Definition of comb

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Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc..

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Single :: Single (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat..
Tri- :: Tri- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting three proportional or combining part, or the third degree of that to the name of which it is prefixed; as in trisulphide, trioxide, trichloride..
Diagraph :: Diagraph (n.) A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale..
Needlework :: Needlework (n.) The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.
United :: United (a.) Combined; joined; made one.
Androus :: androus () A terminal combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens..
Trade Union :: Trade union () An organized combination among workmen for the purpose of maintaining their rights, privileges, and interests with respect to wages, hours of labor, customs, etc..
Halogen :: Halogen (n.) An electro-negative element or radical, which, by combination with a metal, forms a haloid salt; especially, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; sometimes, also, fluorine and cyanogen. See Chlorine family, under Chlorine..
Cineration :: Cineration (n.) The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.
Currycomb :: Currycomb (v. t.) To comb with a currycomb.
Incombine :: Incombine (v. i.) To be incapable of combining; to disagree; to differ.
Genius :: Genius (n.) Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius..
Cyclo- :: Cyclo- () A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel..
White :: White (superl.) Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin..
Comb :: Comb (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
Recipe :: Recipe (n.) A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine..
Sentence :: Sentence (n.) A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4..
Calamistrum :: Calamistrum (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs..
Pantochronometer :: Pantochronometer (n.) An instrument combining a compass, sundial, and universal time dial..
Nitrify :: Nitrify (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with nitrogen; to convert, by oxidation, into nitrous or nitric acid; to subject to, or produce by, nitrification..
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