Definition of long

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Long (prep.) By means of; by the fault of; because of.

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Komtok :: Komtok (n.) An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along..
Propithecus :: Propithecus (n.) A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris..
Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital..
Epode :: Epode (n.) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich..
Independent :: Independent (a.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents..
Religious :: Religious (a.) Belonging to a religious order; bound by vows.
Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.
Fluvial :: Fluvial (a.) Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant..
Nuddle :: Nuddle (v. i.) To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.
Stringy :: Stringpiece (n.) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs..
Zamindar :: Zamindar (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue..
Scalaria :: Scalaria (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap..
Catalpa :: Catalpa (n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean..
Right :: Right (a.) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim; interest; ownership.
Rapture :: Rapture (n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
Athirst :: Athirst (a.) Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing.
Rake :: Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth..
Vorticella :: Vorticella (n.) Any one of numerous species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to Vorticella and many other genera of the family Vorticellidae. They have a more or less bell-shaped body with a circle of vibrating cilia around the oral disk. Most of the species have slender, contractile stems, either simple or branched..
Venous :: Venous (a.) Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial..
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