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22/01/2024

#27874

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.

#25205

SCRIBBET

SCRIBBET

A painter's pencil.

#1619

PENTADECATOIC

PENTADECATOIC

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designatingan acid related to it.

#16354

MISALLIED

MISALLIED

Wrongly allied or associated.

#36751

SKILDER

SKILDER

To beg; to pilfer; to skelder. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.] Sir W.Scott.

#745

FORLORNLY

FORLORNLY

In a forlorn manner. Pollok.

#32754

ANTIPERISTATIC

ANTIPERISTATIC

Pertaining to antiperistasis.

#19237

HORSEMAN

HORSEMAN

A mounted soldier; a cavalryman.

#69335

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.

#41533

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.