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2,577 words match “LIF”

NULLIFIDIAN a. 2 definitions
Of no faith; also, not trusting to faith for salvation; -- opposed to Ant: solifidian. Feltham.
NULLIFIER n.
One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties.
NULLIFY v.
nder invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy. Such correspondence would at once nullify the conditions of the probationary system. I. Taylor.
OCULIFORM a.
In the form of an eye; resembling an eye; as, an oculiform pebble.
OLIFANT n. 2 definitions
An elephant. [Obs.]
OPERCULIFEROUS a.
Bearing an operculum.
OPERCULIFORM a.
Having the form of a lid or cover.
OVALIFORM a.
Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
OVULIFEROUS a.
Producing ovules.
PALIFICATION n.
The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
PALIFORM a.
Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.
PAPILLIFORM a.
Shaped like a papilla; mammilliform.
PARABOLIFORM a.
Resembling a parabola in form.
PATELLIFORM a. 2 definitions
Having the form of a patella.
PENICILLIFORM a.
Penicillate.
PETALIFEROUS a.
Bearing petals.
PETALIFORM a.
Having the form of a petal; petaloid; petal-shaped.
PILIFERA n.
Same as Mammalia.
PILIFEROUS a. 2 definitions
Bearing a single slender bristle, or hair.
PILIFORM a.
Resembling hairs or down.
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