Definition of rod

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Rod (n.) An instrument for measuring.

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Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..
Rodomontade :: Rodomontade (n.) Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Cross-tail :: Cross-tail (n.) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall..
Pythocenic :: Pythocenic (a.) Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to be accompanied or caused by decomposition..
Muriatiferous :: Muriatiferous (a.) Producing muriatic substances or salt.
Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance..
Oleograph :: Oleograph (n.) A picture produced in oils by a process analogous to that of lithographic printing.
Allopathy :: Allopathy (n.) That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy..
Nematogene :: Nematogene (n.) One of the dimorphic forms of the species of Dicyemata, which produced vermiform embryos; -- opposed to rhombogene..
Extravagant :: Extravagant (a.) Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man..
Pteranodon :: Pteranodon (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more..
Wheeze :: Wheeze (n.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the stage whisper. It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone..
Such :: Such (a.) Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better..
Chilblain :: Chilblain (v. t.) To produce chilblains upon.
Aye-aye :: Aye-aye (n.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth..
Ergotine :: Ergotine () A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus..
Female :: Female (a.) Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male..
Cytogenous :: Cytogenous (a.) Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue..
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