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Beer :: Beer (n.) A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc..

Biliteral :: Biliteral (n.) A word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters..

Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..

Spindletail :: Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots..

Suffix :: Suffix (n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix..

Bloodroot :: Bloodroot (n.) A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria..

Radicle :: Radicle (n.) A rootlet; a radicel.

Titter :: Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle..

Wombat :: Wombat (n.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots..

Root :: Root (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed..

Prootic :: Prootic (n.) A prootic bone.

Mechoacan :: Mechoacan (n.) A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained..

Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..

Toot :: Toot (v. i.) To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown..

Convolvulin :: Convolvulin (n.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties..

Hair :: Hair (n.) One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin..

Radiculose :: Radiculose (a.) Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets..

Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe..

Polypous :: Polypous (a.) Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus..

Digitiform :: Digitiform (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root..

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