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Pressure :: Pressure (n.) The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area..

Magnitude :: Magnitude (n.) Greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude..

Selection :: Selection (n.) The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference..

Reference :: Reference (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book..

Selfishness :: Selfishness (n.) The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others..

Barbaic :: Barbaic (a.) Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with reference to barbarous nations of east..

Dose :: Dose (n.) To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses..

Course :: Course (n.) Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument..

Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as, to boast of one's achievements..

Retrospective :: Retrospective (a.) Having reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a retrospective law..

Bookstand :: Bookstand (n.) A stand to hold books for reading or reference.

Levir :: Levir (n.) A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.

December :: December (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life..

Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.

Enseel :: Enseel (v. t.) To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk.

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote..

Literature :: Literature (n.) The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry..

Preference :: Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference..

Jealous :: "Jealous (a.) Disposed to suspect rivalry in matters of interest and affection; apprehensive regarding the motives of possible rivals, or the fidelity of friends; distrustful; having morbid fear of rivalry in love or preference given to another; painfully suspicious of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover..

Oration :: Oration (n.) An elaborate discourse, delivered in public, treating an important subject in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like; -- distinguished from an argument in court, a popular harangue, a sermon, a lecture, etc.; as, Webster's oration at Bunker Hill..

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