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25/01/2026

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ALTISONOUS

Altisonant.

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YERBA

An herb; a plant.

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POYNADO

A poniard. [Obs.] Lyly.

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INSECTATOR

A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. [Obs.] Bailey.

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KOSMOS

See Cosmos. Gladstone.

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RISSE

imp. of Rise. B. Jonson.

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INTUSSUSCEPTED

Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into asheath; invaginated.

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SUBSULPHATE

A sulphate with an excess of the base.

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ETYPICAL

Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.

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SQUAWL

See Squall.

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LICENSEE

The person to whom a license is given.

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WOOLLY

Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woollybear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths.The most common species in the United States are the salt-marshcaterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larvaof the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and theyellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (SpilosomaVirginica).-- Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia),so named because of its fibrous bark.-- Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Schizoneura, or Erisoma,lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It iscovered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling finewool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests theroots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight.-- Woolly macaco (Zoöl.), the mongoose lemur.-- Woolly maki (Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) nativeof Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi,and woolly lemur.-- Woolly monkey (Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genusLagothrix, as the caparro.-- Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinocerostichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered witha dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice ofSiberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.