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101 words match “GOG”

INIQUITOUS a.
zed by iniquity; unjust; wicked; as, an iniquitous bargain; an iniquitous proceeding. Demagogues . . . bribed to this iniquitous service. Burke.
INTELLIGENT a.
Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.] Intelligent of seasons. Milton. Which are to France the spies and speculations Intelligent of our state. Shak.
JABORANDI n.
ub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
JACOBIN n.
f the National Assembly. Hence: A plotter against an existing government; a turbulent demagogue.
JOIN v.
ion; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join. Whose house joined hard to the synagogue. Acts xviii. 7. Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations Ezra ix. 14. Nature and fortune joined to make thee great. Shak.
LAUGHING a.
great brown kingfisher (Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also giant kingfisher, and gogobera. -- Laughing owl (Zoöl.), a peculiar owl (Sceloglaux albifacies) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
LOUCHETTES n.
Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front. Knight.
OF prep.
nything is, or is done; by. And told to her of [by] some. Chaucer. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. Luke iv. 15. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke iv. 1, 2.
OPOPANAX n.
ite. It has a strong smell and acrid taste, and was formerly used in medicine as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic. Dunglison.
OSTENSIVE a.
Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
PARASHAH n.
lesson from the Torah, or Law, from which at least one section is read in the Jewish synagogue on every Sabbath and festival.
PEDANT n.
A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Obs.] Dryden. A pedant that keeps a school i'th' church. Shak.
PELLITORY n.
whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
PESTIFEROUS a.
to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. Shak.
PLEBICOLIST n.
One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue. [R.]
REDEYE n.
The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local, U.S.]
RESIDUUM n.
s the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.
SCAD n.
The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.
SEDITION n.
nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. Shak. Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition. Macaulay.
TALED n.
kind of quadrangular piece of cloth put on by the Jews when repeating prayers in the synagogues. Crabb.
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