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2,867 words match “DIT”

HEREDITARY a. 2 definitions

at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.

Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.

HERMAPHRODITE n. 2 definitions

place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

HERMAPHRODITIC; HERMAPHRODITICAL a.

Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism. -- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.

HERMAPHRODITISM n.

The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.

IMPEDITE a. 2 definitions

Hindered; obstructed. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

A hindering; a hindrance. [Obs.] Baxier.

Causing hindrance; impeding. "Cumbersome, and impeditive of motion." Bp. Hall.

venience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance. [Archaic] Bunyan. A great incommodity to the body. Jer. Taylor. Buried him under a bulk of incommodities. Hawthorne.

Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. "Carol incondite rhymes." J. Philips.

INCONDITIONAL a.

Unconditional. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

INCONDITIONATE a.

Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. [Obs.] Boyle.

Uncredited. [Obs.]

To bury in, or cast into, a ditch. Bp. Hall.

INDITE v. 4 definitions

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. Could a common grief have indited such expressions South. Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope.

The act of inditing. Craig.

One who indites. Smart.