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1,662 words match “MATE”

FISSIPALMATE a.
Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves.
FORMATE n.
A salt of formic acid. [Written also formiate.]
GEMMATE a.
Having buds; reproducing by buds.
GEMMATED a.
Having buds; adorned with gems or jewels.
GRAMMATES n.
Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar. [Obs.] Ford.
HAEMATEMESIS n.
Same as Hematemesis.
HAMATE a.
Hooked; bent at the end into a hook; hamous.
HAMATED a.
Hooked, or set with hooks; hamate. Swift.
HELPMATE n.
helper; a companion; specifically, a wife. In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. Pennant. A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.
HEMATEIN n.
A reddish brown or violet crystalline substance, C16H12O6, got from hematoxylin by partial oxidation, and regarded as analogous to the phthaleins.
HEMATEMESIS n.
A vomiting of blood.
HOLOSTOMATE a.
Same as Holostomatous.
HOUSEMATE n.
One who dwells in the same house with another. R. Browning.
HUMATE n.
A salt of humic acid.
HYDROBROMATE n.
Same as Hydrobromide.
HYEMATE v.
To pass the winter. [Obs. & R.]
ILLEGITIMATE a. 5 definitions
Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.
ILLEGITIMATELY adv.
In a illegitimate manner; unlawfully.
IMMATERIAL a. 2 definitions
Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. Hooker.
IMMATERIALISM n. 2 definitions
The doctrine that immaterial substances or spiritual being exist, or are possible.
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