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5,408 words match “OWN”

GOWNED p.
Dressed in a gown; clad. Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape. Tennyson.
GOWNSMAN; GOWNMAN n.
One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
GRASS-GROWN a.
Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
GROWN n.
p. p. of Grow.
HAIR-BROWN a.
Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
HIGH-BLOWN a.
Inflated, as with conceit.
HIGH-FLOWN a. 2 definitions
Elevated; proud. "High-flown hopes." Denham.
HOLLOWNESS n. 2 definitions
State of being hollow. Bacon.
IMBROWN v.
To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned. Byron.
INBLOWN a.
Blown in or into. [Obs.]
IRRENOWNED a.
Not renowned. [Obs.]
JAMESTOWN WEED n.
isonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamestown, Virginia. See Datura.
KNOCKDOWN a. 2 definitions
Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. [Colloq.]
KNOWN p.
of Know.
LANDOWNER n.
An owner of land.
LANDOWNING n. 2 definitions
The owning of land. -- a.
LIVER-GROWN a.
Having an enlarged liver. Dunglison.
LOCK-DOWN n.
A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]
LOOKDOWN n.
See Moonfish (b).
LOWN n.
A low fellow. [Obs.]
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