Apomecometer :: Apomecometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the height of objects.

Apomecometry :: Apomecometry (n.) The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.

Beach Comber :: Beach comber () A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber..

Become :: Become (p. p.) of Becom.

Become :: Become (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character..

Become :: Become (v. i.) To come; to get.

Become :: Become (v. t.) To suit or be suitable to; to be congruous with; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, or proper for; to cause to appear well; -- said of persons and things..

Becomed :: Becomed (a.) Proper; decorous.

Becoming :: Becoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Becom.

Becoming :: Becoming (a.) Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting.

Becoming :: Becoming (n.) That which is becoming or appropriate.

Becomingly :: Becomingly (adv.) In a becoming manner.

Becomingness :: Becomingness (n.) The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph.

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint..

Bow-compass :: Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other..

Bow-compasses :: Bow-compasses (pl. ) of Bow-compas.

Bullcomber :: Bullcomber (n.) A scaraboid beetle; esp. the Typhaeus vulgaris of Europe.

Buncombe :: Buncombe (n.) Alt. of Bunku.

Cacomixl :: Cacomixl (n.) A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California..

Cacomixle :: Cacomixle (n.) Alt. of Cacomix.

Cacomixtle :: Cacomixtle (n.) Alt. of Cacomix.

Catacomb :: Catacomb (n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural..

Cloud-compeller :: Cloud-compeller (n.) Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.

Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) See Coxcomb.

Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli..

Com- :: Com- () A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants..

Coma :: Coma (n.) A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.

Coma :: Coma (n.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet..

Coma :: Coma (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds..

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