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09/09/2024

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SAENGERFEST

SAENGERFEST

A festival of singers; a German singing festival.

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UNIPOLAR

UNIPOLAR

Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

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MUNNION

MUNNION

See Mullion.

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ESTANCIA

ESTANCIA

A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America]

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MARJORAM

MARJORAM

A genus of mintlike plants (Origanum) comprising about twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly aromaticand fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of Europeand America is O. vulgare, far less fragrant than the other.

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AFTER-WITTED

AFTER-WITTED

Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted. Tyndale.

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SANCTITUDE

SANCTITUDE

Holiness; sacredness; sanctity. [R.] milton.

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UNORDERLY

UNORDERLY

Disorderly. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

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HYDROCEPHALOUS

HYDROCEPHALOUS

Having hydrocephalus. "Hydrocephalous offspring." G. Eliot.

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ALGERINE

ALGERINE

Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria.

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GNEISSOSE

GNEISSOSE

Having the structure of gneiss.

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GAVAGE

GAVAGE

Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tubepassed through the mouth down to the stomach.