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13/09/2026

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RESTITUTION

The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, therestitution of an elastic body.

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GNEISS

A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz,feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica,arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabsor flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it isthen called hornblendic or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties ofrelated rocks are also called gneiss.

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ADOPTED

Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,citizen, country, word.-- A*dopt"ed*ly, adv.

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MONOCHROMATIC

Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of onecolor only. Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields raysof some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in opticalexperiments.

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YCLEPED

Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorouswritings. [Spelt also yclept.]It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer.But come, thou goddess fair and free. In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.Milton.Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb.

#23186

CHAK

To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid therestraint of the bridle.

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OXINDOL

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C8H7NO) of the indolgroup, obtained by the reduction of dioxindol. It is a so-calledlactam compound.

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INFLATUS

A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable inflatus.Mrs. Browning.

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CONCORD BUGGY

A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs.

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SUSPENSATION

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended,especially for a short time; temporary suspension.

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CAESAR

A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Cæsar.Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerfulruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.Malborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flatteredand courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other.Macaulay.

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BINDINGNESS

The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.Coleridge.