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Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater , the dusky shearwater , and the greater shearwater , are well-known species
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Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater , the dusky shearwater , and the greater shearwater , are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
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- WINGY
1. Having wings; rapid. With wingy speed outstrip the eastern wind. Addison. - RELATIONSHIP
The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason. - ALLICIENT
That attracts; attracting. -- n. - ALLINEATION; ALINEEATION
Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. - WINGFISH
A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin. - ALLITERAL
Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration. - GENERABILITY
Capability of being generated. Johnstone. - GENERALIZED
Comprising structural characters which are separated in more specialized forms; synthetic; as, a generalized type. - GENERALIZABLE
Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule. Extreme cases are . . . not generalizable. Coleridge - GENERA
See GENUS - ALLITERATOR
One who alliterates. - ALLIED
United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally. - GENERALTY
Generality. Sir M. Hale. - DUSKY
1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble. 2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon. When Jove in dusky clouds - SPECIES
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, - ALLICE; ALLIS
The European shad ; allice shad. See Alose. - RELATIVELY
In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts. - ALLIGATION
A rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values. Note: The rule is named from the method of connecting together the terms by certain - ALLITERATE
To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration. - WINGLET
A bastard wing, or alula. (more info) 1. A little wing; a very small wing. - GALLIASS
See GALLEASS - PRELATIST
One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott. - OVERFLOWINGLY
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. - DALLIANCE
1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson. 2. Delay or procrastination. - MAJOR GENERAL
. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps. - KAKARALLI
A kind of wood common in Demerara, durable in salt water, because not subject to the depredations of the sea worm and barnacle. - KNOWINGLY
1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. 2. By experience. Shak. - TWINGE
OFries. thwinga, twinga, dwinga, to constrain, D. dwingen, OS. thwingan, G. zwingen, OHG. dwingan, thwingan, to press, oppress, overcome, Icel. þvinga, Sw. tvinga to subdue, constrain, Dan. twinge, and AS. þün to press, OHG. duhen, and probably - SCALLION
A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. - CORALLIGENOUS
producing coral; coraligerous; coralliferous. Humble. - UNREGENERACY
The quality or state of being unregenerate. Glanvill. - INNUMEROUS
Innumerable. Milton. - REALLIANCE
A renewed alliance. - IMPALLID
To make pallid; to blanch. Feltham. - HEMEROCALLIS
A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily. - HAEMATOCRYSTALLIN
See HEMATOCRYSTALLIN - PRELATISM
Prelacy; episcopacy. - CRYSTALLIZATION
The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and sructure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. 2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. Note: The systems of