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06/06/2024

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PULVERIZER

One who, or that which, pulverizes.

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GAUCHE

Winding; twisted; warped; -- applied to curves and surfaces.

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PESSULUS

A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventralextremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinxof birds.

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DELETERIOUS

Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleteriousplant or quality; a deleterious example.-- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv.-- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n.

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CLOSURE

A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediatevote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar ineffect to the previous question. It was first introduced into theBritish House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture wasoriginally applied to this proceeding.

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PROSECUTABLE

Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

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CONGRUITY

Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

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COMPATERNITY

The relation of a godfather to a person. [Obs.]The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the cannon law is aspiritual affinity. Sir J. Da

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SULPHOCARBONIC

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (calledalso thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonicacid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and formingsalts.

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TELEOLOGIST

One versed in teleology.

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AMPHIBIAN

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

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PSEUDOVARY

The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called alsopseudovarium.