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Adventitious :: Adventitious (a.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control..

Hernia :: Hernia (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture..

Aventurine :: Aventurine (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass..

Aureole :: Aureole (n.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins, martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil..

Hap :: Hap (n.) That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot..

Essence :: Essence (n.) The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts..

Forgather :: Forgather (v. i.) To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty..

Incident :: Incident (n.) That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.

Accident :: Accident (n.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case..

Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..

Accident :: Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.

Victim :: Victim (n.) A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident..

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder..

Sorrowful :: Sorrowful (a.) Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful accident..

Circumstantiate :: Circumstantiate (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

Hammer-less :: Hammer-less (a.) Without a visible hammer; -- said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and out of the way of an accidental touch..

Liability :: Liability (n.) The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law..

Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

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