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79 words match “LOMA”

LOMA n.
A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.
LOMATINOUS a.
Furnished with lobes or flaps.
ALOMANCY n.
Divination by means of salt. [Spelt also halomancy.] Morin.
ANGLOMANIA n.
A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, English customs, institutions, etc.
ANGLOMANIAC n.
One affected with Anglomania.
ASTRAGALOMANCY n.
Divination by means of small bones or dice.
BELOMANCY n.
A kind of divination anciently practiced by means of marked arrows drawn at random from a bag or quiver, the marks on the arrows drawn being supposed to foreshow the future. Encyc. Brit.
BLOMARY n.
See Bloomery.
CHILOMA n.
The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.
CONDYLOMA; CONDYLOME n.
A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrance.
CRYSTALLOMANCY n.
Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl.
DACTYLOMANCY n.
Dactylio mancy. [R.] Am. Cyc.
DIPLOMA n.
A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution.
DIPLOMACY n. 3 definitions
The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body. [R.] Burke.
DIPLOMAT; DIPLOMATE n.
A diplomatist.
DIPLOMATE v.
To invest with a title o [R.] Wood.
DIPLOMATIAL a.
Diplomatic. [R.]
DIPLOMATIC n.
A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.
DIPLOMATIC; DIPLOMATICAL a. 3 definitions
Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.
DIPLOMATICALLY adv.
According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.
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