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624 words match “HID”

THIDER adv.
Thither. [Obs.] Chaucer.
THIDERWARD adv.
Thitherward. [Obs.]
TRISULPHIDE n.
A sulphide containing three atoms of sulphur.
UNHIDE v.
To bring out from concealment; to discover. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.
WHIDAH BIRD n.
breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.
WHIDER adv.
Whither. [Obs.] Chaucer.
XANTHIDE n.
A compound or derivative of xanthogen. [Archaic]
XANTHIDIUM n.
e unicellular algæ of the desmids. These algæ have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone.
XIPHIDIUM n.
A genus of plants of the order Hæmodraceæ, having two-ranked, sword-shaped leaves.
ABDITIVE a.
Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey.
ABDITORY n.
A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell.
ABSCOND v. 2 definitions
To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.
ABSCONDENCE n.
Fugitive concealment; secret retirement; hiding. [R.] Phillips.
ABSTRUSE a.
Concealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.
AMBUSCADE n.
A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly. [R.] Dryden.
AMONG; AMONGST prep.
Mixed or mingled; surrounded by. They heard, And from his presence hid themselves among The thickest trees. Milton.
AMPHIGEN n.
An element that in combination produces amphid salt; -- applied by Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium. [R.]
ANALOGY n.
because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden.
ANISOL n.
Methyl phenyl ether, C6H5OCH3, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate.
ANT COW n.
Any aphid from which ants obtain honeydew.
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