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Eightieth :: Eightieth (a.) Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.

Linkwork :: Linkwork (n.) A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain..

Breastwheel :: Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight..

Leucomaine :: Leucomaine (n.) An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison..

Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (a.) Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.

Hoist :: Hoist (n.) The act of hoisting; a lift.

Corporeal :: Corporeal (a.) Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial..

Prefident :: Prefident (a.) Trusting beforehand; hence, overconfident..

Main :: Main (v.) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean..

Polyembryonate :: Polyembryonate (a.) Consisting of, or having, several embryos; polyembryonic..

Compatible :: Compatible (a.) Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

Vicenary :: Vicenary (a.) Of or pertaining to twenty; consisting of twenty.

Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..

Quipu :: Quipu (n.) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events..

Docimology :: Docimology (n.) A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc..

Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster..

Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..

Theosophy :: Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the

Topology :: Topology (n.) The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place..

Nonresisting :: Nonresisting (a.) Not making resistance.

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