Pupillary: alternatives and connections

See -ward.

A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present th…

To ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.

A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…

The district or ward of an alderman.

To avert; to ward off.

To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the d…

The principal ward of a key.

A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-w…

One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared.

That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a prot…

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen.

One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublet…

Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive…

To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or l…

the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative