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11/09/2025

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CASA

A house or mansion. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]

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DISSOLVABLE

Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts;capable of being liquefied; soluble.-- Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.Though everything which is compacted be in its own naturedissolvable. Cudworth.Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. SirI. Newton.

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CHIROLOGY

The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or ofcommunicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; asubstitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with thedeaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

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FOUSSA

A viverrine animal of Madagascar (Cryptoprocta ferox). Itresembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws.

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FUGLEMAN

A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes hisplace in front of a military company, as a guide for the others intheir exercises; a file leader. He originally stood in front of theright wing. [Written also flugelman.]

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PRESTIGIATORY

Consisting of impostures; juggling. [Obs.] Barrow.

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VITIATION

The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated;depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of theblood; the vitiation of a contract.The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot.

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ALPIGENE

Growing in Alpine regions.

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TESTIERE

A piece of plate armor for the head of a war horse; a tester.

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BAFTA

A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India.Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.

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ANTONYM

A word of opposite meaning; a counterterm; -- used as acorrelative of synonym. [R.] C. J. Smith.

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HOARY

Of a pale silvery gray.