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Foralite :: Foralite (n.) A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata..

Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..

Anelectrotonus :: Anelectrotonus (n.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

Brownstone :: Brownstone (n.) A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes..

Predesignate :: Predesignate (a.) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated..

Palmitone :: Palmitone (n.) The ketone of palmitic acid.

"""haemony " :: Haemony (n.) A plant described by Milton as of sovereign use against all enchantments..

Cobblestone :: Cobblestone (n.) A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

Kabook :: Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.

Shrill :: Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill..

Lascivious :: Lascivious (a.) Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires..

Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) Same as Prothonotary.

Syllable :: Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only

Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..

Ammonite :: Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis..

Pendant :: Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features..

Perlid :: Perlid (n.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidae. See Stone fly, under Stone..

Polycystina :: Polycystina (n. pl.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state..

Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam.

Lithotriptor :: Lithotriptor (n.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

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