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08/03/2026

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QUORUM

Such a number of the officers or members of any body as iscompetent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorumof the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was notpresent.

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HYALOGRAPHY

Art of writing or engraving on glass.

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DEPOSAL

The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne.Fox.

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MYXOMA

A tumor made up of a gelatinous tissue resembling that found inthe umbilical cord.

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AEROLOGY

That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

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SINGLE-HEARTED

Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.-- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.

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RADIO-FLAGELLATA

A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.

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CTENOPHORE

(Zoöl.) One of the Ctenophora.

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PAUPERISM

The state of being a pauper; the state of indigent personsrequiring support from the community. Whatly.

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NEOCRACY

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw oruntried officials.

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EGRET

The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on theback. They are generally white. Among the best known species are theAmerican egret (Ardea, or Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A.alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the Americansnowy egret (A. candidissima).A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. G. W. Cable.

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PALEECHINOIDEA

An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called alsoPalæechini. [Written also Palæechinoidea.]