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1,826 words match “YA”

CERATOHYAL a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to the bone, or carts, large, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch. -- n.
CHATOYANT a. 2 definitions
Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.
CHURCHYARD n.
joining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak.
CLAIRVOYANCE n.
A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
CLAIRVOYANT a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
CLERGYABLE a.
Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.
CONVEYABLE a.
Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke.
CONVEYANCE n. 5 definitions
arriage. The long joirney was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyamce. Prescott. Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.
CONVEYANCER n.
One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.
CONVEYANCING n.
The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.
COURTYARD n.
A court or inclosure attached to a house.
CRAB-YAWS n.
he West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison.
CRYAL n.
The heron [Obs.] Ainsworth.
CYAMELIDE n.
A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.
CYAMELLONE n.
A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.
CYANATE n.
A salt of cyanic acid. Ammonium cyanate (Chem.), a remarkable white crystalline substance, NH4.O.CN, which passes, on standing, to the organic compound, urea, CO.(NH)2.
CYANAURATE n.
See Aurocyanide.
CYANEAN a.
Having an azure color. Pennant.
CYANIC a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen.
CYANIDE n.
A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.
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