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Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..

Apsis :: Apsis (n.) In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum..

Illude :: Illude (v. t.) To play upon by artifice; to deceive; to mock; to excite and disappoint the hopes of.

Excursus :: Excursus (n.) A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic..

Drive :: Drive (v. t.) To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like..

Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun..

Eastwards :: Eastwards (adv.) Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York..

Index :: Index (n.) That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses..

Penguin :: Penguin (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges..

Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Decree; direction; established order or constitution; as, to submit to the divine appointments..

Blank :: Blank (n.) The point aimed at in a target, marked with a white spot; hence, the object to which anything is directed..

Moribund :: Moribund (a.) In a dying state; dying; at the point of death.

Pole :: Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian..

Gist :: Gist (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question..

Epigram :: Epigram (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character..

Embonpoint :: Embonpoint (n.) Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.

Peak :: Peak (n.) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe..

Cadet :: Cadet (n.) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich..

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