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GYMNOBLASTEA n.
The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.
HOLOSTEAN a.
Pertaining to the Holostei.
HOMESTEAD n. 3 definitions
The home or seat of a family; place of origin. We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.
HOMESTEADER n.
he public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner. [Local, U.S.]
INSTEAD adv. 2 definitions
y of. Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40. Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii. 25.
JETTEAU n.
See Jet d'eau. [R.] Addison.
LACTEAL a. 3 definitions
Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
LACTEALLY adv.
Milkily; in the manner of milk.
LACTEAN a. 2 definitions
Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. "This lactean whiteness." Moxon.
LAND OF STEADY HABITS n.
Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.
MANSTEALER n.
A person who steals or kidnaps a human being or beings.
MANSTEALING n.
The act or business of stealing or kidnaping human beings, especially with a view to e
MANTEAU n. 2 definitions
A woman's cloak or mantle.
MARKETSTEAD n.
A market place. [Obs.] Drayton.
MERESTEAD n.
The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [Archaic.] Longfellow.
MISTEACH v.
To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.
NEMERTEAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Nemertina. -- n.
NOONSTEAD n.
The position of the sun at noon. [Obs.] Drayton.
OMMATEAL a.
Of or pertaining to an ommateum.
ONSTEAD n.
A single farmhouse; a steading. [Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Grose. Jamieson.
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