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08/03/2024
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MELANOTIC
MELANOTIC
, Melanistic.
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PRISMATICALLY
PRISMATICALLY
In the form on manner of a prism; by means of a prism.
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EFFERENT
EFFERENT
An efferent duct or stream.
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SLASH
SLASH
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edgedinstrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cuthastily and carelessly.Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. Spenser.
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KYNREDE
KYNREDE
Kindred. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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SPELK
SPELK
A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.[Prov. Eng.] Grose.
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SOFISM
SOFISM
Same as Sufism.
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POTCHER
POTCHER
One who, or that which, potches. Potcher engine (Paper Making),a machine in which washed rags are stirred in a bleaching solution.
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VELOCIPEDIST
VELOCIPEDIST
One who rides on a velocipede.
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ARBUSCLE
ARBUSCLE
A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; atreelike shrub. Bradley.
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SYNCARPOUS
SYNCARPOUS
Composed of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.
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ATROPHIED
ATROPHIED
Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested indevelopment at a very early stage; rudimentary.