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Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market..

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance..

Orcin :: Orcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein..

Coniferin :: Coniferin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Melamine :: Melamine (n.) A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide..

Lupinine :: Lupinine (n.) An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance..

Form :: Form (n.) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.

Stall :: Stall (v. i.) To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast..

Succinimide :: Succinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste..

Bookstand :: Bookstand (n.) A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.

Rutin :: Rutin (n.) A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition..

Cronstedtite :: Cronstedtite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt..

Hackamore :: Hackamore (n.) A halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal..

Erythrite :: Erythrite (n.) A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine..

Amarine :: Amarine (n.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds..

Igasurine :: Igasurine (n.) An alkaloid found in nux vomica, and extracted as a white crystalline substance..

Phanerocrystalline :: Phanerocrystalline (a.) Distinctly crystalline; -- used of rocks. Opposed to cryptocrystalline.

Recrystallization :: Recrystallization (n.) The process or recrystallizing.

Incrystallizable :: Incrystallizable (a.) Not crystallizable; incapable of being formed into crystals.

Globulite :: Globulite (n.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape..

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