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27/03/2024

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MILTER

A male fish.

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BLASTOMERE

One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum.Balfour.

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TEPHRITE

An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase andeither leucite or nephelite, or both.

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IMRIGH

A peculiar strong soup or broth, made in Scotland. [Writtenalso imrich.]

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STYTHE

Choke damp.

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STROMBUS

A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outerlip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsomespecies commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.

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KIDDY

To deceive; to outwit; to hoax. [Slang] Dickens.

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HOLMIA

An oxide of holmium.

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TILDE

The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, inSpanish words [thus, ñ, l], indicating that, in pronunciation, thesound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of theinitial, or consonantal, y.

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CANTEL

See Cantle.

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ANODYNOUS

Anodyne.

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MORTIFIEDNESS

The state of being mortified; humiliation; subjection of thepassions. [R.]