'Mongst

See Amongst.

Nearby words

-tin Azotine

An explosive consisting of sodium nitrate, charcoal, sulphur, and petroleum.

-type

A combining form signifying impressed form; stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.

-wards -ward

Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.

-zin Piperazine

A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.

-zin Pyrazine

A feebly basic solid, C4H4N2, obtained by distilling piperazine with zinc dust, and in other ways. Also, by extension, any of various derivatives of the same.

'Neath

An abbreviation of Beneath.

'Sblood

An abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.

'Sdeath

An exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.

'Snails

God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).

'Swounds

An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.