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17/09/2026

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NUDATION

The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.

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CIDER

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, formaking vinegar, and for other purposes.

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COPSE

A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.

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CONTRAST

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, oropposition of qualities.The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with thedivisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.

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CURSORINESS

The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as,cursoriness of view.

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EUCHLORIC

Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric .Davy.

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DIDAL

A kind of triangular spade. [Obs.]

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SPECIALTY

A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; awriting, under seal, given as security for a debt particularlyspecified. Chitty. Bouvier. Wharton (Law Dict.).Let specialties be therefore drawn between us. Shak.

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PROCRASTINATOR

One who procrastinates, or defers the performance of anything.

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HEPTYLIC

Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylicalcohol. Cf. .

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POMEL

A pommel. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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EXONERATIVE

Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.