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101nitrify — /ˈnaɪtrəfaɪ/ (say nuytruhfuy) verb (t) (nitrified, nitrifying) 1. to oxidise (ammonia compounds, etc.) to nitrites or nitrates, especially by bacterial action. 2. to impregnate (soil, etc.) with nitrates. 3. to treat or combine with nitrogen or… …
102climax — [klī′maks΄] n. [LL < Gr klimax, ladder < base of klinein, to slope: see INCLINE] 1. a rhetorical series of ideas, images, etc. arranged progressively so that the most forceful is last 2. the final, culminating element or event in a series;… …
103hoe — [hō] n. [ME houe < OFr < OHG houwa < houwan, to cut, HEW] a tool with a thin, flat blade set across the end of a long handle, used for weeding, loosening soil, etc. vt., vi. hoed, hoeing to dig, cultivate, weed, etc. with a hoe hoer n …
104benign — adj. 1 gentle, mild, kindly. 2 fortunate, salutary. 3 (of the climate, soil, etc.) mild, favourable. 4 Med. (of a disease, tumour, etc.) not malignant. Derivatives: benignly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF benigne f. L benignus f. bene well + genus born …
105crib — n. & v. n. 1 a a child s bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot. b a model of the Nativity of Christ, with a manger as a bed. 2 a barred container or rack for animal fodder. 3 colloq. a a translation of a text for the (esp. surreptitious) use… …
106nourish — v.tr. 1 a sustain with food. b enrich; promote the development of (the soil etc.). c provide with intellectual or emotional sustenance or enrichment. 2 foster or cherish (a feeling etc.). Derivatives: nourisher n. Etymology: ME f. OF norir f. L… …
107settlement — n. 1 the act or an instance of settling; the process of being settled. 2 a the colonization of a region. b a place or area occupied by settlers. c a small village. 3 a a political or financial etc. agreement. b an arrangement ending a dispute. 4… …
108A kind of — Kind Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t… …
109In kind — Kind Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t… …
110Kind — Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t… …
