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18/01/2026

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CONTRACTIBLENESS

Contractibility.

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PIGNORATIVE

Pledging, pawning. [R.]

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EPICURELY

Luxuriously. Nash.

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EQUIDIURNAL

Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied tothe equinoctial line. Whewell.

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SELF-APPROVING

Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers andof loud huzzas. Pope.

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JAUNCE

To ride hard; to jounce. [Obs.]Spurr'd, galled and tired by jauncing Bolingbroke. Shak.

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DIPHTHONGAL

Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of adiphthong.-- Diph*thon"gal*ly, adv.

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MAGNESIUM

A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile,quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns,forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light(the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, inpyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant isrequired. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc,meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity,1.75. Magnesium sulphate. (Chem.) Same as Epsom salts.

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RESISTER

One who resists.

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MAZEDNESS

The condition of being mazed; confusion; astonishment. [Obs.]Chaucer.

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CAFETERIA

A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves withfood kept at a counter, taking the food to small tables to eat. [U.S.]

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CONTRAINDICANT

Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode oftreatment is not to be followed. Burke.