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30/12/2024

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FRONTO-

A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or thefrontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and theparietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc.

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CANDIFY

To make or become white, or candied. [R.]

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BYSSINE

Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

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HEIGHTENER

One who, or that which, heightens.

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ENGRAVED

Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.

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MONOGENISTIC

Monogenic.

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CORBE

Crooked. [Obs.] "Corbe shoulder." Spenser.

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CONFECTIONARY

A confectioner. [Obs.]He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1Sam. viii. 13.

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GINNEE

See Jinnee.

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INDIRUBIN

A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, andaccompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.

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ARCUAL

Of or pertaining to an arc. Arcual measure of an angle (Math.),that in which the unit angle has its measuring arc equal to theradius of the circle.

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LEAF-NOSED

Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certainbats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.