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1. acētǒus adj.

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(a) Sour to the taste or smell, acid; (b) milk acetous, soured milk; sirup acetous, a decoction of honey or sugar and vinegar; water acetous, water mixed with vinegar; (c) physiol. sour.

2. animāl adj.

15 quotations in 2 senses
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Physiol. Pertaining to that 'faculty' of man, seated in the brain and the nervous system, which 'animates', i.e. produces and controls movement, perception, and thought; vertu or spirit animal.

3. aquǒus, -ọ̄se adj.

Additional spellings: aquose
13 quotations in 1 sense
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Phys. & physiol. Moist (said of one of the four qualities attributed to matter and to organisms); aquous aposteme, a swelling filled with serous fluid; aquous hernia, such a swelling in the scrotum.

4. assimilatīf, -īve adj.

Additional spellings: assimilative
5 quotations in 1 sense
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Physiol. vertu (pouere) assimilatif, the power to assimilate nutriments; -- also person.

5. at(t)emprẹ̄ adj.

Additional spellings: attempre
26 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of persons: observing proper measure, temperate, moderate; atempre of port, word, etc.; (b) of habits or behavior: moderate, modest, restrained.

6. blọ̄dī adj.

57 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) Of blood, consisting of blood, full of blood; of the eyes: bloodshot; (b) physiol. the four blodi humoures, the four humors, formed from the blodi lompe and flowing in the bloodstream; blodi

7. boistǒus adj.

93 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of persons or their behavior: lacking in polish, learning, skill, or experience; crude, unmannerly, awkward; unlearned, unskilled, ignorant; artless, simple, humble; of an animal: simple; (b) of…

8. cōld adj.

207 quotations in 8 senses
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Low in temperature: (a) cold, chilly (weather, season, climate); (b) cold or cool (dwelling); chilly (grave); (c) cold to the touch; cold as is, cold as a ston; (d) of food and drink: cold, cooled…

9. conǧelatīf adj.

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Physiol. Producing 'cold' quality.

10. derk adj.

137 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a room, the underworld, the grave, etc.: lacking illumination; dark, dusky, dismal; also fig.; (b) of the atmosphere, the weather, etc.: dark (night); lowering, threatening (clouds, weather)…

11. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with…

12. dǒuce adj. & n.

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(a) Dear, beloved; douce amour, sweetheart; (b) douce Fraunce, beloved France; (c) douce vie, luxurious life; (d) as noun: paramour; foul douce, filthy harlot; (e) in surnames.

13. ē̆rthī adj.

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(a) Belonging to man's physical and transitory existence on this earth; worldly; (b) terrestrial; (c) pert. to the earth in its astrological aspect.

14. fīrī adj.

61 quotations in 4 senses
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Fiery, flaming, blazing; also fig.; firi levene or thonder, lightning.

15. fūmǒus adj.

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(a) Smoky (fire), vapor-like (cloud); (b) odoriferous (air, fume); odorous (thing); fumy (smell), smelly; (c) miry or swampy (soil).

16. grẹ̄ne adj.

208 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Green, of the colour of grass; (b) of the skin or complexion: green; also, pale, colorless, livid; gul and grene, pale and grene; (c) as symbolic of inconstancy or envy; (d) grene cloth, the…

17. inguināle adj.

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Physiol. Affecting or pertaining to the groin or lower part of the abdomen.

18. līflī adj.

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Living, existing, alive; lifli werking, ?action of existing; (b) living and life-giving; -- usually spiritually.

19. mēne adj.(2)

124 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) In a middle state between two extremes; (b) phys. & physiol. of color, temperament, food, etc.: of a mixed quality or character; (c) moderate in size or quantity; mene assise [see assise n. 6]…

20. nūtrīmentāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: nutrimentale
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Providing nourishment, affording nutrients; physiol. nutrimental blod, blod nutrimental, blood which provides nutriment.