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Explanation, description, examples of the random words:
| 1 | Conjugation the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its
various parts and inflections. A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a
verb. A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner. A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of
the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and
lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed. |
| 2 | Tuck A long, narrow sword; a rapier. The beat of a drum. To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a
narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's
sleeves. To make a tuck or tucks in; as, to tuck a dress. To inclose; to put within; to press into a close place;
as, to tuck a child into a bed; to tuck a book under one's arm, or into
a pocket. To full, as cloth. To contract; to draw together. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to
shorten it; a plait. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; -- called
also tuck-net. A pull; a lugging. The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet
under the stern. Food; pastry; sweetmeats. |
| 3 | Cystid One of the Cystidea. |
| 4 | Board A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and
breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. A table to put food upon. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals;
provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work
for one's board; the price of board. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A
council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting,
public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in
council for the management or direction of some public or private
business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a
board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used
for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface
painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers,
etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter
upon the theatrical profession. The border or side of anything. The side of a ship. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile
or a friendly way. To enter, as a railway car. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings,
for compensation; to supply with daily meals. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's
horse at a livery stable. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for
compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. |
| 5 | Hag A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. An ugly old woman. A fury; a she-monster. An eel-like marine marsipobranch (Myxine glutinosa), allied to
the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a
single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta.
Called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken. The hagdon or shearwater. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's
hair. To harass; to weary with vexation. A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off
or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled. A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. |
| 6 | Roe A roebuck. See Roebuck. The female of any species of deer. The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when
still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to
the sperm and the testes of the male. A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in
mahogany. |
| 7 | Fumishness Choler; fretfulness; passion. |
| 8 | Macrodome A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an
orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4. |
| 9 | Warish To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. To be cured; to recover. |
| 10 | Cure Care, heed, or attention. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest
or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a
parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain
a cure. Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a
method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to
health from disease, or to soundness after injury. Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a
remedy; a restorative. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to
make well; -- said of a patient. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to
remove; to heal; -- said of a malady. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as
from a bad habit. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to
preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to
cure hay. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. To restore health; to effect a cure. To become healed. A curate; a pardon. |
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