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02/10/2025

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SANATORIUM

An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort forinvalids. See Sanitarium.

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ACERVATIVE

Heaped up; tending to heap up.

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TRUCKLE-BED

A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; atrundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." Shak.

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SQUITEE

The squeteague; -- called also squit.

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WEB-TOED

Having the toes united by a web for a considerable part oftheir length.

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MONAZITE

A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, --phosphate of the cerium metals.

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ALAMODALITY

The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode orfashion; fashionableness. [R.] Southey.

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MERCUROUS

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containingmercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is presentin its highest proportion. Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel.

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KNOTTED

Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed ofmica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knotsin relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks. Percival.

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AIR CELL

A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.

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RACHIS

The spine; the vertebral column.

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ACTUALIZATION

A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson.