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Temperance :: Temperance (v. t.) Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors..

Fastidious :: Fastidious (a.) Difficult to please; delicate to a fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite..

Able :: Able (superl.) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property..

Pepper :: Pepper (n.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth..

Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Pettifog :: Pettifog (v. t.) To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim..

Induplicative :: Induplicative (a.) Having induplicate sepals or petals in aestivation.

Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose a rival for a prize..

Toupet :: Toupet (n.) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.

Larkspur :: Larkspur (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee..

Summonses :: Summoner (v. t.) One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor..

Passport :: Passport (n.) Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water..

Becuna :: Becuna (n.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyraena spet). See Barracuda.

Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong..

Gulosity :: Gulosity (n.) Excessive appetite; greediness; voracity.

Hundreder :: Hundreder (n.) A person competent to serve on a jury, in an action for land in the hundred to which he belongs..

Job :: Job (v. i.) To do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work.

Connivent :: Connivent (a.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc..

Monopetalous :: Monopetalous (a.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous..

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish..

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