"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..

Addle-pate :: Addle-pate (n.) A foolish or dull-witted fellow.

Addle-pated :: Addle-pated (a.) Dull-witted; stupid.

Addle-patedness :: Addle-patedness (n.) Stupidity.

Aestho-physiology :: Aestho-physiology (n.) The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.

Al-phitomancy :: Al-phitomancy (n.) Divination by means of barley meal.

All-possessed :: All-possessed (a.) Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

Armor-plated :: Armor-plated (a.) Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad..

Bear''s-paw :: Bear's-paw (n.) A large bivalve shell of the East Indies (Hippopus maculatus), often used as an ornament..

Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.

Bow-pen :: Bow-pen (n.) Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass.

Bow-pencil :: Bow-pencil (n.) Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil..

Bristle-pointed :: Bristle-pointed (a.) Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves..

Broncho-pneumonia :: Broncho-pneumonia (n.) Inflammation of the bronchi and lungs; catarrhal pneumonia.

Bullet-proof :: Bullet-proof (a.) Capable of resisting the force of a bullet.

By-pass :: By-pass (n.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course..

By-passage :: By-passage (n.) A passage different from the usual one; a byway.

By-past :: By-past (a.) Past; gone by.

By-place :: By-place (n.) A retired or private place.

By-product :: By-product (n.) A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked..

Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes..

Chick-pea :: Chick-pea (n.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram..

Chick-pea :: Chick-pea (n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts..

Chimney-piece :: Chimney-piece (n.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.

Cich-pea :: Cich-pea (n.) The chick-pea.

Cinque-pace :: Cinque-pace (n.) A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five..

Cock-padle :: Cock-padle (n.) See Lumpfish.

Connate-perfoliate :: Connate-perfoliate (a.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset..

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