Definition of cry

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Cry (v. i.) A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories..

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Bleating :: Bleating (a.) Crying as a sheep does.
Glucoside :: Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the natur
Hypidiomorphic :: Hypidiomorphic (a.) Partly idiomorphic; -- said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form.
Howl :: Howl (v. i.) To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
Vanillin :: Vanillin (n.) A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol..
Bryophyta :: Bryophyta (n. pl.) See Cryptogamia.
Oxanilide :: Oxanilide (n.) a white crystalline substance, resembling oxanilamide, obtained by heating aniline oxalate, and regarded as a double anilide of oxalic acid; -- called also diphenyl oxamide..
Mucamide :: Mucamide (n.) The acid amide of mucic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance..
Basic :: Basic (a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt..
Selaginella :: Selaginella (n.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories..
Pyrophosphoric :: Pyrophosphoric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, H4P2O7, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance. Its salts are obtained by heating the phosphates..
Phorone :: Phorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds..
Trimesitic :: Trimesitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, C6H3.(CO2)3, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance..
Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..
Lactimide :: Lactimide (n.) A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid..
Proustite :: Proustite (n.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver..
Scoparin :: Scoparin (n.) A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
Dinaphthyl :: Dinaphthyl (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical..
Hyaline :: Hyaline (a.) Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal..
Cryptonym :: Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.
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