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04/11/2024

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BIBLIOLATRY

BIBLIOLATRY

Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholicdivine Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

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MELANCONIACEAE

MELANCONIACEAE

A family of fungi constituting the order Melanconiales. --Mel`an*co`ni*a"ceous (#), a.

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RHINOLOPHID

RHINOLOPHID

Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidæ,having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.

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DISHERITANCE

DISHERITANCE

The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited;disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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MIASMA

MIASMA

Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air madenoxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia;malaria.

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MULTITITULAR

MULTITITULAR

Having many titles.

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HOMONOMY

HOMONOMY

The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes. Haeckel.

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AFRICANIZE

AFRICANIZE

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.]Bartlett.

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GAINLY

GAINLY

Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H.More.

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GIDDINESS

GIDDINESS

The quality or state of being giddy.

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RAZEE

RAZEE

An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reducedto the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.Totten.

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UNEQUITABLE

UNEQUITABLE

Inequitable.