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22/10/2024

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LICENSURE

LICENSURE

A licensing. [R.]

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AEROBIOTIC

AEROBIOTIC

Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobioticplants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

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HIPPOTOMY

HIPPOTOMY

Anatomy of the horse.

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MONTROSS

MONTROSS

See Matross. [Obs.]

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CRYPTIDINE

CRYPTIDINE

One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oilyliquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with,and resembling, cryptidine proper.

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EAR

EAR

To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] "I eared herlanguage." Two Noble Kinsmen.

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DIACOUSTIC

DIACOUSTIC

Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.

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WHOEVER

WHOEVER

Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who;as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be. "Whoever envies orrepines." Milton. "Whoever the king favors." Shak.

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DICTA

DICTA

See Dictum.

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ANDROSPHINX

ANDROSPHINX

A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body ofa lion.

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FLUORESCENT

FLUORESCENT

Having the property of fluorescence.

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PATTENED

PATTENED

Wearing pattens. "Some pattened girl." Jane Austen.