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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Recreant :: Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven..
Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine..
Worsted :: Worsted (n.) Well-twisted yarn spun of long-staple wool which has been combed to lay the fibers parallel, used for carpets, cloth, hosiery, gloves, and the like..
Polysynthesis :: Polysynthesis (n.) The act or process of combining many separate elements into a whole.
Scomberoid :: Scomberoid (a. & n.) Same as Scombroid.
Furnace :: Furnace (n.) An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc..
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth..
Pneumo- :: Pneumo- () A combining form from Gr. pney`mwn, pney`monos, a lung; as, pneumogastric, pneumology..
Stannotype :: Stannoso- (a.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain stannnous compounds..
Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey..
Haemo- :: Haemo- () Combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope..
Cartel :: Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Oto- :: Oto- () A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or in, the ear..
Potassium :: Potassium (n.) An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium)..
Equivalence :: Equivalence (n.) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence..
Flower :: Flower (n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla..
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag..
Scomber :: Scomber (n.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
Theanthropical :: Theanthropical (a.) Partaking of, or combining, both divinity and humanity..
Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions..
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