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Luteocobaltic :: Luteocobaltic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic..

Hypochlorous :: Hypochlorous (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds..

Halibut :: Halibut (n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish..

Gepound :: Gepound (n.) See Gipoun.

Castling :: Castling (n.) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i..

Postillate :: Postillate (v. i.) To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order..

Robbin :: Robbin (n.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.

Duty :: Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States)..

Rhodammonium :: Rhodammonium (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; -- said of certain complex compounds..

Person :: Person (n.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals..

Culverin :: Culverin (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles..

Expound :: Expound (v. t.) To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle..

Stibiconite :: Stibic (a.) Antimonic; -- used with reference to certain compounds of antimony.

Pounder :: Pounder (n.) One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill..

Sumach :: Sumach (n.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language..

Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration..

Decomposite :: Decomposite (n.) Anything decompounded.

Hyposulphuric :: Hyposulphuric (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, sulphur in a lower state of oxidation than in the sulphuric compounds; as, hyposulphuric acid..

Pounder :: Pounder (n.) A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder..

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