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UNDERSIDE

The lower or lowest side of anything. Paley.

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IMPRESSIBILITY

The quality of being impressible; susceptibility.

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LARCENOUS

Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act;committing larceny. "The larcenous and burglarious world." SydneySmith.-- Lar"ce*nous*ly, adv.

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PRIESTESS

A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp.Potter.

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CONDUCTIVE

Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductivetissue of a pistil.The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale(Gray's Bot. ).

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BESPANGLE

To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with somethingbrilliant or glittering.The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops. Cowper.

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SENTINE

A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [Obs.] Latimer.

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STUFA

A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.

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ENFILADE

A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a lineof parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.

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SARCOMA

A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to manyvarieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growthmade up of cells resembling those of fetal development without anyproper intercellular substance.

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PEAG

A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlanticcoast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polishedwhite cylindrical beads.

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EVESTIGATE

To investigate. [Obs.] Bailey.