12 new words everyday
16/12/2024
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BLENDING
BLENDING
The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingletogether while wet, and shade into each other insensibly. Weale.
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UNDERCONSUMPTION
UNDERCONSUMPTION
Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less thanthe usual amount. F. A. Walk
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LEATHERY
LEATHERY
Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough. "Aleathery skin." Grew.
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DEVIRGINATION
DEVIRGINATION
A deflouring. [R.] Feltham.
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MANNITOSE
MANNITOSE
A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation ofmannite, and closely resembling levulose.
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CUNCTATION
CUNCTATION
Delay; procrastination. [R.] Carlyle.
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SPHEROBACTERIA
SPHEROBACTERIA
See the Note under Microbacteria.
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HARTEN
HARTEN
To hearten; to encourage; to incite. [Obs.] Spenser.
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DISENSLAVE
DISENSLAVE
To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.
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OVEREST
OVEREST
Uppermost; outermost.Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.
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NONYLENIC
NONYLENIC
Of, pertaining to, related to, or designating, nonylene or itscompounds; as, nonylenic acid.
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SNIPPACK
SNIPPACK
The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]