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10/06/2024

#71087

FILMINESS

State of being filmy.

#28843

HAY-CUTTER

A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.

#21496

ZEMSTVO

In Russia, an elective local district and provincialadministrative assembly. Originally it was composed ofrepresentatives elected by the peasantry, the householders of thetowns, and the landed proprietors. In the reign of Alexander III. thepower of the noble landowners was increased, the peasants allowedonly to elect candidates from whom the governor of the provincenominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to theapproval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powersrelating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practicallythese powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the statetaxation.

#60172

UNIBRANCHIATE

Having but one gill, as certain molluscs.

#55831

URANIC

Pertaining to, resembling, or containing uranium; specifically,designating those compounds in which uranium has a valence relativelyhigher than in uranous compounds.

#5371

SEED

The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used inthe plural.

#16194

RESENTIVE

Resentful. [R.] Thomson.

#36963

PANCRATIUM

An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.

#48336

QUESTIONABLENESS

The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, orsuspicious.

#33054

SUPERPONDERATE

To wiegh over and above. [Obs.]

#17113

HEPTARCHIST

A ruler of one division of a heptarchy. [Written alsoheptarch.]

#18110

PARAMOUNTLY

In a paramount manner.