" to make difficulty. It can represent several sounds but here may be thought of as equivalent toy.Even the older spellings (including those whereustands forvor vice versa) are recognizable, however, and there are only a few words likeipotaynes"hippopotamuses" andsithes"times" that have ...
hippopotamus, magenta, procrastinate, etc. etc. • Names: Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Julius Caesar, Cesar Chavez, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum, England, New England, UCLA, ACLU, etc. • Compounds: boxboy (carries boxes), box score (summary of statistics), box car ...
pl.) A group of ungulate mammals including the hog and the hippopotamus. The term is also sometimes applied to the bears, and to certain passerine birds. Omnivorous (a.) All-devouring; eating everything indiscriminately; as, omnivorous vanity; esp. (Zool.), eating both animal and vegetable ...
wĕyānʾēṣnṣṣ“to blossom.” This reading (“blossom”) is supported by LXX, SyrH, Syr, and Vulg. But the explanation of theʾalepinKetibas merely orthographic (so Cordis and others) is unconvincing; all the examples cited are Middle-Weak, rather than geminate roots, and in...