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Comedown :: Comedown (n.) A downfall; an humiliation.

Consomme :: Consomme (n.) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

Penduline :: Penduline (n.) A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers..

Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.

Augustan :: Augustan (n.) Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg.

Kudos :: Kudos (n.) Glory; fame; renown; praise.

Foxy :: Foxy (a.) Having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.

Browning :: Browning (n.) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster..

Katabolism :: Katabolism (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure..

Litotes :: Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, a citizen of no mean city, that is, of an illustrious city..

Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..

Eider :: Eider (n.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species..

Drown :: Drown (v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.

Knowable :: Knowable (a.) That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained..

Discrown :: Discrown (v. t.) To deprive of a crown.

Gymnophthalmata :: Gymnophthalmata (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids..

Artemisia :: Artemisia (n.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region..

Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Pteranodon :: Pteranodon (n.) A genus of American Cretaceous pterodactyls destitute of teeth. Several species are known, some of which had an expanse of wings of twenty feet or more..

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