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Appellative :: Appellative (n.) A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. Thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. A proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, Rome, Washington, Lake Erie..

Monocardian :: Monocardian (a.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians..

Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.

Jacobaean Lily :: "Jacobaean lily () A bulbous plant (Amaryllis, / Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower..

Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..

Monomachy :: Monomachy (n.) A duel; single combat.

Prunus :: Prunus (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening..

Monism :: Monism (n.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

Annals :: Annals (n. pl.) The record of a single event or item.

Single :: Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

Monophyllous :: Monophyllous (a.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx..

Breath :: Breath (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.

Lid :: Lid (n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti..

Monotone :: Monotone (n.) A single unvaried tone or sound.

Cannabis :: Cannabis (n.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

Particular :: Particular (a.) Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation..

Holophrastic :: Holophrastic (a.) Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America..

Decker :: Decker (n.) A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker..

Singleton :: Singleton (n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton..

Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..

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