Vibrative

Feldspar

n.

Alt. of Feldspath →

Alnage

n.

Measurement (of cloth) by the ell; also, a duty for such measurement. →

Affrightment

n.

Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. →

Labrum

n.

The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve. →

Nipple

n.

A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. →

Agrypnotic

n.

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee. →

Ferula

n.

A ferule. →

Heredity

n.

Hereditary transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis. →

Gibbon

n.

Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing. →

Lagoon

n.

A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. →

Reduct

v. t..

To reduce. →

Scarp

v. t.

To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. →