Word Meanings - DESINENCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Termination; ending. Bp. Hall.

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• ENDENIZATION
  The act of naturalizing.
• ENDORSER
  See INDORSER
• ENDOGENY
  Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.
• ENDENIZE
  To endenizen.
• ENDOTHECIUM
  The inner lining of an another cell.
• ENDOSCOPE
  An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
• ENDOPLASM
  The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
• ENDOCHROME
  The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.
• ENDALL; END-ALL
  Complete termination. That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.
• ENDOSTYLE
  A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.
• ENDURANT
  Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc. The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.
• ENDERON
  The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. -- En`de*ron"ic, a.
• ENDODERMIS
  A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.
• ENDOCHONDRAL
  Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.
• ENDABLE
  That may be ended; terminable.
• ENDOSTERNITE
  The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.
• ENDEAR
  1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak. 2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. King James I. .
• ENDUREMENT
  Endurance. South.
• ENDIADEMED
  Diademed.
• ENDOSMOSE; ENDOSMOSIS
  The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.
• AMENDFUL
  Much improving.
• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• OFFENDANT
  An offender. Holland.
• GENDER
  A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living
• ACCENDIBILITY
  Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• STIPEND
  Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
• SEA LAVENDER
  See MARSH
• DECRESCENDO
  With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign.
• SHENDFUL
  Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. -- Shend"ful*ly, adv. Fabyan.
• TENDER
  A vessel employed to attend other vessels, to supply them with provisions and other stores, to convey intelligence, or the like. 3. A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water. (more info) 1. One who tends; one who takes
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• FACIEND
  The multiplicand. See Facient,
• SPLENDIDIOUS
  Splendid.
• DENDRIFORM
  Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.
• FRIENDED
  1. Having friends; 2. Iuclined to love; well-disposed. Shak.
• STIPENDIARIAN
  Acting from mercenary considerations; stipendiary. A. Seward.
• SHEND
  disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See 1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. "Loss of time shendeth us." Chaucer. I fear my body will be shent. Dryden. 2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or