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Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..

Acanthopterygii :: Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch..

Conirostres :: Conirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches..

Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..

Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..

Perching :: Perching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perc.

Buceros :: Buceros (n.) A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.

Percase :: Percase (adv.) Perhaps; perchance.

Villiform :: Villiform (a.) Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform..

Juke :: "Juke (v. i.) To perch on anything, as birds do..

Isonandra :: Isonandra (n.) A genus of sapotaceous trees of India. Isonandra Gutta is the principal source of gutta-percha.

Paraventure :: Paraventure (adv.) Peradventure; perchance.

Rod :: Rod (n.) A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole..

Overperch :: Overperch (v. t.) To perch upon; to fly over.

Perch :: Perch (n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis)..

Oxychloric :: Oxychloric (a.) Formerly designating an acid now called perchloric acid. See Perchloric.

Lug :: Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch..

Supercharging :: Supercharged (imp. & p. p.) of Supercharg.

Sprawled :: Sprat (n.) A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch..

Zander :: Zander (n.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant..

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