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Rhamnaceous :: Rhamnaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus)..

Horn :: Horn (n.) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty..

Hornito :: Hornito (n.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit..

Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..

Call :: Call (n.) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

Horn :: Horn (n.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the hornbill. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the horned owl. (c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish. (d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in the horned pout..

Schist :: Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar..

Gemsbok :: Gemsbok (n.) A South African antelope (Oryx Capensis), having long, sharp, nearly straight horns..

Hummel :: Hummel (a.) Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow..

Bighorn :: Bighorn (n.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis / Caprovis montana).

Virole :: Virole (n.) A ring surrounding a bugle or hunting horn.

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A horn used by hunters.

Leghorn :: Leghorn (n.) A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation..

Buceros :: Buceros (n.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.

Beamy :: Beamy (a.) Having horns, or antlers..

Thornset :: Thornset (a.) Set with thorns.

Inkhornism :: Inkhornism (n.) Pedantry.

Stag-horn Fern :: Stag-horn coral () Alt. of Stag-horn fer.

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Briery :: Briery (a.) Full of briers; thorny.

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