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9 words match “UNCUS”

UNCUS n.
A hook or claw.
UNCUSTOMABLE a.
Not customable, or subject to custom duties.
UNCUSTOMED a.
Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs. Smollett.
TRUNCUS n.
The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n., 5.
GOOSE n.
oose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] Beau. & . -- Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush (Juncus squarrosus). -- Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] -- Goose flesh, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also goose skin.goose pimples and goose bumps -- Goose grass. (Bot.)…
JUNCACEOUS a.
ining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Juncaceæ), of which the common rush (Juncus) is the type.
RUSH n. 2 definitions
y aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.
TRUNK n.
ct which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
WOOD n.
rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula, differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. -- Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus Teucrium. See Germander. -- Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with…