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Moon-culminating :: Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude..

Optometer :: Optometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the distance of distinct vision, mainly for the selection of eveglasses..

Pick :: Pick (v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out..

Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..

Townsman :: Townsman (n.) A selectman, in New England. See Selectman..

Popular :: Popular (a.) Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections..

Preselect :: Preselect (v. t.) To select beforehand.

Adversaria :: Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes..

Excerptive :: Excerptive (a.) That excerpts, selects, or chooses..

Eleven :: Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven..

Elect :: Elect (v. t.) To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor..

Anyone :: Anyone (n.) One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [Commonly written as two words..

Selectedly :: Selectedly (adv.) With care and selection.

Exquisite :: Exquisite (a.) Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship..

Draught :: Draught (n.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2).

Pick :: Pick (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care..

Monitor :: Monitor (n.) Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class..

Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny..

Conventional :: Conventional (a.) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t..

Edit :: Edit (v. t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper..

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