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1,486 words match “HUM”

DISHUMOR n. 2 definitions
Ill humor. [Obs.]
DISINHUME v.
To disinter. [R.]
EPITHUMETIC a.
Epithumetical. [Obs.]
EPITHUMETICAL a.
Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.
EXHUMATED a.
Disinterred. [Obs.]
EXHUMATION n.
The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.
EXHUME v.
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.
GOOD-HUMORED a.
Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.
GOOD-HUMOREDLY adv.
With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
HOP-O'-MY-THUMB; HOP-THUMB n.
A very diminutive person. [Colloq.] liwell.
HOP-THUMB n.
See Hop-o'-my-thumb.
IMPOSTHUMATE v. 3 definitions
To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.
IMPOSTHUMATION n. 2 definitions
An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.
IMPOSTHUME v. 2 definitions
Same as Imposthumate.
INDIHUMIN n.
A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.
INHUMAN a. 2 definitions
Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
INHUMANITY n.
The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Burns.
INHUMANLY adv.
In an inhuman manner; cruelly; barbarously.
INHUMATE v.
To inhume; to bury; to inter. Hedge.
INHUMATION n. 3 definitions
The act of inhuming or burying; interment.
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