Hottentot :: Hottentot (n.) One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts..

Hottentot :: Hottentot (n.) The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking sounds..

Hottentotism :: Hottentotism (n.) A term employed to describe one of the varieties of stammering.

Ostentous :: Ostentous (a.) Ostentatious.

Pedetentous :: Pedetentous (a.) Proceeding step by step; advancing cautiously.

Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..

Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size..

Retentor :: Retentor (n.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata..

Stentor :: Stenting (n.) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.

Stentor :: Stentor (n.) A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice..

Stentor :: Stentor (n.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha..

Stentorian :: Stentor (n.) A howling monkey, or howler..

Stentorin :: Stentorian (a.) Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs..

Stentorious :: Stentorin (n.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2..

Stentoronic :: Stentorious (a.) Stentorian.

Stentorophonic :: Stentoronic (a.) Stentorian.

Tentorium :: Tentorium (n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.

Tentory :: Tentory (n.) The awning or covering of a tent.

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