Definition of rib

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Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in..

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Horrisonous :: Horrisonous (a.) Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound.
Attributable :: Attributable (a.) Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..
Labarum :: Labarum (n.) The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard..
Tewan :: Tewan (n.) A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.
Dakotas :: Dakotas (n. pl) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux..
Quo Warranto :: Quo warranto () A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers..
#NAME? :: -graphy () A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography..
Pool :: Pool (v. i.) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction..
Scleroderm :: Scleroderm (n.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish..
Haliographer :: Haliographer (n.) One who writes about or describes the sea.
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard..
Branch :: Branch (a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store..
Proscriptionist :: Proscriptionist (n.) One who proscribes.
Promiscuous :: Promiscuous (a.) Distributed or applied without order or discrimination; not restricted to an individual; common; indiscriminate; as, promiscuous love or intercourse..
Rib :: Rib (n.) An elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
Inscribe :: Inscribe (v. t.) To mark with letters, charakters, or words..
Trochoid :: Trochoid (n.) The curve described by any point in a wheel rolling on a line; a cycloid; a roulette; in general, the curve described by any point fixedly connected with a moving curve while the moving curve rolls without slipping on a second fixed curve, the curves all being in one plane. Cycloids, epicycloids, hypocycloids, cardioids, etc., are all trochoids..
Radula :: Radula (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore..
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