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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.