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21/01/2026
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CONJECTURE
CONJECTURE
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptiveevidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjectureby a real study of nature. Whewell.Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.
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VOMIC NUT
VOMIC NUT
Same as Nux vomica.
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LIGHTWEIGHT
LIGHTWEIGHT
Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animalwho is a lightweight.
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AMIANTHIFORM
AMIANTHIFORM
Resembling amianthus in form.
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UNDOUBLE
UNDOUBLE
To unfold, or render single.
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HEADER
HEADER
With the head foremost.
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BAIRN
BAIRN
A child. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]Has he not well provided for the bairn ! Beau. & Fl.
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OBLATIONER
OBLATIONER
One who makes an offering as an act worship or reverence. Dr.H. More.
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LEVELISM
LEVELISM
The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rankin society.
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LITERALISM
LITERALISM
The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully,without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.
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POULARD
POULARD
A pullet from which the ovaries have been removed to producefattening; hence, a fat pullet.
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SEA MANTIS
SEA MANTIS
A squilla.