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23/01/2024
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FLESHY
FLESHY
Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus,and agave are fleshy plants.
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ADDICTEDNESS
ADDICTEDNESS
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
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SUBTENSE
SUBTENSE
A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, thesubtense of an arc.
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INEQUITY
INEQUITY
Want of equity; injustice; wrong. "Some form of inequity." H.Spencer.
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CURTAIL DOG
CURTAIL DOG
A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person notqualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tailcut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tailis necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting.Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. Shak.
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CEPHALOMETER
CEPHALOMETER
An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetusduring delivery.
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FRINGILLINE
FRINGILLINE
Pertaining to the family Fringillidæ; characteristic offinches; sparrowlike.
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PARABLE
PARABLE
Procurable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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BANDY-LEGGED
BANDY-LEGGED
Having crooked legs.
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HONEYWARE
HONEYWARE
See Badderlocks.
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NEDDER
NEDDER
An adder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.
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OTTAR
OTTAR
See Attar.