255
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absorbent |
|
468
|
accumbency |
[.] ACCUM'BENCY, n. State of being accumbent or reclining. |
469
|
accumbent |
[.] ACCUM'BENT, a. [L. accumbens, accumbo, from cubo. See Accubation.] Leaning or reclining, as the ancients at their meals. |
665
|
acubene |
[.] ACUBE'NE, n. A star of the fourth magnitude in the southern claw of Cancer. |
1575
|
ale-bench |
[.] A'LE-BENCH, n. A bench in or before an ale house. |
2272
|
amphisben |
[.] AMPHIS'BEN, |
2273
|
amphisbena |
...sa, black with white spots, found in Africa and America; and the alba, or white species, found in both the Indies and generally in ant-hillocks. They feed on ants and earth-worms, and were formerly deemed poisonous; but this opinion is exploded. [.] The aquatic amphisben, ... |
5738
|
ben |
[.] BEN or BEN'-NUT, n. A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy. |
5739
|
bench |
[.] BENCH, n. [.] 1. A long seat,usually of board or plank, differing from a stool in its greater length. [.] 2. The seat where judges sit in court; the seat of justice. Hence, [.] 3. The persons who sit as judges; the court. [.] Free bench, in England, the estate ... |
5740
|
bencher |
[.] BENCH'ER, n. In England, the benchers in the inns of court, are the senior members of the society who have the government of it. They have been readers,and being admitted to please within the bar, are called inner barristers. They annually elect a treasurer. [.] 1. ... |
5741
|
bend |
[.] BEND, [L.pando,pandare, to bend in; pando, pandere, to open; pandus, bent, crooked] [.] 1. To strain, or to crook by straining; as, to bend a bow. [.] 2. To crook; to make crooked; to curve; to inflect; as, to bend the arm. [.] 3. To direct to a certain point; ... |
5742
|
bendable |
[.] BEND'ABLE, a. That may be bent or incurvated. |
5743
|
bended |
[.] BEND'ED |
5744
|
bender |
[.] BEND'ER, n. The person who bends,or makes crooked; also, an instrument for bending other things. |
5745
|
bending |
[.] BEND'ING, ppr. Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or river;inclining; leaning; applying closely, as the mind; fastening. |
5746
|
bendlet |
[.] BEND'LET, n. In heraldry, a little bend, which occupies a sixth part of a shield. |
5747
|
bendy |
[.] BEND'Y, n. In heraldry, the field divided into four, six or more parts, diagonally, and varying in metal and color. |
5748
|
bene |
[.] BENE, n. ben'y. The popular name of the sesamum orientale, called in the West Indies vangloe, an African plant. |
5749
|
beneaped |
[.] BENE'APED, a. [be and neap.] Among seamen, a ship is beneaped, when the water does not flow high enough to float her from a dock or over a bar. |
5750
|
beneath |
[.] BENE'ATH, prep. [.] 1. Under; lower in place, with something directly over or on, as to place a cushion beneath one; often with the sense of pressure or oppression, as to sink beneath a burden, in a literal sense. [.] 2. Under, in a figurative sense; bearing heavy ... |
5751
|
benedict |
[.] BEN'EDICT, a. [L. benedictus.] Having mild and salubrious qualities. [ Not in use.] |
5752
|
benedictine |
[.] BENEDIC'TINE, a. Pertaining to the order or monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet. |
5753
|
benedictines |
... [.] BENEDIC'TINES, ... |
5754
|
benediction |
[.] BENEDIC'TION, n. [L. benedictio, from bene, well, and dictio, speaking. See Boon and Diction.] [.] 1. The act of blessing; a giving praise to God or rendering thanks for his favors; a blessing pronounced; hence grace before and after meals. [.] 2. Blessing, prayer, ... |
5755
|
benefaction |
[.] BENEFAC'TION, n. [L.benefacio, of bene, well, and facio, to make or do.] [.] 1. The act of conferring a benefit. [.] More generally, [.] 2. A benefit conferred, especially a charitable donation. |
5756
|
benefactor |
[.] BENEFAC'TOR, n. He who confers a benefit, especially one who makes charitable contributions either for public institutions or for private use. |
