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07/02/2026

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COLCHICINE

A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from theColchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowishamorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called alsocolchicia.

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BARBAROUSNESS

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

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TENEBRIFIC

Rendering dark or gloomy; tenebrous; gloomy.It lightens, it brightens, The tenebrific scene. Burns.Where light Lay fitful in a tenebrific time. R. Browning.

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WAIL

To choose; to select. [Obs.] "Wailed wine and meats." Henryson.

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SLANDERER

One who slanders; a defamer; a calumniator. Jer. Taylor.

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PLEDGE

The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtorto a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, thecontract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being sodelivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, thatwhich is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.

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RENOUNCEMENT

The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation. Shak.

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WATER-CLOSET

A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance forintroducing a stream of water to cleanse it.

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RADIO-FLAGELLATA

A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.

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STIBIOUS

Antimonious. [R.]

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DUETTINO

A duet of short extent and concise form.

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FANCY-FREE

Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy-free." Shak.