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22/01/2024
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CRANIOMETER
CRANIOMETER
An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.
#72752
PILULOUS
PILULOUS
Like a pill; small; insignificant. [R.] G. Eliot.
#53240
AUXILIAR
AUXILIAR
Auxiliary. [Archaic]The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. Pope.
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SCRIBBET
SCRIBBET
A painter's pencil.
#1619
PENTADECATOIC
PENTADECATOIC
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designatingan acid related to it.
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MISALLIED
MISALLIED
Wrongly allied or associated.
#36751
SKILDER
SKILDER
To beg; to pilfer; to skelder. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.] Sir W.Scott.
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FORLORNLY
FORLORNLY
In a forlorn manner. Pollok.
#32754
ANTIPERISTATIC
ANTIPERISTATIC
Pertaining to antiperistasis.
#19237
HORSEMAN
HORSEMAN
A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.
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DISFIGURE
DISFIGURE
To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, orbeautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
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FROG
FROG
1. (Zoöl.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and relatedgenera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps onland. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.