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23/03/2026

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CHERVIL

A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromaticleaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups andsalads.

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BROADEN

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.The broadening sun appears. Wordsworth.

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PET

A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet shestarted up." Tennyson.

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RETRACTIBLE

Retractable.

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CHEMIGLYPHIC

Engraved by a voltaic battary.

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BRANT

A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brentand brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.

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NILOMETER

An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nileduring its periodical flood.

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SUPRAVISION

Supervision. [Obs.]

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PRETEXT

Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color orcover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.They suck the blood of those they depend on, under a pretext ofservice and kindness. L'Estrange.With how much or how little pretext of reason. Dr. H. More.

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BLASTOSTYLE

In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special functionis to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata.

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TANITE

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, usedfor making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

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DOLPHINET

A female dolphin. [R.] Spenser.