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24/08/2024

#66250

PULLMAN CAR

A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortenedto Pullman.

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OVERSURE

Excessively sure.

#66186

SEA ANEMONE

Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belongingto the order Actrinaria; an actinian.

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SKY PILOT

A person licensed as a pilot. [Slang]

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REVENDICATE

To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [R.] Vattel (Trans.).

#62430

GRATULATION

The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation.I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. South.

#65307

KALAN

The sea otter.

#62947

GANGWAY

The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which personsenter or leave it.

#75968

EGGER

One who gathers eggs; an eggler.

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ABNORMITY

Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity."An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." Mrs. Whitney.

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CORONIFORM

Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.

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SECULARIST

One who theoretically rejects every form of religious faith,and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts andinfluences which are derived from the present life; also, one whobelieves that education and other matters of civil policy should bemanaged without the introduction of a religious element.