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CABOODLE

The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usuallyin the phrase the whole caboodle. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

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VERISIMILITUDE

The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance oftruth; probability; likelihood.Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledgeis dear and difficult. Glanvill.All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.

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IMPECCANT

Sinless; impeccable. Byron.

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COORDINATENESS

The state of being coördinate; equality of rank or authority.

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RIGHTEOUS

Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to alltheir due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, orsin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.

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MULBERRY

The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, thetree itself. See Morus.

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SEPTOIC

See Heptoic. [R.]

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CYANOTYPE

A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.

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SORTILEGY

Sortilege. [R.] De Quincey.

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R

R, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocalconsonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel, and a liquid. SeeGuide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, and 250-254. "R is the dog'sletter and hurreth in the sound." B. Jonson.

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DAMIANIST

A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6thcentury, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the HolyTrinity.

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MALLARD

A drake; the male of Anas boschas.