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Momentariness :: Momentariness (n.) The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

Airing :: Airing (n.) A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health's sake.

Puffin :: Puffin (n.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and sea parrot..

Acaulescent :: Acaulescent (a.) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground..

Rota :: Rota (n.) A short-lived political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the annual retirement of a portion of Parliament..

Story-writer :: Story-writer (n.) One who writes short stories, as for magazines..

Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies..

Shortened / :: Shortened / (imp. & p. p.) of Shorte.

Bocal :: Bocal (n.) A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck..

Ranger :: Ranger (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot..

Stipple :: Stipple (v. t.) To paint, as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or softly graded surface..

Low-studded :: Low-studded (a.) Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room..

Blunderbuss :: Blunderbuss (n.) A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action..

Pulse :: Pulse (n.) Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement..

Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..

Apteryx :: Apteryx (n.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known..

Undermanned :: Undermanned (a.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.

Space :: Space (n.) A short time; a while.

Dachshund :: Dachshund (n.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired..

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