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02/07/2025
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CARCAJOU
CARCAJOU
The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canadalynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.
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BEFORTUNE
BEFORTUNE
To befall. [Poetic]I wish all good befortune you. Shak.
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SQUATTY
SQUATTY
Squat; dumpy. J. Burroughs.
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LIFESOME
LIFESOME
Animated; sprightly. [Poetic] Coleridge.-- Life"some*ness, n.
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OLIVE
OLIVE
An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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POOR-WILL
POOR-WILL
A bird of the Western United States (Phalænoptilus Nutalli)allied to the whip-poor-will.
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INSUCCESS
INSUCCESS
Want of success. [R.] Feltham.
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PARAMYLUM
PARAMYLUM
A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scumformed on the surface of stagnant water.
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LYONNAISE
LYONNAISE
Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated inoil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
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INOCERAMUS
INOCERAMUS
An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to themussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
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PLUVIAMETRICAL
PLUVIAMETRICAL
See Pluviometrical.
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ACADEMICALLY
ACADEMICALLY
In an academical manner.