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1,739 words match “RANG”

ORANGERY n.
A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.
ORANGETAWNY a.
Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak.
ORANGITE n.
An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway.
OSAGE ORANGE n.
rst found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc.
OURANG n.
The orang-outang.
OURANG-OUTANG n.
See Orang-outang.
PRANGOS n.
A genus of umbelliferous plants, one species of which (P. pabularia), found in Thibet, Cashmere, Afghanistan, etc., has been used as fodder for cattle. It has decompound leaves with very long narrow divisions, and a highly fragrant smell resembling that of new clover hay.
PREARRANGE v.
To arrange beforehand.
QUADRANGLE n. 2 definitions
A square or quadrangular space or inclosure, such a space or court surrounded by buildings, esp. such a court in a college or public school in England.
QUADRANGULAR a.
Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly, adv.
REARRANGE v.
To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
REARRANGEMENT n.
The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.
REFRANGIBILITY n.
The quality of being refrangible.
REFRANGIBLE a.
Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light. -- Re*fran"gi*ble*ness, n.
SEA ORANGE n.
A large American holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
SERANG n.
The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
SPORANGIOPHORE n.
The axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.
SPORANGIUM n.
A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.
SPRANG n.
imp. of Spring.
STRANG a.
Strong. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
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