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256 words match “NIP”

UNIPAROUS a. 2 definitions
Producing but one egg or young at a time.
UNIPED a.
Having only one foot. Wright.
UNIPERSONAL a. 2 definitions
Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.
UNIPERSONALIST n.
One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal.
UNIPHONOUS a.
Having but one sound, as the drum. [R.]
UNIPLICATE a.
Having, or consisting of, but one fold.
UNIPOLAR a. 2 definitions
e ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar. Unipolar induction (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet. -- Unipolar stimulation (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a ne…
URINIPAROUS a.
Producing or preparing urine; as, the uriniparous tubes in the cortical portion of the kidney.
WATER PARSNIP n.
Any plant of the aquatic umbelliferous genus Sium, poisonous herbs with pinnate or dissected leaves and small white flowers.
ADJUSTING PLANE; ADJUSTING SURFACE n.
A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.
AILERON n.
(Aëronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.
ALMIGHTINESS n.
Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor.
ALMIGHTY a. 2 definitions
Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible. I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1.
ANBURY; AMBURY n.
A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
AONIAN a.
otia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there. Aonian fount, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.
AREOLA n.
The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule.
ARMY WORM n.
, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.
BEAR'S-BREECH n.
The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior.
BELLOWS FISH n.
ed by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish, and snipe fish.
BITE v.
To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man. Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. Shak.
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