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Huguenot :: Huguenot (n.) A French Protestant of the period of the religious wars in France in the 16th century.

Ekaboron :: Ekaboron (n.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium..

Monsoon :: Monsoon (n.) A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December..

Semiweekly :: Semiweekly (n.) That which comes or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly periodical..

Coeval :: Coeval (n.) Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with..

Winter :: Winter (n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like..

Tractarian :: Tractarian (n.) One of the writers of the Oxford tracts, called Tracts for the Times, issued during the period 1833-1841, in which series of papers the sacramental system and authority of the Church, and the value of tradition, were brought into prominence. Also, a member of the High Church party, holding generally the principles of the Tractarian writers; a Puseyite..

Orb :: Orb (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The period of a transitory breeze.

Periodide :: Periodide (n.) An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever..

Accent :: Accent (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period..

Society :: Society (n.) The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances..

Term :: Term (n.) In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms..

Devonian :: Devonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system..

Pers :: Pers (a.) Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods.

Bulletin :: Bulletin (n.) A periodical publication, especially one containing the proceeding of a society..

Octennial :: Octennial (a.) Happening every eighth year; also, lasting a period of eight years..

Labyrinthodon :: Labyrinthodon (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus..

Paleography :: Paleography (n.) The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics..

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