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656 words match “YON”

DEVIL v.
ves and with the yolk removed and replaced with a paste, usually made from the yolk and mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and/or spices such as paprika.
DIPHYGENIC a.
Having two modes of embryonic development.
DISCOMMUNITY n.
A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship. Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent. Darwin.
DISDEIGN v.
To disdain. [Obs.] Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. Spenser.
DISORDER n.
r system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.
DISPUTE n.
Contest; struggle; quarrel. De Foe. Beyond dispute, Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly.
DOMAIN n.
e or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.]in the public domain may be used by anyone wihout restriction. -- Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part t…
DOUBLE a.
Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double.
DOUBLING n.
rength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
DOUBT n.
answer is the same. Blackmore. No doubt, undoubtedly; without doubt. -- Out of doubt, beyond doubt. [Obs.] Spenser.
DRIP n.
That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.…
DUGONG n.
tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.]
ECHELON n.
lens constructed in several parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; - - used in lighthouses.
ECSTATIC a.
Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.
EDGE n.
a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.
ELDERLY a.
Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.
ELOIGN v.
To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress. The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. Blackstone.
EMBRYO SAC n.
See under Embryonic.
EMBRYOTIC a.
Embryonic.
EMBRYOUS a.
Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]
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