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20/01/2026

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ROSCOELITE

A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It isessentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.

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UNDEVIL

To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.[Obs.]They boy having gotten a habit of counterfeiting . . . would not beundeviled by all their exorcisms. Fuller.

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BANKERESS

A female banker. Thackeray.

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PARACMASTIC

Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper.Dunglison.

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TETRABASIC

Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base;having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases;quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid,Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid.

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FOREHEND

See Forhend. [Obs.]

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IRREVEREND

Irreverent. [Obs.]Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype.

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OBJECTIVITY

The state, quality, or relation of being objective; characterof the object or of the objective.The calm, the cheerfulness, the disinterested objectivity havedisappeared [in the life of the Greeks]. M. Arnold.

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LEUC-

. Same as Leuco-.

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LOCULATE

Divided into compartments.

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COLONIST

A member or inhabitant of a colony.

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DE JURE

By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to be facto.