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4,730 words match “HOL”

CHOLERIFORM a.
Resembling cholera.
CHOLERINE n. 3 definitions
The precursory symptoms of cholera.
CHOLEROID a.
Choleriform.
CHOLESTERIC a.
Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.
CHOLESTERIN n.
A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
CHOLIAMB; CHOLIAMBIC n.
A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
CHOLIC; CHOLINIC a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.
CHOLINE n.
See Neurine.
CHOLOCHROME n.
See Bilirubin.
CHOLOPHAEIN n.
See Bilirubin.
CHOLTRY n.
A Hindoo caravansary.
CONCHOLOGICAL a.
Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
CONCHOLOGIST n.
One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
CONCHOLOGY n.
The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
COPYHOLD n. 2 definitions
Land held in copyhold. Milton.
COPYHOLDER n. 3 definitions
One possessed of land in copyhold.
CREEPHOLE n. 2 definitions
A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
CUBBY; CUBBYHOLE n.
A snug or confined place.
CYATHOLITH n.
A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from
DHOLE n.
A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.
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