English to English Dictionary -obelus

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Cobelligerent :: Cobelligerent (a.) Carrying on war in conjunction with another power.

Cobelligerent :: Cobelligerent (n.) A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.

Gobelin :: Gobelin (a.) Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667..

Kobellite :: Kobellite (n.) A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead..

Lobelet :: Lobelet (n.) A small lobe; a lobule.

Lobelia :: Lobelia (n.) A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers..

Lobeliaceous :: Lobeliaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.

Lobelin :: Lobelin (n.) A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic..

Lobeline :: Lobeline (n.) A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor..

Obeli :: Obeli (pl. ) of Obelu.

Obelion :: Obelion (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Obeliscal :: Obeliscal (a.) Formed like an obelisk.

Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. Egyptian obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom..

Obelisk :: Obelisk (n.) A mark of reference; -- called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2..

Obelisk :: Obelisk (v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk.

Obelisked :: Obelisked (imp. & p. p.) of Obelis.

Obelisking :: Obelisking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obelis.

Obelize :: Obelize (v. t.) To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous.

Obelized :: Obelized (imp. & p. p.) of Obeliz.

Obelizing :: Obelizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Obeliz.

Obelus :: Obelus (n.) A mark [thus /, or � ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings..