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02/06/2026

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TETRAZO-

A combining form (also used adjectively), designating any oneof a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compoundscontaining four atoms of nitrogen.

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OXAMATE

A salt of oxamic acid.

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DUODECUPLE

Consisting of twelves. Arbuthnot.

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STARTFUL

Apt to start; skittish. [R.]

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CARDIOMETRY

Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

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Y

Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at thebeginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), isusually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in themiddle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide toPronunciation, §§ 145, 178-9, 272.

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MITIGANT

Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive. Johnson.

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COLISEUM

The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in theworld. [Written also Colosseum.]

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KIVER

To cover.-- n.

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LAWMAKER

A legislator; a lawgiver.

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SONNETIST

A sonneter, or sonneteer. Bp. Hall.

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WEEPER

The capuchin. See Capuchin, 3 (a).