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INTERNEURAL a. 2 definitions
An interneural spine or cartilage.
INTERNITY n.
State of being within; interiority. [R.] H. Brooke.
INTERNMENT n.
Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.
INTERNODAL a.
Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints.
INTERNODE n. 2 definitions
The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise. H. Spenser.
INTERNODIAL a.
Internodal. [R.]
INTERNUNCIAL a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to an internuncio.
INTERNUNCIESS n.
A female messenger. [R.]
INTERNUNCIO n. 2 definitions
A messenger between two parties. Johnson.
INTERNUNCIOSHIP n.
The office or function of an internuncio. Richardson.
INTERNUNCIUS n.
Internuncio.
INTERSTERNAL a.
Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.
JACK-'-LANTERN n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
JACK-O'-LANTERN n. 3 definitions
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. JACKPOT Jackpot
LANTERN n. 9 definitions
d secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
LANTERN-JAWED a.
Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
LATISTERNAL a.
Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
LECTERN n.
See Lecturn.
LETTERN n.
See Lecturn.
MARTERN n.
Same as Marten. [Obs.]
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