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Amharic :: Amharic (a.) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic..

Abyssinian :: Abyssinian (a.) Of or pertaining to Abyssinia.

Abysmal :: Abysmal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound..

Byssaceous :: Byssaceous (a.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous algae..

Profound :: Profound (n.) An abyss.

Gulf :: Gulf (n.) A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin,.

Coffee :: Coffee (n.) The beans or berries (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America..

Nethermost :: Nethermost (a.) Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss..

Byssus :: Byssus (n.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus..

Byss :: Byss (n.) See Byssus, n., 1..

Pit :: Pit (n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave, or hades..

Kousso :: Kousso (n.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree (Brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge..

Abyssinian :: Abyssinian (n.) A native of Abyssinia.

Heteromyaria :: Heteromyaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. See Dreissena, and Illust. under Byssus..

Grivet :: Grivet (n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota..

Pinna :: Pinna (n.) Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity..

Zimb :: Zimb (n.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle..

Abyssal :: Abyssal (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable..

Amharic :: Amharic (n.) The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia).

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