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27/01/2025

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DIRECTER

One who directs; a director. Directer plane (Geom.), the planeto which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.

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SPLENIC

Of or pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.Splenic apoplexy or fever. (Med.) See Anthrax, n., 3.

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INCOMPREHENSIBILITY

The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach ofhuman intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability;inexplicability.The constant, universal sense of all antiquity unanimously confessingan incomprehensibility in many of the articles of the Christianfaith. South.

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ASSOCIATED

Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying;combined. Associated movements (Physiol.), consensual movements whichaccompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison.

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WHY-NOT

A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason;a sudden conclusive happening. [Obs.]When the church Was taken with a why-not in the lurch. Hudibras.This game . . . was like to have been lost with a why-not. NugæAntiq.

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DEADLIHOOD

State of the dead. [Obs.]

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ISOPODIFORM

Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvæ of certaininsects.

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DYER

One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer'sbroom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

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ELECTROTONIC

Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposedpeculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to theaction of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electriccurrent when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

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TRINUCLEUS

A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella andcheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.

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VERBOSITY

The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more wordsthan are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity ofhis style. Jeffrey.

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INCOMMODATION

The state of being incommoded; inconvenience. [Obs.]