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25/06/2025
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INARTICULATENESS
INARTICULATENESS
The state or quality of being inarticulate.
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NICOTINIC
NICOTINIC
Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- usedspecifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained bythe oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid.
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HEPTONE
HEPTONE
A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
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AYONT
AYONT
Beyond. [Scot.]
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CONTROVERSIALIST
CONTROVERSIALIST
One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff ofwhich controversialists are made. Macaulay.
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CAVY
CAVY
A rodent of the genera cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig(Cavia cabaya). Cavies are natives of South America. Water cavy(Zoöl.), The capybara.
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MYXINE
MYXINE
A genus of marsipobranchs, including the hagfish. See Hag, 4.
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NOCTILUCIN
NOCTILUCIN
A fatlike substance in certain marine animals, to which theyowe their phosphorescent properties.
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REPLANT
REPLANT
To plant again.
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WILE
WILE
A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; asly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand againstthe wiles of the devil. Eph. vi. 11.Not more almighty to resist our might, Than wise to frustrate all ourplots and wiles. Milton.
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CATHARTIN
CATHARTIN
The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucosidewith the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid,and cathartina.
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TELESTEREOSCOPE
TELESTEREOSCOPE
A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects orlandscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.