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Lanceolated :: Lanceolated (a.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf..

Nigraniline :: Nigraniline (n.) The complex, nitrogenous, organic base and dyestuff called also aniline black..

Basedow''s Disease :: Basedow's disease () A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter..

Sarum Use :: Sarum use () A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs..

Understairs :: Understairs (n.) The basement or cellar.

Caitiff :: Caitiff (a.) Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.

Stylops :: Stylopodium (n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants..

Dastardliness :: Dastardliness (n.) The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.

Thionaphthene :: Thionaphthene (n.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, C8H6S, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives..

Low :: Low (superl.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem..

Uropygial :: Uropygial (a.) Of or pertaining to the uropygium, or prominence at the base of the tail feathers, in birds..

Viridine :: Viridine (n.) A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine..

Humblesse :: Humblesse (n.) Humbleness; abasement; low obeisance.

Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure..

Withers :: Withers (prep.) The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse..

Lamboys :: Lamboys (n. pl.) Same as Base, n., 19..

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Presumptive :: Presumptive (a.) Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof..

Rosaniline :: Rosaniline (n.) A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper..

Hydrosulphide :: Hydrosulphide (n.) One of a series of compounds, derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical; as, potassium hydrosulphide, KSH. The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans..

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