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13/03/2025

#51239

ATWIRL

Twisted; distorted; awry. [R.] Halliwell.

#2450

FLAMMIVOMOUS

Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745).

#55752

ACQUAINTANT

An acquaintance. [R.] Swift.

#41346

SILICLE

A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it islong. See Silique.

#26214

WORDILY

In a wordy manner.

#43204

PENSILE

Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. Bacon.The long, pensile branches of the birches. W. Howitt.

#11151

AEROSPHERE

The atmosphere. [R.]

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MYOPIA

Nearsightedness; shortsightedness; a condition of the eye inwhich the rays from distant object are brought to a focus before theyreach the retina, and hence form an indistinct image; while the raysfrom very near objects are normally converged so as to produce adistinct image. It is corrected by the use of a concave lens.

#55855

BEEFWOOD

An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used forcabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales,and Banksia compar of Queensland.

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GOOSISH

Like a goose; foolish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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CUCURBITIVE

Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain smallworms.

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ALKERMES

A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving itsname from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.