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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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216 words match “IMPERFECT”

SEDENTARY a.
sedentary life. Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect. Beaconsfield.
SEMI- n.
A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
SEMICOLUMNAR a.
Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
SEMICOMPACT a.
Half compact; imperfectly indurated.
SEMICONSCIOUS a.
Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.
SEMIDIAPASON n.
An imperfect octave.
SEMIDIAPENTE n.
An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby.
SEMIDIAPHANEITY n.
Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] Boyle.
SEMIDIAPHANOUS a.
Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.
SEMIDIATESSARON n.
An imperfect or diminished fourth. [R.]
SEMIFLUID a.
Imperfectly fluid. -- n.
SEMIFORM n.
A half form; an imperfect form.
SEMIFORMED a.
Half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
SEMIINDURATED a.
Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
SEMILAPIDIFIED a.
Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan.
SEMILENTICULAR a.
Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan.
SEMIMUTE a.
Having the faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
SEMIPELLUCID a.
Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
SEMIPELLUCIDITY n.
The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
SEMIPERSPICUOUS a.
Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.
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