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30/05/2024

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INDUCTIVELY

By induction or inference.

#83840

SIENITIC

See Syenitic.

#35278

TEETER

To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or thelike, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter. [U. S.][The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W.Beecher.

#61236

SURMOUNTABLE

Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.-- Sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.

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DISACCORDANT

Not accordant. Fabyan.

#20986

PLACELESS

Having no place or office.

#14718

THEOBROMIC

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacaobutter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogæa),etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.

#6028

FACTO

In fact; by the act or fact. De facto. (Law) See De facto.

#53821

MANGANIUM

Manganese.

#84588

URN

A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about threegallons and a haft, wine measure. It was haft the amphora, and fourtimes the congius.

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EYESTALK

One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea,bear the eyes at the tip.

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LAPIDATION

The act of stoning. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.