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425 words match “BEYOND”

EXTRAPAROCHIAL a.
Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv.
EXTRASTAPEDIAL a.
Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n.
EXTRATERRITORIAL a.
Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.
EXTRATERRITORIALITY n.
The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law),
EXTRATROPICAL a.
Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.
EXTRAVAGANCE n. 2 definitions
A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.
EXTRAVAGANT a.
Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.] The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.
EXTRAVAGATION n.
A wandering beyond limits; excess. [Obs.] Smollett.
EYEPIECE n.
less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden's eyepiece. -- terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, le…
FACE n.
That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line.
FALL v.
To fall beyond. Shak. -- To fall short, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short; they all fall short in duty. -- To fall through, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the engageent has fallen through. -- To fall to, to begin. "Fall to, with eager joy, on homely food." Dryden. -- To fall under. (a) To come under, or w…
FAR-STRETCHED a.
Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
FAR-STRETCHED; FARSTRETCHED a.
Stretched beyond ordinary limits.
FARTHER a. 2 definitions
Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further. Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden. Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden. Some farther change awaits us. MIlton.
FATE n.
d and conditioned. Necessity and chance Approach not me; and what I will is fate. Milton. Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments. Froude.
FINALLY adv.
Completely; beyond recovery. Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or finally rooted out. Sir J. Davies.
FISSIROSTRAL a.
Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.
FLARE v.
To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
FLOATING a.
a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which…
FORE a.
a crop is gathered. -- Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets. -- Fore shore. (a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of the surf. (b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a breakwater. Knight. (c) The part of the sho…
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