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Shah :: Shah (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia..

Cleft :: Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Xiphisternum :: Xiphisternum (n.) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process..

Sternness :: Sternmost (a.) Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy..

Sternage :: Stern (a.) Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

Ringbone :: Ringbone (n.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.

Stepped :: Steppe (n.) One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna..

Aft :: Aft (adv. & a.) Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

Nyentek :: Nyentek (n.) A carnivorous mannual (Helictis moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor..

Easternmost :: Easternmost (a.) Most eastern.

Pequots :: Pequots (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut.

Bema :: Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.

Orient :: Orient (a.) Eastern; oriental.

Shiner :: Shiner (n.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada..

Jade :: "Jade (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples..

Zemni :: Zemni (n.) The blind mole rat (Spalax typhlus), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows..

Grasshopper :: Grasshopper (n.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts o

Prothesis :: Prothesis (n.) A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church.

Anamese :: Anamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Anam, to southeastern Asia..

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