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03/06/2025

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HETEROGENESIS

HETEROGENESIS

Spontaneous generation, so called.

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GRIPER

GRIPER

One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton.

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TABID

TABID

Affected by tabes; tabetic.

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CONTINUITY

CONTINUITY

the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection orsuccession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity offibers. Grew.The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity ofglittering objects. Dryden.Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothingpasses from one state to another without passing through all theintermediate states.-- Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.

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EMOTIONALISM

EMOTIONALISM

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency toregard things in an emotional manner.

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INFEOFFMENT

INFEOFFMENT

See Enfeoffment.

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TRANTER

TRANTER

One who trants; a peddler; a carrier. [Written also traunter.][Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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MUXY

MUXY

Soft; sticky, and dirty. [Prov. Eng.] See Mucky.

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VOLUPTY

VOLUPTY

Voluptuousness. [Obs.]

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SHIRTLESS

SHIRTLESS

Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope.-- Shirt"less*ness, n.

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CORNETCY

CORNETCY

The commission or rank of a cornet.

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RUTYLENE

RUTYLENE

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It isproduced artificially.