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17/02/2026

#6427

SCUNNER

To cause to loathe, or feel disgust at. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

#59594

ANTHRACOMANCY

Divination by inspecting a burning coal.

#50533

SCIUROID

Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said ofbranches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass likebarley.

#2109

OPOLCHENIE

See Army organization, above.

#48814

STALWARTNESS

The quality of being stalwart.

#78470

POMPADOUR

A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low andsquare in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing itstraight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after theMarchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.

#35450

RECONCILIATORY

Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall.

#19127

REGISTERSHIP

The office of a register.

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TRADUCEMENT

The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure;defamation; calumny. [R.] Shak.

#9538

LAMPING

Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] "Lamping eyes." Spenser.

#74418

ETHEREALIZATION

An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling.

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INFRATEMPORAL

Below the temple; below the temporal bone.