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Piteous :: Piteous (a.) Pious; devout.

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework..

Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Smile :: Smile (v. i.) To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

Tubule :: Tubule (n.) A minute tube lined with glandular epithelium; as, the uriniferous tubules of the kidney..

Hospitalism :: Hospitalism (n.) A vitiated condition of the body, due to long confinement in a hospital, or the morbid condition of the atmosphere of a hospital..

Hoppestere :: Hoppestere (a.) An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as dancing (on the wave); by others as opposing, warlike..

Sandpit :: Sandpit (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Water :: Water (v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or diluted..

Stag :: Stag (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti..

Palpitate :: Palpitate (v. i.) To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement..

Capital :: Capital (n.) First in importance; chief; principal.

Polypite :: Polypite (n.) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa..

Chronogram :: Chronogram (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632..

Precipitate :: Precipitate (v. i.) To hasten without preparation.

Precipitous :: Precipitous (a.) Headlong; as, precipitous fall..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin..

Screable :: Screable (a.) Capable of being spit out.

Favor :: Favor (n.) Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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