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26/01/2024
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DOCTORLY
DOCTORLY
Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.
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TESTICOND
TESTICOND
Having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of thecetaceans.
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TRANSMIGRATOR
TRANSMIGRATOR
One who transmigrates. J. Ellis.
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HOUSEL
HOUSEL
The eucharist. [Archaic] Rom. of R. Tennyson.
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PROTEOLYSIS
PROTEOLYSIS
The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolyticferments.
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CONJUGATIONAL
CONJUGATIONAL
relating to conjugation. Ellis.
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CAT-HARPING
CAT-HARPING
One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in theshrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.
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LANCE FISH
LANCE FISH
A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especiallyAmmodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.
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INDISTINCTNESS
INDISTINCTNESS
The quality or condition of being indistinct; want ofdefiniteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of apicture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision.
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IMPERIL
IMPERIL
To bring into peril; to endanger.
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ARGOILE
ARGOILE
Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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DECEMDENTATE
DECEMDENTATE
Having ten points or teeth.