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19/05/2024

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ZENANA

The part of a dwelling appropriated to women. [India]

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CONTEMPORANEOUS

Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides,and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school ofArabic philosophy. Milman- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

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CROTALARIA

A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox.

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TUCAN

The Mexican pocket gopher (Geomys Mexicanus). It resembles thecommon pocket gopher of the Western United States, but is larger.Called also tugan, and tuza.

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WATER CHINQUAPIN

The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhatresemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.

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SELF-SEEKING

Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. Arbuthnot.

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PAPHIAN

Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having acelebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.

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CONSUBSTANTIALIST

One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow.

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ABDAL

A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

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PERFECTNESS

The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity,which is the bond of perfectness." Col. iii. 14.

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EPHIALTES

The nightmare. Brande & C.

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PORTLAND STONE

A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle ofPortland in England, much used in building.