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96 words match “ALATE”

ALATE adv.
Lately; of late. [Archaic] There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer.
ALATE; ALATED a.
Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.
ALATERN; ALATERNUS n.
An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
AMYGDALATE a. 3 definitions
Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds.
BINOXALATE n.
A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
CARDINALATE n.
The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
CEPHALATE a.
Having a head.
EPALATE a.
Without palpi.
GALATEA n.
A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.
INTERCALATE v. 2 definitions
tween the layers of a regular series of rocks. Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell.
MALATE n.
A salt of malic acid.
MESOXALATE n.
A salt of mesoxalic acid.
NAPHTHALATE n.
A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate. [Obs.]
OXALATE n.
A salt of oxalic acid.
PALATE n. 5 definitions
Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
PHTHALATE n.
A salt of phthalic acid.
PYROMALATE n.
A salt of pyromalic acid. [Obs.]
TANTALATE n.
A salt of tantalic acid.
TEREPHTHALATE n.
A salt of terephthalic acid.
APPETENCY n.
animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.
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