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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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134 words match “PERFECTLY”

ROACH n.
r fit. As sound as a roach Etym: [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound.
RUDIMENTARY a.
Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.
SCIOLOUS a.
Knowing superficially or imperfectly. Howell.
SECRET a.
distinct. [Obs.] They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter. Cudworth.
SEMI- n.
A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
SEMICOLUMNAR a.
Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
SEMICOMPACT a.
Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
SEMICONSCIOUS a.
Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.
SEMIDIAPHANOUS a.
Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.
SEMIFLUID a.
Imperfectly fluid. -- n.
SEMIFORMED a.
Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
SEMIINDURATED a.
Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
SEMILAPIDIFIED a.
Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.
SEMILENTICULAR a.
Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan.
SEMIMUTE a.
Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
SEMIPELLUCID a.
Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
SEMIPELLUCIDITY n.
The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
SEMIPERSPICUOUS a.
Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.
SEMITRANSPARENT a.
Half or imperfectly transparent.
SEMIVITRIFICATION n.
A substance imperfectly vitrified.
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