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18/02/2025

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CORPUS

A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing.Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s Etym: [NL., callous body](Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebralhemispheries. See Brain.-- Corpus Christi (kr Etym: [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), afestival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday afterTrinity Sunday.-- Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx.-- Corpus delicti (d Etym: [L., the body of the crime] (Law), thesubstantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; theproofs essential to establish a crime.-- Corpus luteum (l; pl. Corpora lutea (-. Etym: [NL., luteous body](Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafianfollicle in the mammalian ovary.-- Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. Etym: [NL.,striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricleof the brain.

#74016

MULTINOMIAL

Same as Polynomial.

#717

MARMORATUM OPUS

A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Parisand marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish.

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SOREDIATE

Sorediïferous.

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ZEALANT

One who is zealous; a zealot; an enthusiast. [Obs.]To certain zealants, all speech of pacification is odious. Bacon.

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TUBULIDENTATE

Having teeth traversed by canals; -- said of certain edentates.

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PALEOZOIC ERA

The Paleozoic time or strata.

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EXFOLIATIVE

Having the power of causing exfoliation.-- n.

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ACCORDANCY

Accordance. [R.] Paley.

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NONUNIONIST

One who does not belong, or refuses to belong, to a tradesunion.

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DISAVOWMENT

Disavowal. [R.] Wotton.

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ADJOINT

An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.]