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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.