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15/05/2026

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CALCULABLE

That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.

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WAPPER

To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as fromweakness; to totter. [Obs.]

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PHOSPHINIC

Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to thephosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, andderived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation.

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DIOECIOUSNESS

The state or quality of being dioecious.

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BRACCATE

Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

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SUBSCRIPTIVE

Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature. "Thesubscriptive part." Richardson.-- Sub*scrip"tive*ly, adv.

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LEXICOGRAPHIST

A lexicographer. [R.] Southey.

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PILLION

A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle;esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a womanmay ride.His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

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MISTREATMENT

Wrong treatment.

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HIBERNIAN

Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.-- n.

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REPAYABLE

Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loanrepayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.

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STYGIAN

Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal.See Styx.At that so sudden blaze, the Stygian throng Bent their aspect.Milton.