Definition of rot

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Rot (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

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Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill..
Execrate :: Execrate (v. t.) To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate..
Tyrotoxine :: Tyrotoxine (n.) Same as Tyrotoxicon.
Cod :: Cod (n.) The scrotum.
Circumrotate :: Circumrotate (v. t. & i.) To rotate about.
Brotherly :: Brotherly (a.) Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love..
Diptych :: Diptych (n.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
Prominency :: Prominency (n.) That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Pepsin :: Pepsin (n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals..
Corpuscle :: Corpuscle (n.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood..
Dextrogyrate :: Dextrogyrate (a.) Same as Dextrorotatory.
Pyrotic :: Pyrotic (n.) A caustic medicine.
Rattlesnake :: Rattlesnake (n.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
Dewrot :: Dewrot (v. t.) To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting..
Revoluble :: Revoluble (a.) Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.
Protectiveness :: Protectiveness (n.) The quality or state of being protective.
Garroted :: Garroted (imp. & p. p.) of Garrot.
Electrotype :: Electrotype (v. t.) To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n..
Trypsin :: Trypsin (n.) A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin..
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