12 new words everyday

20/04/2025

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BINDHEIMITE

An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alterationof other ores, as from jamesonite.

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THROWN

a. & p. p. from Throw, v. Thrown silk, silk thread consistingof two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a directioncontrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed aretwisted. M'Culloch.-- Thrown singles, silk thread or cord made by three processes oftwisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twistedtogether making dumb singles, and several of these twisted togetherto make thrown singles.

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PRESBYTERATE

A presbytery; also, presbytership. Heber.

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CONTRAST

To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, oropposition of qualities.The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with thedivisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.

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METROPOLIS

The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest churchdignitary.The great metropolis and see of Rome. Shak.

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COMPELLABLE

Capable of being compelled or constrained. Blackstone.

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EDDY

To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth.

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PANTALET

One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children andwomen; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming belowthe knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural.

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MISBEHAVE

To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often usedwith a reciprocal pronoun.

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ANGUISH

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.But they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and forcruel bondage. Ex. vi. 9.Anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child. Jer. iv. 31.

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OUTMEASURE

To exceed in measure or extent; to measure more than. Sir T.Browne.

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IRREFRANGIBILITY

The quality or state of being irrefrangible; irrefrangibleness.