Retort

n.

To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

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Bacchante

n.

A priestess of Bacchus.

Hyperaspist

n.

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.

Earthy

a.

Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

Ravage

n.

To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

Greaten

v. i.

To become large; to dilate.

Glue

n.

To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.

Rhizophorous

a.

Bearing roots.

Versability

n.

The quality or state of being versable.

Hard

superl.

Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.

Laudability

n.

Laudableness; praiseworthiness.

Nez Perces

A tribe of Indians, mostly inhabiting Idaho.

Abatement

n.

A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.