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Euphorbium :: Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned..

Parhelion :: Parhelion (n.) A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene..

Loom :: Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.

Curvilinearity :: Curvilinearity (n.) The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.

Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer..

Thereabouts :: Thereabouts (adv.) Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts..

Aftmost :: Aftmost (a.) Nearest the stern.

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer..

Caruncula :: Caruncula (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

Rotund :: Rotund (a.) Orbicular, or nearly so..

Noncondensing :: Noncondensing (a.) Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Whisper :: Whisper (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n..

Animalcule :: Animalcule (n.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria..

Myopic :: Myopic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted..

Mosasaurus :: Mosasaurus (n.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles allied to the lizards, but having the body much elongated, and the limbs in the form of paddles. The first known species, nearly fifty feet in length, was discovered in Cretaceous beds near Maestricht, in the Netherlands..

Cocoa Palm :: Cocoa palm () A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree..

Approximate :: Approximate (v. t.) To come near to; to approach.

Newish :: Newish (a.) Somewhat new; nearly new.

Square :: Square (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers..

Complutensian :: Complutensian (a.) Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible..

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