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13/01/2024

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PHYTOPHAGIC

Phytophagous.

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RECREANT

One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited,cowardly wretch. Blackstone.You are all recreants and dastards! Shak.

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AUTOCRATOR

An autocrat. [Archaic]

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DEPOPULACY

Depopulation; destruction of population. [R.] Chapman.

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PSEUDOMORPHISM

The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystallineform unlike that which belongs to the species.

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HUMECTATION

A moistening. [Obs.] Bacon.

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EXHILARATING

That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.-- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

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NEO-HEGELIANISM

The philosophy of a school of British and American idealistswho follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the generaloutcome of their doctrine. The founders and leaders of Neo-Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); inScotland, J. (1820-98) and E. (1835-1908) Caird; in the UnitedStates, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Josiah Royce (1855- -).

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YTTERBIUM

A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated withyttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite.Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium.

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BLOUSE

A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, wornespecially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of anymaterial, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.

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SILLOCK

The pollock, or coalfish.

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HEPATOSCOPY

Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.