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29/02/2024

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MEASLES

Leprosy; also, a leper. [Obs.]

#4336

ACHLAMYDEOUS

Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.

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NUMMULITE

A fossil of the genus Nummulites and allied genera.

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GEST

A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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NATURAL

Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, inwhich the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as,natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc.,those taken in arcs whose radii are 1.

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TUNGSTENIC

Of or pertaining to tungsten; containing tungsten; as,tungstenic ores. [R.]

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FACING

The finishing of any face of a wall with material differentfrom that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or materialso used.

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UNENTANGLE

To disentangle.

#17531

SPHEROCONIC

A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface ofan oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at thevertex of the cone.

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PYROXENIC

Containing pyroxene; composed chiefly of pyroxene.

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MONOCHROMATIC

Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of onecolor only. Monochromatic lamp (Opt.),a lamp whose flame yields raysof some one homogenous light. It is of great importance in opticalexperiments.

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MULTIPLANE

Having several or many planes or plane surfaces; as, amultiplane kite.