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6 words match “AIRLESS”

AIRLESS a.
Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.
HAIRLESS a.
Destitute of hair. Shak.
DEPILOUS a.
Hairless. Sir t. Browne.
HAWK MOTH n.
ming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvæ are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm. Tobacco Hawk Moth (Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm.…
ISCHIAL a.
schiac; ischiadic; ischiatic. Ischial callosity (Zoöl.), one of the patches of thickened hairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of many apes, as the drill.
RETENTIVE a.
Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory. Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. Shak.