Abyss :: Abyss (n.) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit..

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) The center of an escutcheon.

Abyssal :: Abyssal (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable..

Abyssinian :: Abyssinian (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

Abyssinian :: Abyssinian (n.) A native of Abyssinia.

Abyssinian :: Abyssinian (n.) A member of the Abyssinian Church.

Byss :: Byss (n.) See Byssus, n., 1..

Byssaceous :: Byssaceous (a.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algae..

Byssi :: Byssi (pl. ) of Byssu.

Byssiferous :: Byssiferous (a.) Bearing a byssus or tuft.

Byssin :: Byssin (n.) See Byssus, n., 1..

Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.

Byssoid :: Byssoid (a.) Byssaceous.

Byssolite :: Byssolite (n.) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) Asbestus.

Byssuses :: Byssuses (pl. ) of Byssu.

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