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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.