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Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..

Mulatto :: Mulatto (n.) The offspring of a negress by a white man, or of a white woman by a negro, -- usually of a brownish yellow complexion..

Anaclastic :: Anaclastic (a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass..

Earthborn :: Earthborn (a.) Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.

Arise :: Arise (v. i.) To proceed; to issue; to spring.

Hop :: Hop (n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring..

Thorough-brace :: Thorough-brace (n.) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise..

Portulacaceous :: Portulacaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Portulacaceae), of which Portulaca is the type, and which includes also the spring beauty (Claytonia) and other genera..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive..

Outspring :: Outspring (v. i.) To spring out; to issue.

Geyser :: Geyser (n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam..

Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..

Springboard :: Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc..

Springy :: Springtime (n.) The season of spring; springtide.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..

Wellspring :: Wellspring (n.) A fountain; a spring; a source of continual supply.

Jerk :: Jerk (n.) A sudden start or spring.

Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.

Springtail :: Springlet (n.) A little spring.

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