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Unbalanced :: Unbalanced (a.) Not balanced; not in equipoise; having no counterpoise, or having insufficient counterpoise..

Overpoise :: Overpoise (v. t.) To outweigh; to overbalance.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors.

Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..

Sea Hog :: Sea hog () The porpoise.

Delphin :: Delphin (n.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Poise :: Poise (n.) To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

Poize :: Poize (n.) See Poise.

Balancement :: Balancement (n.) The act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.

Snuffer :: Snuffer (n.) The common porpoise.

Poised :: Poised (imp. & p. p.) of Pois.

Porpesse :: Porpesse (n.) A porpoise.

Pellack :: Pellack (n.) A porpoise.

Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. i.) To go with head poised like a swine, with nose down..

Balance :: Balance (n.) To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance..

Equipendency :: Equipendency (n.) The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way.

Equilibrious :: Equilibrious (a.) Evenly poised; balanced.

Porpoise :: Porpoise (n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer..

Counterpoise :: Counterpoise (n.) The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.

Equilibrium :: Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body..

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