5757
|
benefactress |
[.] BENEFAC'TRESS, n. A female who confers a benefit. |
5758
|
benefice |
[.] BEN'EFICE, n. [L. beneficium.] [.] 1. Literally, a benefit, advantage or kindness. But in present usage, en ecclesiastical living; a church endowed with a revenue, for the maintenance of divine service,or the revenue itself. All church preferments are called benefices, ... |
5759
|
beneficed |
[.] BEN'EFICED, a. Possessed of a benefice or church preferment. |
5760
|
beneficeless |
[.] BEN'EFICELESS, a. Having no benefice. [Not used.] |
5761
|
beneficence |
[.] BENEF'ICENCE, n. [L.beneficentia, from the participle of benefacio.] The practice of doing good; active goodness, kindness, or charity. |
5762
|
beneficent |
[.] BENEF'ICENT, a. Doing good; performing acts of kindness and charity. It differs from benign, as the act from the disposition; beneficence being benignity or kindness exerted in action. |
5763
|
beneficently |
[.] BENEF'ICENTLY, adv. In a beneficent manner. |
5764
|
beneficial |
[.] BENEFI'CIAL, a. Advantageous; conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; contributing to a valuable end; followed by to; as, industry is beneficial to the body, as well as to the property. [.] 1. Receiving or entitled to have or receive advantage, use or ... |
5765
|
beneficially |
[.] BENEFI'CIALLY, adv. Advantageously; profitably; helpfully. |
5766
|
beneficialness |
[.] BENEFI'CIALNESS, n. Usefulness; profitableness. |
5767
|
beneficiary |
[.] BENEFI'CIARY, a. [L.beneficiarius. See Benefaction.] [.] Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; having a dependent and secondary possession. [.] BENEFI'CIARY, n. One who holds a benefice. A beneficiary is not the proprietor of ... |
5768
|
beneficiency |
[.] BENEFI'CIENCY, n. Kindness or favor bestowed. |
5769
|
beneficient |
[.] BENEFI'CIENT, a. Doing good. |
5770
|
benefit |
[.] BEN'EFIT, n. [Primarily from L. beneficium, or benefactum.] [.] 1. An act of kindness; a favor conferred. [.] Bless the Lord,O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Ps.103. [.] 2. Advantage; profit; a word of extensive use, and expressing whatever contributes ... |
5771
|
benefited |
[.] BEN'EFITED, pp. Profited; having received benefit. |
5772
|
benefiting |
[.] BEN'EFITING, ppr. Doing good to; profiting; gaining advantage. |
5773
|
beneme |
[.] BENE'ME, v.t. To name. [Not in use.] [.] 1. To promise; to give. [Not in use.] |
5774
|
benempne |
[.] BENEMP'NE, v.t. To name. [Not in use.] |
5775
|
beneplaciture |
[.] BENEPLAC'ITURE, n. [L.beneplacitum, bene, well, and placitum, from placeo, to please.] [.] Will; choice. [Not in use.] |
5776
|
benet |
[.] BENET', v.t. [be and net.] To catch in a net; to ensnare. [Not used.] |
5777
|
benevolence |
[.] BENEV'OLENCE, n. [L. benevolentia, of bene, well and volo, to will or wish. See Will.] [.] 1. The disposition to do good; good will; kindness; charitableness; the love,of mankind, accompanied with a desire to promote their happiness. [.] The benevolence of God ... |
5778
|
benevolent |
[.] BENEV'OLENT, a. [L. benevolens, of bene and volo.] [.] Having a disposition to do good; possessing love to mankind, and a desire to promote their prosperity and happiness; kind. |
5779
|
benevolently |
[.] BENEV'OLENTLY, adv. In a kind manner; with good will. |
5780
|
bengal |
[.] BENGAL', n. A thin stuff made of silk and hair, for women's apparel, so called from Bengal in the E.Indies. |
5781
|
bengalee |
[.] BENGALEE', n. The language or dialect spoken in Bengal. |
5782
|
bengalese |
[.] BENGALE'SE, n. sing. and plu. A native or the natives of Bengal. As.Res.7.171. |
5783
|
benight |
[.] BENI'GHT, v.t. [be and night.] To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night. [.] The clouds benight the sky. [.] 1. To overtake with night; as a benighted traveler. [.] 2. To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual ... |
5784
|
