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Cyperaceous
a.
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.
Feting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Fete
Broggle
n.
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To sniggle, or fish with a brog.
Subsesqui-
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A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base.
Let
n.
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A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
Spheroidicity
n.
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Alt. of Spheroidity
Acroteleutic
n.
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The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.
Tale
v. i.
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That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
Acroterium
n.
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One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
Disfavorable
a.
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Unfavorable.
Short
adv.
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Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
Pimple
n.
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Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.
Tell
v. t.
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To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
Page
n.
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A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
Weaver
n.
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An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling.
Squamulate
a.
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Same as Squamulose.
Shore
v. t.
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To set on shore.
Serial
a.
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Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
Wring
v. i.
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To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.
Adhibit
v. t.
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To use or apply; to administer.
Assayable
a.
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That may be assayed.
Manumission
n.
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The act of manumitting, or of liberating a slave from bondage.
Glosser
n.
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A polisher; one who gives a luster.
Confession
n.
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Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
Aberrant
a.
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Wandering; straying from the right way.
Cessing
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Cess
Subtractive
a.
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Tending, or having power, to subtract.
Dub
n.
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A blow.
Accessional
a.
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Pertaining to accession; additional.
Dispensatory
n.
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A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop/ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.