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Sour :: Sour (superl.) Afflictive; painful.

Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc..

Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Gloomily angry and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.

A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English

Homatropine :: Homatropine (n.) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose..

Cassiterite :: Cassiterite (n.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black..

Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Sour; surly; frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc..

Egriot :: Egriot (n.) A kind of sour cherry.

Mother :: Mother (n.) That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.

Penury :: Penury (n.) Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.

Mint :: Mint (n.) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

Sour :: Sour (n.) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.

Grum :: Grum (a.) Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim.

Politics :: Politics (n.) The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a nation or state, the preservation of its safety, peace, and prosperity, the defense of its existence and rights against foreign control or conquest, the augmentation of its strength and resources, and the protection of its citizens in their rights, with the preservation and improvement of their morals..

Font :: Font (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source.

Denominator :: Denominator (n.) One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..

Suigothus :: Suint (n.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas..

Valeric :: Valeric (a.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese..

Tincal :: Tincal (n.) Crude native borax, formerly imported from Thibet. It was once the chief source of boric compounds. Cf. Borax..

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