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Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.

Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..

Scray :: Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.

Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.

Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.

Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. t.) To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer..

Swill :: Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.

Ruminant :: Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..

Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..

Resorb :: Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.

Bird''s-nest :: Bird's-nest (n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..

Engouled :: Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled..

Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..

Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

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