About The Word Raphany
Learn about the word Raphany to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Raphany definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Raphany
| Raphany Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Raphany?Synonyms | Synonyms for Raphany: Related Terms | Find terms related to Raphany: See Also | Raphany In Webster's Dictionary \Raph"a*ny\, n. [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.)
A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not
uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because
supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of
jointed charlock ({Raphanus raphanistrum}) had been mixed,
but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Calomel ‐ a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a…
- Unselfish ‐ not greedy [adj]…
- Chains ‐ metal shackles; for…
- Readmit ‐ admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was…
- Worldly-minded ‐ marked by…
- Au pair ‐ a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing…
- Flower stalk ‐ erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground…
- Bantoid ‐ relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics…
- Unworried ‐ free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood";…
- Amanita muscaria ‐ poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet…