Definition of elm

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Elm (n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva..

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Helm :: Helm (n.) See Haulm, straw..
Santonin :: Santonin (n.) A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Starblowlines :: Starboard (v. t.) To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm..
Annuloida :: Annuloida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Overpress :: Overpress (v. t.) To bear upon with irresistible force; to crush; to overwhelm.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
Keelman :: Keelman (n.) See Keeler, 1..
Shaddock :: Shaddock (n.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous..
Ophthalmometer :: Ophthalmometer (n.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained..
Helmed :: Helmed (a.) Covered with a helmet.
Whelming :: Whelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whel.
Winged :: Winged (a.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate..
Whahoo :: Whahoo (n.) An American tree, the winged elm. (Ulmus alata)..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage..
Disembowelment :: Disembowelment (n.) The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration..
Helm :: Helm (n.) A helve.
Cestoidea :: Cestoidea (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm..
Helmeted :: Helmeted (a.) Wearing a helmet; furnished with or having a helmet or helmet-shaped part; galeate.
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