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41. nūtrī̆tī̆f adj.

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Anat. and physiol. (a) Concerned with or pertaining to the function of nourishing; nutritif vertu, vertu (strengthe, pouere) nutritif; -- also person.; (b) nutritif blod, blood which provides…

42. obēdient adj.

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(a) Obedient; willing to serve someone; also, willing to fulfill an obligation; obedient to, obedient unto; (b) as noun: obedient person; (c) obedient to (unto), subject to the rule of (sb. or sth.)…

43. obeien v.

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(a) To carry out the commands of (sb.); obey (sb. or sth., a command, law, rule); comply with (a judgment, request, someone's desires); be subject to (sb. or sth.), be ruled by; also fig.; obeien

44. officiāl adj.

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Anat. & physiol. (a) Of part of the body: performing a service for the body or for one of the principal members; official membres, membres officiales, compound members which perform services for the…

45. oppō̆siciǒun n.

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(a) A location or placement opposite something; (b) a contradiction, contrary opinion or purpose; a reply to a deposition; (c) a formal oral examination; (d) an antidote or remedy; (e) astron. & astro

46. organik adj.

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Anat. (a) Of parts of the body: composed of distinct substances or parts, possessing distinct properties; having the nature of an organ of the body; -- also used of an aposteme; organik membres

47. ō̆rifice n. singular & plural

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Anat. & surg. (a) The opening of a wound; (b) the aperture or cavity of an ulcer, fistula, or festering sore; (c) aperture(s(s in an organ, vein, or duct of the body; orifice of the emoroides, the…

48. panicle n.

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Anat. A membrane covering an organ, muscle, bone, etc., or lining a body cavity.

49. passī̆ble adj.

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(a) Capable of suffering; capable of feeling pain or emotion; also, capable of being changed; of generaciouns passible, from generations subject to suffering and death; (b) anat. subject to injury…

50. pendaunce n.

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Anat. A portion of the brain extending lower than the rest; pendaunce of the hinder partie, the cerebellum.

51. penne n.

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(a) A feather, plume; also, plumage; (b) pl. wings; fig. the pennes of wind (windes), the wings of the wind; (c) anat. a lobe of the liver or the lungs.

52. pē̆rl(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: perle
130 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A pearl; (b) margerie perl, a pearl; perl of oriente, orient perl, perl orient, perl orientale, a pearl from the Orient; also, a pearl of exceptional brilliance; perl ston, perl of pris; (c) coll.

53. petrǒus adj.

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Anat. Of parts of the temporal bones of the skull: very hard and dense; petrous bones, bones petrous, the parts of the two temporal bones situated at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and…

54. pī̆lē̆r(e n.

Additional spellings: pilere
120 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A pillar or column, either weight-bearing or free-standing; a pedestal; tre piler, piler of tre, a wooden pillar or post; (b) fig. a source of support, a supporter; the beam in the eye as referred…

55. pit n.

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(a) A natural or man-made depression in the ground, hole, pit, ditch; cave; also fig.; also, an open excavation from which some mineral product is obtained or in which some industrial process is…

56. plāce n.

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(a) Space, extension in two or three dimensions, room, area; also fig.; biriden so muche place, to ride over so much area, cover so much ground; haven place, have room; occupien place, occupy space…

57. plain(e adj.

Additional spellings: plaine
265 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Flat, level, even; of geographic areas: low in elevation, lowland; broad, flat; also, of an engraving: worked in low relief; plain contre (ground, place, thing), a plain, plateau, or lowland…

58. plaunten v.

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(a) To plant or set (a tree, an herb, a vine, etc.); also fig.; also, transplant (a tree, etc.); plaunten over; plaunted thing, a plant; (b) to plant (a vineyard, a garden); (c) to plant or sow a…

59. port(e n.

Additional spellings: porte
23 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A gate or gateway; the entrance to a place; also, in a name given to a specific gate; (b) ?a portcullis; (c) anat. the entrance to an internal organ.

60. posiciǒun n.

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(a) A statement of belief; proposition; bi grace of posicioun, for the sake of argument; (b) location; anat. and surg. with reference to a part of the body: location, positioning.