“devil's”

The following 53 entries include the term devil's.

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devil's-head-in-a-bush

noun

devil's-horn

noun

devil's horse

noun

devil's ironweed

noun

: any of several American plants of the genus Lactuca

devil's-knitting-needle

noun

devil's mark

noun

: a spot on the body of a person held guilty of witchcraft that was supposed to be insensible because the devil had touched it in sealing his bargain with the witch

devil's mass

noun

: indiscriminate cursing

devil's milk

noun

: any of several plants having acrid milky juice (such as the spurges Euphorbia peplus and E. helioscopia or the celandine)

devil's paternoster

noun

: the Lord's Prayer recited backward (as in late medieval witchcraft)

devil's picture book

noun

: playing cards formerly usually used in plural

devil's-pitchforks

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

devil's-plague

noun

devil's-rattlebox

noun

: a bladder campion (Silene latifolia)

devil's-root

noun

devil's shoestring

noun
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