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11/12/2025

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TRICA

An apothecium in certain lichens, having a spherical surfacemarked with spiral or concentric ridges and furrows.

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CONTENTATION

Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon.

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COURSER

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkablefor its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied torunning birds of the Ostrich family.

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SHADER

One who, or that which, shades.

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MULTICAPSULAR

Having many, or several, capsules.

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DISSENTATION

Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.

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DIAGNOSIS

The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from itssigns or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, thedecision arrived at.

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BLATTERER

One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster.

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SPOLIATION

Injury done to a document.

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PAWK

A small lobster. Travis.

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BUFONITE

An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth andpalatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thickteeth), whose remains occur in the oölite and chalk formations;toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed inthe head of a toad.

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CONJECTURALLY

That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.