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Beaminess
Beaminess Beam"i*ness, n. The state of being beamy.
Clamminess
Clamminess Clam"mi*ness, n. State of being clammy or viscous.
Creaminess
Creaminess Cream"i*ness (-?-n?s), n. The quality of being creamy.
Dreaminess
Dreaminess Dream"i*ness, n. The state of being dreamy.
Ermines
Ermines Er"mines, n., Erminois Er"min*ois, n.(Her.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
Filminess
Filminess Film"i*ness, n. State of being filmy.
Flamines
Flamen Fla"men, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. --Milton.
Foramines
Foramen Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
Gemminess
Gemminess Gem"mi*ness, n. The state or quality of being gemmy; spruceness; smartness.
Gloominess
Gloominess Gloom"i*ness, n. State of being gloomy. --Addison.
Griminess
Griminess Grim"i*ness n. The state of being grimy.
Gumminess
Gumminess Gum"mi*ness, n. The state or quality of being gummy; viscousness.
Jemminess
Jemminess Jem"mi*ness, n. Spruceness. [Slang, Eng.] --Pegge (1814).
lepidium Cadamines
Spanish Span"ish, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. Spanish bayonet (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Yucca alorifolia) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also Spanish daggers. Spanish bean (Bot.) See the Note under Bean. Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. --Ure. Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs. Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron. Spanish buckeye (Bot.), a small tree (Ungnadia speciosa) of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship). Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called because obtained from Aragon in Spain. Spanish cress (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium Cadamines), a species of peppergrass. Spanish curiew (Zo["o]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.] Spanish daggers (Bot.) See Spanish bayonet. Spanish elm (Bot.), a large West Indian tree (Cordia Gerascanthus) furnishing hard and useful timber. Spanish feretto, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles. Spanish flag (Zo["o]l.), the California rockfish (Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red and white. Spanish fly (Zo["o]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See Blister beetle under Blister, and Cantharis. Spanish fox (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay. Spanish grass. (Bot.) See Esparto. Spanish juice (Bot.), licorice. Spanish leather. See Cordwain. Spanish mackerel. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A species of mackerel (Scomber colias) found both in Europe and America. In America called chub mackerel, big-eyed mackerel, and bull mackerel. (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots (Scomberomorus maculatus), highly esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under Mackerel. Spanish main, the name formerly given to the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World. Spanish moss. (Bot.) See Tillandsia. Spanish needles (Bot.), a composite weed (Bidens bipinnata) having achenia armed with needlelike awns. Spanish nut (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Iris Sisyrinchium) of the south of Europe. Spanish potato (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under Potato. Spanish red, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt. Spanish reef (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a jib-headed sail. Spanish sheep (Zo["o]l.), a merino. Spanish white, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white pigment. Spanish windlass (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to serve as a lever.
Liminess
Liminess Lim"i*ness (l[imac]m"[i^]*n[e^]s), n. The state or quality of being limy.
Luminescence
Luminescence Lu`mi*nes"cence, n. [See Luminescent.] 1. (Physics) Any emission of light not ascribable directly to incandescence, and therefore occurring at low temperatures, as in phosphorescence and fluorescence or other luminous radiation resulting from vital processes, chemical action, friction, solution, or the influence of light or of ultraviolet or cathode rays, etc. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The faculty or power of voluntarily producing light, as in the firefly and glowworm. (b) The light thus produced; luminosity; phosphorescence.
Luminescent
Luminescent Lu`mi*nes"cent, a. [L. luminare to illuminate + -escent.] (Physics) Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.
-luminescent
Thermoluminescence Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. -- -lu`mi*nes"cent, a.
Photoluminescence
Photoluminescent Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cent, a. [Photo- + luminescent.] (Physics) Luminescent by exposure to light waves. -- Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cence, n.
Photoluminescent
Photoluminescent Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cent, a. [Photo- + luminescent.] (Physics) Luminescent by exposure to light waves. -- Pho`to*lu`mi*nes"cence, n.
Roominess
Roominess Room"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.
Sliminess
Sliminess Slim"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being slimy.
Spuminess
Spuminess Spum"i*ness, n. The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence.
Steaminess
Steaminess Steam"i*ness, n. The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.
Storminess
Storminess Storm"i*ness, n. The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.
Streaminess
Streaminess Stream"i*ness, n. The state of being streamy; a trailing. --R. A. Proctor.
Thermoluminescence
Thermoluminescence Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cence, n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to the cathode rays. -- -lu`mi*nes"cent, a.

Meaning of MINES from wikipedia

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- fuse of the naval mine. Although this is the rotating steel wheel's first use in naval mines, Jiao Yu described their use for land mines in the 14th century...
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- designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear...
- King Solomon's Mines is an 1885 adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard. King Solomon's Mines may also refer to: King Solomon's Mines (1937 film), a British...
- there were seven mines operating in the area, employing 4,000 workers. In 1949 and in 1975, asbestos miners in Asbestos and Thetford Mines began strikes...
- tools. Flint mines have been found in chalk areas where seams of the stone were followed underground by shafts and galleries. The mines at Grimes Graves...
- tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Compared to anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines typically have a much larger explosive charge, and a fuze designed...
- mines, and is no longer a major coal exporter. Coal mines are concentrated mainly in Upper Silesia. The most profitable mines were Marcel Coal Mine and...
- interior on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain has a map purporting to lead to the mines, but had never taken it seriously. He agrees...