English words containing delphiniums:

adjective

Relating to two or more states formally cooperating for military purposes.

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His commander was obsessed with inter-allied cooperation and fredendall's open disdain was a direct…

verb

(of a bird) tidy and clean its feathers with its beak.

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Reed buntings preened at the pool's edge

verb

Past simple and past participle of preen

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Roald always spends ages preening (himself) before he goes out., the government is publicly preenin…

adjective

Relating to or denoting the third period of the palaeozoic era, between the ordovician and devonian periods.

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Silurian fossils of this plant have been found in australia

noun

The third period of the palaeozoic era, between the ordovician and devonian periods, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

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The earliest arachnids turn up in the silurian

noun

A compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. a pyrimidine derivative, it is paired with adenine in double-stranded dna.

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The derivatives of purine are called adenine and guanine, and the derivatives of pyrimidine are cal…

adjective

(of the feet of a swimming bird or other aquatic animal) having the toes connected by a membrane.

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The little seabird nests high in coastal forests, a fact that had eluded ornithologists until sever…

verb

Cover with or as though with a web.

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She noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases

adjective

If a bird or animal has webbed feet, its toes are connected by skin to help it when swimming

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Webbed feet/toes, a beaver's five-toed hind feet are webbed and can easily be 6 to 7 inches long., …