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1,078 words match “ERG”

IMMERGE v. 2 definitions
ially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse. We took . . . lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the leaves of senna. Boyle. Their souls are immerged in matter. Jer. Taylor.
INERGETIC; INERGETICAL a.
Having no energy; sluggish. [R.] Boyle.
INERGETICALLY adv.
Without energy. [R.]
INSUBMERGIBLE a.
Not capable of being submerged; buoyant. [R.]
INTERGANGLIONIC a.
Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.
INTERGLOBULAR a.
Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.
INTERGRAVE v.
carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections. The work itself of the bases, was intergraven. 3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )
JERGUER n.
See Jerquer.
JOHANNISBERGER n.
A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
KILERG n.
A unit of work equal to one thousand ergs.
KINDERGARTEN n.
A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garde…
KINDERGARTNER n.
One who teaches in a kindergarten.
LAEMMERGEYER n.
See Lammergeir.
LAMMERGEIR; LAMMERGEIER n.
ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [Written also lammergeyer.]
LETTERGRAM n.
See Letter, above.
MEGALERG n.
A million ergs; a megerg.
MEGERG n.
One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg.
MERGANSER n.
Any bird of the genus Merganser, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.
MERGE v. 2 definitions
To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb. To merge all natural ... sentiment in inordinate vanity. Burke. Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots. De Quincey.
MERGER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, merges.
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