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Mordacious :: Mordacious (a.) Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing..

Mordacity :: Mordacity (n.) The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality..

Mordant :: Mordant (a.) Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

Mordant :: Mordant (a.) Serving to fix colors.

Mordant :: Mordant (n.) Any corroding substance used in etching.

Mordant :: Mordant (n.) Any substance, as alum or copperas, which, having a twofold attraction for organic fibers and coloring matter, serves as a bond of union, and thus gives fixity to, or bites in, the dyes..

Mordant :: Mordant (n.) Any sticky matter by which the gold leaf is made to adhere.

Mordant :: Mordant (v. t.) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing..

Mordanted :: Mordanted (imp. & p. p.) of Mordan.

Mordanting :: Mordanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mordan.

Mordantly :: Mordantly (adv.) In the manner of a mordant.

Mordente :: Mordente (n.) An embellishment resembling a trill.

Mordicancy :: Mordicancy (n.) A biting quality; corrosiveness.

Mordicant :: Mordicant (a.) Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body..

Mordication :: Mordication (n.) The act of biting or corroding; corrosion.

Mordicative :: Mordicative (a.) Biting; corrosive.

Primordial :: Primordial (a.) First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition..

Primordial :: Primordial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also Cambrian, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian..

Primordial :: Primordial (a.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell..

Primordial :: Primordial (n.) A first principle or element.

Primordialism :: Primordialism (n.) Devotion to, or persistence in, conditions of the primordial state..

Primordially :: Primordially (adv.) At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.

Primordian :: Primordian (n.) A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc..

Primordiate :: Primordiate (a.) Primordial.

Remord :: Remord (v. t.) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.

Remord :: Remord (v. i.) To feel remorse.

Remordency :: Remordency (n.) Remorse; compunction; compassion.