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Breadroot :: Breadroot (n.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food..

Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting..

Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..

Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.

Pabular :: Pabular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food..

Lodgeable :: Lodgeable (a.) Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in.

Rewardless :: Rewardless (a.) Having, or affording, no reward..

Escort :: Escort (n.) A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea..

Like :: Like (superl.) Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.

Standard :: Standard (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver..

Zinciferous :: Zinciferous (a.) Containing or affording zinc.

Cannulated :: Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle..

Hopeful :: Hopeful (a.) Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect..

Hyemation :: Hyemation (n.) The act of affording shelter in winter.

Euclase :: Euclase (n.) A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina..

Alimentation :: Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

Cat''s-eye :: Cat's-eye (n.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl..

Open :: Open (a.) Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures or objects; as, open houses, boxes, baskets, bottles, etc.; also, to means of communication or approach by water or land; as, an open harbor or roadstead..

Suffisance :: Sufficing (a.) Affording enough; satisfying.

Easeful :: Easeful (a.) Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.

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