Definition of tame

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Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth..

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Quincuncial :: Quincuncial () Having the leaves of a pentamerous calyx or corolla so imbricated that two are exterior, two are interior, and the other has one edge exterior and one interior; as, quincuncial aestivation..
Sluggish :: Sluggish (a.) Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Cade :: Cade (v. t.) To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame..
Stamin :: Stamened (a.) Furnished with stamens.
Staminode :: Staminiferous (a.) Bearing or having stamens.
Polyandrous :: Polyandrous (a.) Belonging to the class Polyandria; having many stamens, or any number above twenty, inserted in the receptacle..
Segment :: Segment (n.) One of the divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite; a metamere; a somatome..
Phanerogamous :: Phanerogamous (a.) Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.
Obdiplostemonous :: Obdiplostemonous (a.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, those of the outer set being opposite the petals; -- said of flowers..
Maleic :: Maleic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series, metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by heating malic acid..
Enneandria :: Enneandria (n.) A Linnaean class of plants having nine stamens.
Homodynamy :: Homodynamy (n.) The homology of metameres. See Metamere.
Metameric :: Metameric (a.) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation..
Sterile :: Sterile (a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens..
Androus :: androus () A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens..
Ass :: Ass (n.) A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed..
Staminate :: Staminal (a.) Of or pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
Gehenna :: Gehenna (n.) The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was afterward regarded as a place of abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell..
Pentamerous :: Pentamerous (a.) Belonging to the Pentamera.
Proterogynous :: Proterogynous (a.) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous; -- opposed to proterandrous.
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