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Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..

Glauber''s Salts :: Glauber's salts () Sulphate of soda, a well-known cathartic. It is a white crystalline substance, with a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and is commonly called salts..

Retuse :: Retuse (a.) Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf..

Cellulose :: Cellulose (n.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin..

Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To turn slightly sour, as beer, mild, etc..

Hint :: Hint (n.) A remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive..

Peristerite :: Peristerite (n.) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent like a pigeon's neck..

Surmiser :: Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess..

Slight :: Slight (superl.) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

Crispation :: Crispation (n.) A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal..

Shanty :: Shanty (n.) A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut..

Graze :: Graze (n.) A light touch; a slight scratch.

Tinge :: Tinge (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something different or foreign; as, to tinge a decoction with a bitter taste; to affect in some degree with the qualities of another substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron..

Subindividual :: Subindication (n.) The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication.

Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.

Singe :: Singe (n.) A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Latescence :: Latescence (n.) A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.

Suspicion :: Suspicion (n.) Slight degree; suggestion; hint.

Cut :: Cut (n.) That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight..

Curmurring :: Curmurring (n.) Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.

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