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sebific

Meaning of "sebific" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SEBIFIC

sɪˈbɪfɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEBIFIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sebific is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEBIFIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sebific in the English dictionary

The definition of sebific in the dictionary is producing fat or fatty matter.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEBIFIC

beatific · colorific · conspecific · honorific · horrific · interspecific · intraspecific · morbific · neuroscientific · nonspecific · pacific · prolific · scientific · soporific · specific · stereospecific · terrific · transpacific · unscientific · unspecific

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEBIFIC

seaze · sebaceous · sebaceous glands · sebacic · sebacic acid · Sebastian · Sebastopol · sebate · sebesten · sebiferous · seborrhea · seborrheal · seborrheic · seborrhoea · seborrhoeal · seborrhoeic · sebum · sebundy · sec · sec.

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEBIFIC

calorific · classific · deific · dolorific · frigorific · geoscientific · heterospecific · Indo-Pacific · infraspecific · magnific · mellific · mirific · monospecific · nonscientific · omnific · pseudoscientific · salvific · South Pacific · subspecific · the Pacific

Synonyms and antonyms of sebific in the English dictionary of synonyms

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1,325 millions of speakers
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380 millions of speakers
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278 millions of speakers
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270 millions of speakers
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Sebif
190 millions of speakers
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80 millions of speakers
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Sebific
75 millions of speakers
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50 millions of speakers
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30 millions of speakers
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEBIFIC»

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A Dictionary of Entomology
Gland. SEBACEOUS GLAND MITE Demodex brevis Akbulatova [Acarina: Demodicidae]. SEBIFIC DUCT A duct which carries secretions of Colleterial Gland to Bursa Copulatrix. SEBIFIC GLAND See Colleterial Gland. SEBORRHOEA Noun.
‎2011
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Transactions of the Linnean Society. - London, Davis 1791-
These ova became covered at the same time with the sebific liquid; for some were seen to be provided with a little appendage intended to fix them to the bodies in which the parent lays them. This appendage was mucous, and arose from a ...
‎1859
3
Transactions of the Linnean Society
These ova became covered at the same time with the sebific liquid ; for some were seen to be provided with a little appendage intended to fix them to the bodies in which the parent lays them. This appendage was mucous, and arose from a ...
Linnean Society of London, 1859
4
Studies in Entomology: A Practical Work on Insects, ...
When an egg has been placed in the nest it is covered with the fluid, which is usually called sebific matter. This hardens and thus holds the egg in place. The alternate process of moistening the horny ovipositor, filling the hole with sebific ...
Henry Meade Bland, 1899
5
Report of the United States Entomological Commission
Harrowing the eggs to the surface in autumn, with the Rocky Mountain locust, is said to be very effective. The females deposit with the eggs a sebific or waxy substance that keeps the eggs in place, suitable for hatching. Brought to the surface, ...
United States Entomological Commission, 1880
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Report of the United States Entomological Commission ...
From the under side, a little in advance of the middle, arises the sebific duct (Fig. 14), which, after making three tight coils next to the ganglion, passes back and empties into the upper side of the bursa copulatrix, dilating slightly before its ...
‎1878
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
There is no sebific gland. Thus the animal is not: hermaphrodite ;- and it will not be supposed to he the product of spontaneous generation ;- whilst it was not previously known that the influence of the male could be transmitted through ten or ...
‎1835
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Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal
There is no sebific gland. Thus the animal is not hermaphrodite ; and it will not be supposed to be the product of spontaneous generation ; whilst it was not previously known that the influence e.f the male could be transmitted through ten or ...
Robert Jameson, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, 1835
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View ...
There is no sebific gland. Thus the animal is not hermaphrodite ; and it will not be supposed to be the product of spontaneous generation ; whilst it was not previously known that the influence of the male could be transmitted through ten or ...
Robert Jameson, 1835
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Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
Exx: sebific, fat-producing (:fic); seborrh(o)ea, cf -rrhoea. eee(o)-, as in Zoo secodont (cf -odon), having teeth suitable for cutting: from L secdre (s sec-), to cut . Cf -sect. secrete: for E secretion, as in secretomotor. acct, accted: from L sectru, cut ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
REFERENCE
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