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Alkermes :: Alkermes (n.) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient..

Intertie :: Intertie (n.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another..

Face :: Face (n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object..

Kerite :: Kerite (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy..

Mainsail :: Mainsail (n.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

Agency :: Agency (n.) The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another..

Rhizopoda :: Rhizopoda (n. pl.) An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa..

Hybodont :: Hybodont (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an extinct genus of sharks (Hybodus), especially in the form of the teeth, which consist of a principal median cone with smaller lateral ones..

Muskmelon :: Muskmelon (n.) The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon..

Preceptress :: Preceptress (n.) A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.

Incident :: Incident (a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal..

Radiate-veined :: Radiate-veined (a.) Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant..

Main :: Main (v.) The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.

Elohim :: Elohim (n.) One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Pearlash :: Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc..

Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

Domebook :: Domebook (n.) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments..

Stem :: Stem (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top..

Harmonics :: Harmonics (n.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones..

Accessory :: Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music..

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