv.
In a luculent manner; clearly.
LUTULENT a.
Muddy; turbid; thick. [Obs.]
MACILENT a.
Lean; thin. [Obs.] Bailey.
MALEVOLENT a.
Wishing evil; disposed to injure others; rejoicing in another's misfortune.
MALEVOLENTLY adv.
In a malevolent manner.
MALTALENT n.
Ill will; malice. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser.
MONOVALENT a.
Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.
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