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10/03/2024
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EPITITHIDES
EPITITHIDES
The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.
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FED
FED
imp. & p. p. of Feed.
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SPINTHARISCOPE
SPINTHARISCOPE
A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radiumcompound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed withmagnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continualbombardment of the screen by the a rays are thus rendered visible. --Spin*thar`i*scop"ic (#), a.
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DECARBURIZE
DECARBURIZE
To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.
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LABIOPLASTY
LABIOPLASTY
A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing alost tissue of a lip.
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PAYEN
PAYEN
Pagan. Etym: [F.] [Obs.] Chaucer.
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ARBORATOR
ARBORATOR
One who plants or who prunes trees. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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GALILEAN
GALILEAN
Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. SeeTelescope.
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IMPOVERISHMENT
IMPOVERISHMENT
The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished;reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott.
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CIRCUMDUCTION
CIRCUMDUCTION
The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as todescribe a concial surface.
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DIATONICALLY
DIATONICALLY
In a diatonic manner.
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CURVILINEARLY
CURVILINEARLY
In a curvilinear manner.