Definition of comb

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Comb (n.) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.

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Antagonistical :: Antagonistical (a.) Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces..
Amalgamate :: Amalgamate (v. t.) To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury..
Megalethoscope :: Megalethoscope (n.) An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.
Adeno- :: Adeno- () Combining forms of the Greek word for gland; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands..
Carbonize :: Carbonize (v. t.) To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation..
Silicon :: Silicon (n.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. A
Lames :: Lames (n. pl.) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.
Crossbreed :: Crossbreed (n.) A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualities of two parent varieties or stocks..
Combe :: Combe (n.) See Comb.
Seerfish :: Seerfish (n.) A scombroid food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
Myriorama :: Myriorama (n.) A picture made up of several smaller pictures, drawn upon separate pieces in such a manner as to admit of combination in many different ways, thus producing a great variety of scenes or landscapes..
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
Stereobate :: Stereo- () A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb..
Acid :: Acid (n.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their n
Cox :: Cox (n.) A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
Faction :: Faction (n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good..
Ditty-box :: Ditty-box (n.) A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc..
Luteo- :: Luteo- () A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.
Arsenic :: Arsenic (n.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356ยก Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of
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