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2,577 words match “LIF”

MAXILLIFORM a.
Having the form, or structure, of a maxilla.
MELLIFEROUS a.
Producing honey.
MELLIFIC a.
Producing honey.
MELLIFICATION n.
The making or production of honey.
MELLIFLUENCE n.
A flow of sweetness, or a sweet, smooth flow.
MELLIFLUENT a.
Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.
MELLIFLUENTLY adv.
In a mellifluent manner.
MELLIFLUOUS a.
Flowing as with honey; smooth; flowing sweetly or smoothly; as, a mellifluous voice. -- Mel*lif"lu*ous*ly, adv.
METALLIFACTURE n.
The production and working or manufacture of metals. [R.] R. Park.
METALLIFEROUS a.
Producing metals; yielding metals.
METALLIFORM a.
Having the form or structure of a metal.
MILLIFOLD a.
Thousandfold. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).
MOLLIFIABLE a.
Capable of being mollified.
MOLLIFICATION n.
The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer.
MOLLIFIER n.
One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon.
MOLLIFY v. 2 definitions
To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground. With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. Spenser.
MONILIFORM a.
ined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.
NICKELIFEROUS a.
Containing nickel; as, nickelferous iron.
NOBILIFY v.
To make noble; to nobiliate. [Obs.]
NULLIFICATION n.
The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect. Right of nullification (U. S. Hist.), the right claimed in behalf of a State to nullify or make void, by its sovereign act or decree, an enactment of the general government which it deems unconstitutional.
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