Absque Hoc :: Absque hoc () The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated..

Acanthocarpous :: Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines.

Acanthocephala :: Acanthocephala (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines..

Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..

Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..

Anthocyanin :: Anthocyanin (n.) Same as Anthokyan.

Authochthonic :: Authochthonic (a.) Alt. of Autochthonou.

Authochthons :: Authochthons (pl. ) of Autochtho.

Bronchocele :: Bronchocele (n.) See Goiter.

Chocard :: Chocard (n.) The chough.

Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask..

Chock :: Chock (v. i.) To fill up, as a cavity..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc..

Chock :: Chock (adv.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft..

Chock :: Chock (v. t.) To encounter.

Chock :: Chock (n.) An encounter.

Chock-full :: Chock-full (a.) Quite full; choke-full.

Chockablock :: Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting..

Chocked :: Chocked (imp. & p. p.) of Choc.

Chocking :: Chocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choc.

Chocolate :: Chocolate (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla..

Chocolate :: Chocolate (n.) The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.

Choctaws :: Choctaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory..

Dolichocephalic :: Dolichocephalic (a.) Alt. of Dolichocephalou.

Dolichocephalism :: Dolichocephalism (n.) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.

Dolichocephalous :: Dolichocephalous (a.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic..

Dolichocephaly :: Dolichocephaly (n.) Alt. of Dolichocephalis.

Dousing-chock :: Dousing-chock (n.) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck..

Earthshock :: Earthshock (n.) An earthquake.

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