benighted |
[.] BENI'GHTED, pp. Involved in darkness, physical or moral; overtaken by the night. |
5785
|
benign |
[.] BENI'GN, a. beni'ne. [L.benignus, from the same root, as bonus, bene, ancient L. benus, Eng. boon.] [.] 1. Kind; of a kind disposition; gracious; favorable. [.] Our Creator, bounteous and benign. [.] 2. Generous; liberal; as a benign benefactor. [.] 3. ... |
5786
|
benignant |
[.] BENIG'NANT, a. Kind; gracious; favorable. |
5787
|
benignity |
[.] BENIG'NITY, n. Goodness of disposition or heart; kindness of nature; graciousness. [.] 1. Actual goodness; beneficence. [.] 2. Salubrity; wholesome quality; or that which tends to promote health. |
5788
|
benignly |
[.] BENI'GNLY, adv. beni'nely. Favorably;; kindly; graciously. |
5789
|
benison |
[.] BEN'ISON, n. s as z. Blessing; benediction. [Nearly antiquated.] |
5790
|
benjamin |
[.] BEN'JAMIN, n. A tree, the Laurus Benzoin, a native of America, called also spicebush. It grows to the height of 15 or 20 feet, with a very branchy head. [.] 1. A gum or resin, or rather a balsam. [See Benzoin.] |
5791
|
bennet |
[.] BEN'NET, n. The herb bennet, or avens, known in botany by the generic term Geum. [.] BEN'NET FISH, n. A fish of two feet in length, caught in the African seas, having scales of a deep purple, streaked with gold. |
5792
|
bent |
[.] BENT, pp. Strained; incurvated; made crooked; inclined; subdued. |
5793
|
benting-time |
[.] BENT'ING-TIME, n. The time when pigeons feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
5794
|
benum |
[.] BENUM', corruptly BENUMB', v.t. [.] 1. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation; as, a hand or foot benummed by cold. [.] 2. To stupify; to render inactive; as, to benum the senses. |
5795
|
benummed |
[.] BENUM'MED, pp. Rendered torpid; deprived of sensation; stupified. |
5796
|
benumming |
[.] BENUM'MING, ppr. Depriving of sensation; stupifying. |
5797
|
benzoate |
[.] BEN'ZOATE,n. [See Benzoin.] A salt formed by the union of the benzoic acid with any salifiable base. |
5798
|
benzoic |
[.] BENZO'IC, a. Pertaining to benzoin. [.] Benzoic acid, or flowers of Benzoin, is a peculiar vegetable acid, obtained from Benzoin and other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is a fine light white matter in small needles; its taste pungent and bitterish, its odor ... |
5799
|
benzoin |
[.] BENZOIN' |
7020
|
bow-bent |
[.] BOW-BENT, a. [bow and bend.] Crooked. |
8630
|
carrick-bend |
[.] CARRICK-BEND, n. [See Carry.] [.] 1. One who carries; that which carries or conveys; also, a messenger. [.] 2. One who is employed to carry goods for others for a reward; also, one whose occupation is to carry goods for others, called a common carrier; a porter. [.] 3. ... |
9901
|
church-bench |
[.] CHURCH-BENCH, n. The seat in the porch of a church. |
13879
|
cumbent |
[.] CUMBENT, a. [L.] Lying down. |
14425
|
debenture |
[.] DEBEN'TURE, n. [Fr. from L. debeo, to owe.] |
14426
|
debentured |
[.] DEBEN'TURED, a. Debentured goods are those for which a debenture has been given, as being entitled to drawback. [.] DEB'ILE, a. Relaxed; weak; feeble; languid; faint; without strength. [.] DEBIL'ITATE, v.t. To weaken; ... |
14653
|
decumbence |
[.] DECUMBENCE, |
14654
|
decumbency |
[.] DECUMBENCY, n. [L. To lie down.] The act of lying down; the posture of lying down. |
14655
|
decumbent |
[.] DECUMBENT, a. In botany, declined or bending down; having the stamens and pistils bending down to the lower side; as a decumbent flower. |
15780
|
dewbent |
[.] DEWBENT, a. Bent by the dew. |
16287
|
disbench |
[.] DISBENCH, v.t. [dis and bench.] To drive from a bench or seat. |
16492
|
discumbency |
[.] DISCUMBENCY, n. [L. See Discubitory.] The act of leaning at meat, according to the manner of the ancients. |
23292
|
freebench |
[.] FREEBENCH', n. A widow's dower in a copyhold. |
23328
|
freisleben |
[.] FREISLEBEN, n. A mineral of a blue or bluish gray color, brittle and soft to the touch. |
