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1. drīenes(se n.

Additional spellings: drienesse
46 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The state of being dry or dried out; (b) dryness of weather, drought; (c) dry land (as opposed to sea); (d) desert; (e) dead wood.

2. grōs adj.

40 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Large; gros glot (spiking), a kind of large nail or spike; (b) anat. of bodily parts, organs, structures: large, thick.

3. hō̆t n.(1)

29 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Hotness of the atmosphere, hot weather; heat as perceptible to the touch; (b) in hot and cold, through thick and thin, at all times; neither in hot ne cold, never; for hot ne cold, for any reason…

4. hūmiditẹ̄ n.

22 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Moistness, dampness; (b) anat. & med. the primary quality of moistness.

5. menstrūā̆l adj.

16 quotations in 3 senses
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Anat. (a) Capable of menstruating; (b) menstrual; menstrual blod, blood expelled in menstruation, the menstrual flow; menstrual flux, renninge menstrual, the menstrual flow, esp. when excessive…

6. mọ̄der n.

331 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A female, human parent; mother; -- also used of a goddess; (b) used of animals and birds; moder shep, a ewe; (c) in phrases, cpds., and combs.: at my moder, at my mother's house; fro his moder(es

7. moistenes(se n.

Additional spellings: moistenesse
36 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Moisture, wetness; something wet; dampness, humidity; (b) a fluid or liquid; bodily fluid, secretion, matter; moistenes of eien, watering of the eyes; also, the sap or juice of a plant.

8. mọ̄n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mone
240 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The moon as a luminous heavenly body; the seventh 'planet' of Ptolemaic astronomy, the planet of the sphere nearest the earth; (b) the moon as the cosmological divider between the earth and the…

9. 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.

10. sperme n.

33 quotations in 2 senses
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Anat. & physiol. (a) The male seminal fluid; passinge (shedinge) of sperme, ?sperme shedinge, emission of semen; (b) the spermatozoa; -- used as a sg.; also, the ovum; mannes (wommanes) sperme; (c)…

11. stōn n.

682 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) A discrete piece of rock, esp. one of small or medium size; a stone, pebble; also, a large discrete piece of rock, a boulder; a standing stone, monolith; (b) a ston(es cast, the throuinge of a

12. turning(e ger.

Additional spellings: turninge
116 quotations in 14 senses
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(a) Movement about an axis or central point, rotation, revolution; also, a whirling about; also, the circular passage of time; an annular cycle; turning abouten; turning up and doun; (b) in cpds. and…

13. vessel n.

203 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an…

14. werking(e ger.(1)

Additional spellings: werkinge
192 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) The doing of an act or action; acting (in a certain way), (one’s) behavior; also, that which one does or has done, (one’s) acts or doings; an act, a deed; werking togeder; a merveillous werking

15. whīt n.

118 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) The color white, white as the color opposite to black; also, a pale or whitish color; also, whiteness, whiteness as the opposite of blackness; her. ?the color argent; bright (shininge) whit, a…

16. whīt adj.

655 quotations in 18 senses
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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of…

17. whītnes(se n.

Additional spellings: whitnesse
47 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) The quality of whiteness; the condition of being white; the color white, a white color; also, an off-white or whitish color, the white or whitish color (of teeth, hair, a bodily fluid, morbid…