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18/12/2024

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RAJA

Same as Rajah.

#62124

SQUAMULA

One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers ofgrasses; a lodicule.

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BENEFICIENT

Beneficent. [Obs.]

#41872

PARTITIONMENT

The act of partitioning.

#52177

UMLAUT

The euphonic modification of a root vowel sound by theinfluence of a, u, or especially i, in the syllable which formerlyfollowed.

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AID-MAJOR

The adjutant of a regiment.

#52738

RIGHT-ABOUT

A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in theopposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turnto the right-about. To send to the right-about, to cause to turntoward the opposite point or quarter; -- hence, of troops, to causeto turn and retreat. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

#40364

DISCOMMISSION

To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.

#72336

POHAGEN

See Pauhaugen.

#780

NEBULAR

Of or pertaining to nebulæ; of the nature of, or resembling, anebula. Nebular hypothesis, an hypothesis to explain the process offormation of the stars and planets, presented in various forms byKant, Herschel, Laplace, and others. As formed by Laplace, itsupposed the matter of the solar system to have existed originally inthe form of a vast, diffused, revolving nebula, which, graduallycooling and contracting, threw off, in obedience to mechanical andphysical laws, succesive rings of matter, from which subsequently, bythe same laws, were produced the several planets, satellites, andother bodies of the system. The phrase may indicate any hypothesisaccording to which the stars or the bodies of the solar system havebeen evolved from a widely diffused nebulous form of matter.

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EXPLORABLE

That may be explored; as, an explorable region.

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OUTSOUND

To surpass in sounding.