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Prudential :: Prudential (a.) Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives..

High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..

Overhighly :: Overhighly (adv.) Too highly; too greatly.

Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..

Oboe :: Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy..

Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country..

Overhold :: Overhold (v. t.) To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate.

Vacuum :: Vacuum (n.) A space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum..

Smallclothes :: Smallclothes (n. pl.) A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..

High :: High (superl.) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives..

Orthosilicic :: Orthosilicic (a.) Designating the form of silicic acid having the normal or highest number of hydroxyl groups.

Femur :: Femur (n.) The thigh bone.

Ferric :: Ferric (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid..

Precious :: Precious (a.) Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections..

Overblow :: Overblow (v. i.) To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing..

Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.

Beatitude :: Beatitude (n.) Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.

Intellect :: Intellect (n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding..

Hight :: Hight (n.) A variant of Height.

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