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2,277 words match “DIE”

MEDJIDIE; MEDJIDIEH n. 3 definitions
A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents).
MISDIET v. 2 definitions
To diet improperly.
MISOBEDIENCE n.
Mistaken obedience; disobedience. [Obs.] Milton.
NONOBEDIENCE n.
Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
OBEDIENCE n. 6 definitions
The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control. Government must compel the obedience of individuals. Ames.
OBEDIENCIARY n.
One yielding obedience. [Obs.] Foxe.
OBEDIENT a.
willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.
OBEDIENTIAL a.
According to the rule of obedience. [R.] An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale.
OBEDIENTLY adv.
In an obedient manner; with obedience.
ORGANDIE; ORGANDY n.
A kind of transparent light muslin.
PARDE; PARDIE adv.
Certainly; surely; truly; verily; -- originally an oath. [Written also pardee, pardieux, perdie, etc.] [Obs.] He was, parde, an old fellow of yours. Chaucer.
PER DIEM n.
By the day; substantively (chiefly U. S.), an allowance or amount of so much by the day.
PERDIE adv.
See Parde. Spenser.
PETARDEER; PETARDIER n.
One who managed a petard.
PREAUDIENCE n.
Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers. Blackstone.
PRIEDIEU n.
A kneeling desk for prayers.
QUODDIES n.
Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.
REDIENT a.
Returning. [R.]
REGREDIENCE n.
A going back; a retrogression; a return. [R.] Herrick.
RUDDIED a.
Made ruddy or red.
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