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Reference :: Reference (n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance..

Consult :: Consult (v. t.) To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes..

Inflorescence :: Inflorescence (n.) The mode of flowering, or the general arrangement and disposition of the flowers with reference to the axis, and to each other..

Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.

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

Reference :: Reference (n.) One who, or that which, is referred to..

Ton :: Ton (n.) A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc..

Henotheism :: Henotheism (n.) Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest..

Account :: Account (n.) A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon.

Vote :: Vote (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage..

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it..

Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..

Elect :: Elect (a.) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Paragenesis :: Paragenesis (n.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.

Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote..

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

In :: In (prep.) With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level..

Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..

Difference :: Difference (n.) Choice; preference.

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