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23/06/2026

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HADROSAURUS

An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to theiguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

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BLENK

To blink; to shine; to look. [Obs.]

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PLUMBAGE

Leadwork [R.]

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SUBTRACTION

The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of thesame kind or denomination; an operation for finding the differencebetween two numbers or quantities.

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DEVILIZE

To make a devil of. [R.]He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he thatshould devilize him. Bp. Hall.

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TRIMORPHISM

The property of crystallizing in three forms fundamentallydistinct, as is the case with titanium dioxide, which crystallizes inthe forms of rutile, octahedrite, and brookite. See Pleomorphism.

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QUADRIPARTITELY

In four parts.

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TUBULE

A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, theuriniferous tubules of the kidney.

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TURPITUDE

Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions;shameful wickedness; depravity. Shak.

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CATSKILL PERIOD

The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. Therocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains,and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See theDiagram under Geology.

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RECOMPOSITION

The act of recomposing.

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STOWAWAY

One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port,or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage.