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Damnatory :: Damnatory (a.) Dooming to damnation; condemnatory.

Cuckooflower :: Cuckooflower (n.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi)..

Adamic :: Adamic (a.) Alt. of Adamica.

Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains..

Damask :: Damask (n.) Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

Dam :: Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up..

Cold :: Cold (n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.

Schiedam :: Schiedam (n.) Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.

Earthworm :: Earthworm (n.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm..

Damned :: Damned (a.) Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.

Quidam :: Quidam (n.) Somebody; one unknown.

By-wash :: By-wash (n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water..

Dam :: Dam (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..

Beldame :: Beldame (n.) Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.

Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon..

In Commendam :: In commendam () See Commendam, and Partnership in Commendam, under Partnership..

Kauri :: Kauri (n.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, / Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin..

Dame :: Dame (n.) The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school..

Ball :: Ball (v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls..

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