26304
|
heben |
[.] HEB'EN, n. Ebony. |
28063
|
imbenching |
[.] IMBENCH'ING, n. [in and bench.] A raised work like a bench. |
29137
|
incumbency |
[.] INCUM'BENCY, n. [from incumbent.] A lying or resting on something. [.] 1. The state of holding or being in possession of a benefice, or of an office. [.] [.] These fines are to be paid to the bishop, only during his incumbency. [.] [.] There is no test of ... |
29138
|
incumbent |
[.] INCUM'BENT, a. [L. incumbens, incumbo; in and cumbo, to lie down.] [.] 1. Lying or resting on. [.] [.] And when to move th'incumbent load they try. [.] 2. Supported; buoyed up. [.] [.] And fly incumbent on the dusky air. [.] 3. Leaning on, or resting ... |
31957
|
labent |
[.] LA'BENT, a. [L. labens.] Sliding; gliding. |
32068
|
lambent |
[.] LAM'BENT, a. [L. lambens, lambo, to lick.] Playing about; touching lightly; gliding over; as a lambent flame. |
38768
|
overbend |
[.] OVERBEND', v.t. To bend or stretch to excess. |
42268
|
prebend |
[.] PREB'END, n. [L. proebeo, to afford, to allow.] [.] 1. The stipend or maintenance granted out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church. Prebends are simple or dignitary; simple, when they are restricted to the revenue only, and dignitary, when they have ... |
42269
|
prebendal |
[.] PREBEND'AL, a. Pertaining to a prebend. |
42270
|
prebendary |
[.] PREB'ENDARY, n. An ecclesiastic who enjoys a prebend; the stipendiary of a cathedral church. [.] A prebendary differs from a canon in this; the prebendary receives his prebend in consideration of his officiating in the church; the canon merely in consequence of ... |
42271
|
prebendaryship |
[.] PREB'ENDARYSHIP, n. The office of a prebendary; a canonry. |
43000
|
procumbent |
[.] PROCUM'BENT, a. [L. procumbens, procumbo; pro and cubo, to lie down.] Lying down or on the face; prone. [.] 1. In botany, trailing; prostrate; unable to support itself, and therefore lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; as a procumbent stem. |
45252
|
recumbence |
[.] RECUMB'ENCE, n. [from L. recumbens.] The act of reposing or resting in confidence. |
45253
|
recumbency |
[.] RECUMB'ENCY, n. [.] 1. The posture of leaning, reclining or lying. [.] 2. Rest; repose; idle state. |
45254
|
recumbent |
[.] RECUMB'ENT, a. [L. recumbens.] [.] 1. Leaning; reclining; as the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. [.] 2. Reposing; inactive; idle. |
46438
|
resorbent |
[.] RESORB'ENT, a. Swallowing up. |
51108
|
sorbent |
[.] SORB'ENT. [See absorbent.] |
53467
|
superincumbent |
[.] SUPERINCUM'BENT, a. [super and incumbent.] Lying or resting on something else. |
57381
|
unbend |
[.] UNBEND', v.t. [.] 1. To free from flexure; to make straight; as, to unbend a bow. [.] 2. To relax; to remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. [.] 3. To relax effeminately. [.] You unbend ... |
57382
|
unbending |
[.] UNBEND'ING, ppr. [.] 1. Relaxing from any strain; remitting; taking from their yards, &c., as sails. [.] 2. a. Not suffering flexure. [.] 3. Unyielding; resolute; inflexible; applied to persons. [.] 4. Unyielding; inflexible; firm; applied to things; as ... |
57383
|
unbeneficed |
[.] UNBEN'EFICED, a. Not enjoying or having a benefice. |
57384
|
unbenevolent |
[.] UNBENEV'OLENT, a. Not benevolent; not kind. |
57385
|
unbenighted |
[.] UNBENIGHTED, a. Never visited by darkness. |
57386
|
unbenign |
[.] UNBENIGN, a. Not benign; not favorable or propitious; malignant. |
57387
|
unbent |
[.] UNBENT', pp. of unbend. [.] 1. Relaxed; remitted; relieved from strain or exertion. [.] 2. In seamen's language, taken from the yards; loosed; as, the sails are unbent; the cable is unbent. [.] 3. Not strained; unstrung; as a bow unbent. [.] 4. Not crushed; ... |
62160
|
widow-bench |
[.] WIDOW-BENCH, n. [widow and bench.] In Sussex, that share which a widow is allowed of her husbands estate, besides her jointure. |
