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Irvingite
- - The common designation of a member of a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ.
Lemonlike
- adjective - tasting sour like a lemon
Levantine
- adjective - (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
- A cloth of twilled silk
- of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the Levantine coast"
Lyonnaise
- adjective - cooked with onions
Malengine
- - Evil machination; guile; deceit.
Offensive
- adjective - causing anger or annoyance; "offensive remarks"
- causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"
- for the purpose of attack rather than defense; "offensive weapons"
- morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
- substitute a harsher or distasteful term for a mild one ; "`nigger' is a dysphemistic term for `African-American'"
- the action of attacking an enemy
- unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
- violating or tending to violate or offend against; "violative of the principles of liberty"; "considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity"
Organzine
- - A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.
Ostensive
- adjective - manifestly demonstrative
- represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"