Fireworm

n.

The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm.

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Prigidity

n.

Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age.

Undulating

a.

Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground.

Calefying

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Calefy

Actuation

n.

A bringing into action; movement.

Yttria

n.

The oxide, Y2O3, or earth, of yttrium.

Scutellum

n.

One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.

Lection

n.

A reading; a variation in the text.

Xeroderma

n.

A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.

Libertinage

n.

Libertinism; license.

Unbidden

a.

Uninvited; as, unbidden guests.

Ebb

v. t.

To cause to flow back.

Backset

n.

A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.