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07/08/2025

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DOUPE

The carrion crow. [Written also dob.] [Prov. Eng.]

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LIPARITE

A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.

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EJOO

Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti.

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NONPROFESSIONAL

Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from,professional men; contrary to professional usage.

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CONTEXTURAL

Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producingcontexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666).

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POMPADOUR

A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low andsquare in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing itstraight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after theMarchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.

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SPLIT

To divide or separate into components; -- often used with up;as, to split up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. To split hairs,to make distinctions of useless nicety.

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CHOROGRAPHY

the mapping or description of a region or district.The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne.

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FORESPEAKING

A prediction; also, a preface. [Obs.] Camden. Huloet.

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AMPHICTYONS

Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to acongress or council. They considered both political and religiousmatters.

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ANADROM

A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers.

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ENDEMIOLOGY

The science which treats of endemic affections.