Definition of on

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On (prep.) To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the motion of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of another; as, rain falls on the earth..

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Lithotripsy :: Lithotripsy (n.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
Aggregate :: Aggregate (v. t.) To add or unite, as, a person, to an association..
Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.
Amidogen :: Amidogen (n.) A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido..
Cant :: Cant (n.) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant..
Cataphonic :: Cataphonic (a.) Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.
Icositetrahedron :: Icositetrahedron (n.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron.
Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (a.) Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic..
Daltonian :: Daltonian (n.) One afflicted with color blindness.
Prosaical :: Prosaical (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition..
Ginhouse :: Ginhouse (n.) A building where cotton is ginned.
Proof-proof :: Proof-proof (a.) Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
Brontosaurus :: Brontosaurus (n.) A genus of American jurassic dinosaurs. A length of sixty feet is believed to have been attained by these reptiles.
Beaupere :: Beaupere (n.) A companion.
Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
Safety :: Safety (n.) The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss..
Smolt :: Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color..
Bedswerver :: Bedswerver (n.) One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage vow.
Symphony :: Symphony (n.) An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the symphonic poems of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as
Fencible :: Fencible (n.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.
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