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12/01/2024

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WITELESS

Blameless. [Obs.] Spenser.

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UNHALLOW

To profane; to desecrate.The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange.

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STADE

A stadium. Donne.

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DEGENERATELY

In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

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MYDRIATIC

Causing dilatation of the pupil.-- n.

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BACKDOOR

Acting from behind and in concealment; as backdoor intrigues.

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MODIFICATIVE

That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.

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IRASCIBLE

Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric;irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood.-- I*ras"ci*ble*ness, n.-- I*ras"ci*bly, adv.

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GLOTTAL

Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.Glottal catch, an effect produced upon the breath or voice by asudden opening or closing of the glotts. Sweet.

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LATCHKEY

A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. anight latch.

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PARASPHENOID

Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bonesituated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull inmany animals.-- n.

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GYPSOPLAST

A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.