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Beam :: Beam (n.) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use..

Ambrotype :: Ambrotype (n.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass..

Division :: Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest..

Contingent :: Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops..

Conciator :: Conciator (a.) The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them..

Sinusoid :: Sinusoid (n.) The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines..

Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair..

Hound :: Hound (n.) A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.

Targum :: Targum (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit..

Essential :: Essential (a.) Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil..

Poundrate :: Poundrate (n.) A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.

Faculae :: Faculae (n. pl.) Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere..

Portioner :: Portioner (n.) See Portionist, 2..

Screed :: Screed (n.) A fragment; a portion; a shred.

Department :: Department (v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision..

Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.

Fractionally :: Fractionally (adv.) By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions..

Nice :: Nice (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy..

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