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2,406 words match “PED”

ANOMALIPED; ANOMALIPEDE a.
Having anomalous feet.
AWL-SHAPED a. 2 definitions
Shaped like an awl.
BELL-SHAPED a.
Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate.
BENEAPED a.
See Neaped.
BIPED a. 2 definitions
two-footed. By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased, Became a helpless, naked, biped beast. Byrom.
BIPEDAL a. 2 definitions
Having two feet; biped.
BLOBBER-LIPPED a.
Having thick lips. "A blobber-lipped shell." Grew.
BOAT-SHAPED a.
See Cymbiform.
BREVIPED a. 2 definitions
A breviped bird.
BRISTLE-SHAPED a.
Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.
CAPRIPED a.
Having feet like those of a goat.
CENTIPED n.
ical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written also centipede (
CHAPED p.
Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CIRRIPED n.
One of the Cirripedia.
CIRRIPEDIA n.
An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.
CLOUD-CAPPED a.
Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
CLUB-SHAPED a.
Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.
COLLOPED a.
Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops. With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain. R. Browning.
COMB-SHAPED a.
Pectinate.
COPED a.
Clad in a cope.
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