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So :: So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as..

Standish :: Standing (n.) Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing..

Consignee :: Consignee (n.) The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.

Revolution :: Revolution (n.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth..

Kinswoman :: Kinswoman (n.) A female relative.

Phyllotaxis :: Phyllotaxis (n.) The order or arrangement of leaves on the stem; the science of the relative position of leaves.

Groomsman :: Groomsman (n.) A male attendant of a bridegroom at his wedding; -- the correlative of bridesmaid.

Kin :: Kin (n.) Relatives; persons of the same family or race.

Relation :: Relation (n.) A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Pahoehoe :: Pahoehoe (n.) A name given in the Sandwich Islands to lava having a relatively smooth surface, in distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called a-a..

Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them..

Whither :: Whither (adv.) To what or which place; -- used relatively.

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Bereavement :: Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death..

Comparatively :: Comparatively (adv.) According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

Theretofore :: Theretofore (adv.) Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.

Megalops :: Megalops (n.) A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. Also used adjectively..

Precisive :: Precisive (a.) Cutting off; (Logic) exactly limiting by cutting off all that is not absolutely relative to the purpose; as, precisive censure; precisive abstraction..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..

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