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20/12/2024

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CAR WHEEL

A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

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DEMIURGIC

Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. "Demiurgicpower." De Quincey.

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SYCOPHANTRY

Sycophancy. [Obs.]

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OTHERNESS

The quality or state of being other or different; alterity;oppositeness.

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LONGE

Same as 4th Lunge.

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AMID

See Amidst.

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CORYPHEE

A ballet dancer.

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CONCLUSIBLE

Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.

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MULTIPLICABLE

Capable of being multiplied; multipliable.

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VISITING

a. & vb. n. from Visit. Visiting ant. (Zoöl.) See Driver ant,under Driver.-- Visiting book, a book in which a record of visits received, made,and to be made, is kept. Thackeray.-- Visiting card. See under Card.

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ECONOMIZATION

The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] H.Spenser.

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NAG

To tease in a petty way; to scold habitually; to annoy; to fretpertinaciously. [Colloq.] "She never nagged." J. Ingelow.