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20/05/2025
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REGULAR
REGULAR
Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape;as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.
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PRESTO
PRESTO
Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movementor performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time exceptprestissimo.
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PENTAHEDROUS
PENTAHEDROUS
Pentahedral. Woodward.
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GALENITE
GALENITE
Galena; lead ore.
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DOWNSTREAM
DOWNSTREAM
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
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COLICAL
COLICAL
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift.
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GOFF
GOFF
A silly clown. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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SENTIMENTALIZE
SENTIMENTALIZE
To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize asubject.
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WATER-RET
WATER-RET
To ret, or rot, in water, as flax; to water-rot.
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SCURFY
SCURFY
Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resemblingscurf.
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HYPERBOLIZE
HYPERBOLIZE
To speak or write with exaggeration. Bp. Montagu.
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SMOOTHING
SMOOTHING
fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with apolished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron.-- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing andfinishing work.