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10/09/2026

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EMENAGOGUE

See Emmenagogue.

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CINEREOUS

Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.

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ADAMANTEAN

Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.

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DISCRIMINANT

The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenousfunction of n variables. See Eliminant.

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RONTGEN

Of or pertaining to the German physicist Wilhelm KonradRöntgen, or the rays discovered by him; as, Röntgen apparatus.

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ENDOSTOME

The foramen or passage through the inner integument of anovule.

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DEFINITELY

In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.

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INVENTIVE

Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready atexpedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden.-- In*vent"ive*ly, adv.-- In*vent"ive*ness, n.

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BISEXUOUS

Bisexual.

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REFRACTED

Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refractedstem or leaf.

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UNWRAP

To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. Chaucer.

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LINIGEROUS

Bearing flax; producing linen.