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Bulbul :: Bulbul (n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera..

Lanciname :: Lanciname (v. t.) To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.

Eponymist :: Eponymist (n.) One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym..

Deflour :: Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.

Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..

Ekaboron :: Ekaboron (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium..

Sanders :: Sanders (n.) An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood..

Surname :: Surname (n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name..

Iran :: Iran (n.) The native name of Persia.

Fish :: Fish (n.) A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water..

Grouper :: Grouper (n.) In California, the name is often applied to the rockfishes..

Granite State :: Granite State () New Hampshire; -- a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite..

Brandy :: Brandy (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain..

Purfle :: Purfle (v. t.) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings..

Homonymy :: Homonymy (n.) Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

Kidderminster :: Kidderminster (n.) A kind of ingrain carpeting, named from the English town where formerly most of it was manufactured..

Betel Nut :: Betel nut () The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime..

Trim :: Trim (n.) Dress; gear; ornaments.

Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..

Vocable :: Vocable (n.) A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning..

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