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Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..

Comatula :: Comatula (n.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars..

Azimuth :: Azimuth (n.) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying..

Astrometry :: Astrometry (n.) The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes..

Starch :: Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.

Megameter :: Megameter (n.) An instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.

Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..

Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..

Diskless :: Diskless (a.) Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope..

Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.

Upstart :: Upstart (n.) One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu..

Maranta :: Maranta (n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament..

Life :: Life (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual..

Home :: Home (n.) The home base; he started for home.

Kike :: Kike (v. i.) To gaze; to stare.

Earth :: Earth (n.) The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits..

Diastase :: Diastase (n.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar..

Lagophthalmos :: Lagophthalmos (n.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance..

Inulin :: Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc..

Stark :: Stark (n.) Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.

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