Revenger
n.
One who revenges. →
Umbilication
n.
A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated. →
Roofed
imp. & p. p.
of Roof →
Rhachis
n.
The median part of the radula of a mollusk. →
Forespeak
v. t.
See Forspeak. →
Alcoholize
v. t.
To reduce to a fine powder. →
Jobbing
a.
Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. →
Vestiture
n.
In vestiture. →
Flexure
n.
The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. →
Air-tight
n.
A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. →
Vertilinear
a.
Straight; rectilinear. →
Retrenching
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Retrench →