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Query :: Query (n.) An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt.

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point..

Foible :: Foible (n.) The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; -- opposed to forte.

Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

Quodlibet :: Quodlibet (n.) A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.

World :: World (n.) In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world..

Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..

Origin :: Origin (n.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

Stab :: Stab (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Shagreened :: Shagreened (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.

Upright :: Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree..

Embrasure :: Embrasure (n.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate..

Aim :: Aim (v. i.) To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target..

Provide :: Provide (v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.

Pick :: Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc..

Hyparterial :: Hyparterial (a.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Sorrow :: Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness..

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