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10/10/2026

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CONCRETIONARY

Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation;producing or containing concretions.

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GYRENCEPHALA

The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum isconvoluted.-- Gyr"en*ceph"a*lous, a.

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ANTHRACOMETRIC

Of or pertaining to an anthracometer.

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HORNYHEAD

Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H.biguttatus.

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PSEUDO-CHINA

The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.

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TANNATE

A salt of tannic acid.

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TUPI

An Indian of the tribe from which the Tupian stock takes itsname, dwelling, at the advent of the Portuguese, about the mouth ofthe Amazon. Also, their language, which is the basis of the Indiantrade language of the Amazon.

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VAMPIRE

Either one of two or more species of South American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. Thesebats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cuttingincisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suckthe blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man,chiefly during sleep. They have a cæcal appendage to the stomach, inwhich the blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.

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MONTRUE

That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddlehorse. [Obs.] Spenser.

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SCATTERED

Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scatteredleaves.-- Scat"tered*ly, adv.-- Scat"tered*ness, n.

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HARDWAREMAN

One who makes, or deals in, hardware.

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GALENA

A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr.