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Capacity :: Capacity (n.) The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Adolescence :: Adolescence (n.) The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals..

Erect :: Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached..

Jail :: "Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding..

Like :: Like (n.) A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes..

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..

In :: In (prep.) With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy; castles in the air..

For :: For (prep.) In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place..

Reference :: Reference (n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred..

Will :: Will (v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Equivalent :: Equivalent (n.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any

Intimation :: Intimation (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design..

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..

Herborize :: Herborize (v. t.) To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized.

Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections..

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

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

V :: V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like Engli

Domestically :: Domestically (adv.) In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

Rather :: Rather (a.) Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat..

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