n. (Chem.) Asparagine. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. [ German: counterglow. ] A faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space.
n. The buttocks; -- a word used with children. [ slang ]
a. [ OF. haïnos hateful, F. haineux, fr. OF. haïne hate, F. haine, fr. haïr to hate; of German origin. See Hate. ] Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character. [ 1913 Webster ]
It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
How heinous had the fact been, how deserving
Contempt! Milton.
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n. the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane.
a. [ F. prochain, fr. L. (assumed) proximanus, fr. proximus. ] Next; nearest. [ 1913 Webster ]
Prochein ami
Prochein amy
n. (Chem.) Chrysophanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ G. rheinbeere. ] (Bot.) One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. théine, fr. NL. thea. See Theiform. ] (Chem.) See Caffeine. Called also