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Impress :: Impress (n.) The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed..

Osmose :: Osmose (n.) The tendency in fluids to mix, or become equably diffused, when in contact. It was first observed between fluids of differing densities, and as taking place through a membrane or an intervening porous structure. The more rapid flow from the thinner to the thicker fluid was then called endosmose, and the opposite, slower current, exosmose. Both are, however, results of the same force. Osmose may be regarded as a form of molecular attraction, allied to that of adhesion..

Taking :: Taking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tak.

Subdivisible :: Subdivine (a.) Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.

Agistment :: Agistment (n.) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests..

Tragi-comical :: Tragi-comical (a.) Of or pertaining to tragi-comedy; partaking of grave and comic scenes.

Trail :: Trail (n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.

Precautious :: Precautious (a.) Taking or using precaution; precautionary.

Marly :: Marly (superl.) Consisting or partaking of marl; resembling marl; abounding with marl.

Preoccupation :: Preoccupation (n.) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession..

Discouragement :: Discouragement (n.) That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement..

Trap :: Trap (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes..

Careful :: Careful (a.) Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right..

Decumbiture :: Decumbiture (n.) Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness..

Hand :: Hand (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim..

Exception :: Exception (n.) The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule..

Blood :: Blood (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction..

Phagocyte :: Phagocyte (n.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed..

Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc..

Animal :: Animal (n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity..

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