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15,717 words match “BY”

HERBY a.
Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. "Herby valleys." Chapman.
HEREBY adv. 2 definitions
By means of this. And hereby we do know that we know him. 1 John ii. 3.
HOBBY n.
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo), formerly trained for hawking.
HOBBY; HOBBYHORSE n. 3 definitions
ead or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form hobbyhorse.]
HOBBYHORSICAL n.
Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric; whimsical.[Colloq.] Sterne.
HUBBY a.
Full of hubs or protuberances; as, a road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby. [U.S.]
HYDROPHOBY n.
See Hydrophobia.
KABYLE n.
A Berber, as in Algiers or Tunis. See Berber.
KERN BABY n.
A doll or image decorated with corn (grain) flowers, etc., carried in the festivals of a kern, or harvest-home. Called also harvest queen.
KIBY a.
Affected with kibes. Skelton.
KNOBBY a. 3 definitions
Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.] The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy. Howell.
LABYRINTH n. 7 definitions
ifficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
LABYRINTHAL a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.
LABYRINTHIAN a.
Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
LABYRINTHIBRANCH a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici. -- n.
LABYRINTHIC; LABYRINTHICAL a.
Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.
LABYRINTHICI n.
An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.
LABYRINTHIFORM a.
Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
LABYRINTHINE a.
Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
LABYRINTHODON n.
c period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.
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