Leaky

superl.

Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.

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Jostlement

n.

Crowding; hustling.

Revertible

a.

Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.

Paled

imp. & p. p.

of Pale

Nicker nut

A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Caesalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C. Bonducella, bluish gray.

Resiniferous

a.

Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.

Obdured

a.

Obdurate; hard.

Foul

v. i.

To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.

Fluvial

a.

Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.

Riprap

v. t.

To form a riprap in or upon.

Adelphous

a.

Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous.

Lampern

n.

The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).

Red-hand

a. / adv.

Alt. of Red-handed