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Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.

Maybe :: Maybe (adv.) Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.

Tyrosin :: Tyrosin (n.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. Chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative..

Martial :: Martial (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations..

Graybeard :: Graybeard (n.) An old man.

Drone Bee :: Drone bee () The male of the honeybee; a drone.

Para- :: Para- () A prefix denoting: (a) Likeness, similarity, or connection, or that the substance resembles, but is distinct from, that to the name of which it is prefixed; as paraldehyde, paraconine, etc.; also, an isomeric modification. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively..

Salicylic :: Salicylic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid..

Metalline :: Metalline (a.) Impregnated with metallic salts; chalybeate; as, metalline water..

Hybernacle :: Hybernacle () Alt. of Hybernatio.

Gale :: Gale (n.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America..

Chalybeate :: Chalybeate (n.) Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient..

Sheepberry :: Sheepberry (n.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry..

Hybernation :: Hybernation () See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation..

Chalybean :: Chalybean (a.) Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel.

Chalybeous :: Chalybeous (a.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.

Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub itself; -- called also candleberry tree.

Gybe :: Gybe (v. t. & i.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.

Gybed :: Gybed (imp. & p. p.) of Gyb.

Nannyberry :: Nannyberry (n.) See Sheepberry.

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