Perbend :: Perbend (n.) See Perpender.

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A prebendary.

Prebendal :: Prebendal (a.) Of or pertaining to a prebend; holding a prebend; as, a prebendal priest or stall..

Prebendary :: Prebendary (n.) A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3..

Prebendary :: Prebendary (n.) A prebendaryship.

Prebendaryship :: Prebendaryship (n.) The office of a prebendary.

Prebendate :: Prebendate (v. t.) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.

Prebendship :: Prebendship (n.) A prebendaryship.

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone..

Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying on the ground, but without putting forth roots; trailing; prostrate; as, a procumbent stem..

Recumbence :: Recumbence (n.) The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent..

Recumbency :: Recumbency (n.) Recumbence.

Recumbent :: Recumbent (a.) Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle..

Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.

Sanbenito :: Sanbenito (n.) Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church..

Sanbenito :: Sanbenito (n.) A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe..

Sibbens :: Sibbens (n.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch..

Sorbent :: Sorbent (n.) An absorbent.

Stilbene :: Stilar (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of a dial.

Subendocardial :: Subelongate (a.) Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.

Subendymal :: Subendocardial (a.) Situated under the endocardium.

Succumbent :: Succumb (v. t.) To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease..

Superincumbence :: Superinpregnation (n.) The act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, in addition to a prior impregnation; superfetation..

Superincumbency :: Superincumbence (n.) Alt. of Superincumbenc.

Superincumbent :: Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.

Terebene :: Terebene (n.) A polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. By extension, any one of a group of related substances..

Terebenthene :: Terebenthene (n.) Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow..

Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care..

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