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Tupelo :: Tupelo (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also black gum, sour gum, and pepperidge..

Megrim :: Megrim (n.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa)..

Varnish :: Varnish (n.) An artificial covering to give a fair appearance to any act or conduct; outside show; gloss.

Gloss :: Gloss (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth..

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth..

Arara :: Arara (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus)..

Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue..

Limpet :: Limpet (n.) Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides..

Hound''s-tongue :: Hound's-tongue (n.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue..

Earth-tongue :: Earth-tongue (n.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

Gossaries :: Gossaries (pl. ) of Glossar.

Hyo- :: Hyo- () A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting connection with the hyoid bone or arch; as, hyoglossal, hyomandibular, hyomental, etc..

Starling :: Starling (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra..

Toucan :: Toucan (n.) Any one of numerous species of fruit-eating birds of tropical America belonging to Ramphastos, Pteroglossus, and allied genera of the family Ramphastidae. They have a very large, but light and thin, beak, often nearly as long as the body itself. Most of the species are brilliantly colored with red, yellow, white, and black in striking contrast..

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated..

Tsetse :: Tsetse (n.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year..

Kelpfish :: Kelpfish (n.) A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus..

Glosser :: Glosser (n.) A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.

Gloss :: Gloss (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.

Cashmerette :: Cashmerette (n.) A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere..

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