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06/02/2024

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EVOLATION

A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

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GRUMOUSNESS

The state of being grumous.

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PHILOMENE

The nightingale. [Obs.]

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STOMATOPLASTY

Plastic surgery of the mouth.

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GROUP

A variously limited assemblage of animals or planta, havingsome resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. Theterm has different uses, and may be made to include certain speciesof a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even severalorders.

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INTERCOLLINE

Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lyingbetween volcanic cones.

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HAMMOCK

Having the end hooked or curved.

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PROPHETICALLY

In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.

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AMYGDALIC

Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as,amygdalic acid.

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TEMPORIZER

One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complieswith the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, orshall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton.

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SPARSENESS

The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness ofpopulation.

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BASTE

To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as onmeat in roasting.