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Ratting :: Ratting (v. i.) The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.

Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.

Zaphrentis :: Zaphrentis (n.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup..

Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. i.) To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance..

Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.

Capitalist :: Capitalist (n.) One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business..

Scrip :: Scrip (n.) A preliminary certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate..

Pitch-black :: Pitch-black (a.) Black as pitch or tar.

Excreable :: Excreable (a.) Capable of being discharged by spitting.

Capital :: Capital (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities..

Epithem :: Epithem (n.) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc..

Decrepitate :: Decrepitate (v. i.) To crackle, as salt in roasting..

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith..

Propitious :: Propitious (a.) Hence, kind; gracious; merciful; helpful; -- said of a person or a divinity..

Pithless :: Pithless (a.) Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble..

Compassionable :: Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits..

Temple :: Temple (n.) A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India..

Epithalamic :: Epithalamic (a.) Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium..

Capitation :: Capitation (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax..

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