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Acquirement :: Acquirement (n.) The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment..

Bibliomania :: Bibliomania (n.) A mania for acquiring books.

Stripe :: Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Accession :: Accession (n.) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf..

Acquisitiveness :: Acquisitiveness (n.) The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.

Fibrination :: Fibrination (n.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.

Acquisition :: Acquisition (n.) The act or process of acquiring.

Study :: Study (v. i.) A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge..

Outwit :: Outwit (n.) The faculty of acquiring wisdom by observation and experience, or the wisdom so acquired; -- opposed to inwit..

Chrestomathy :: Chrestomathy (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy..

Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.

Acquisitive :: Acquisitive (a.) Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition..

Conquest :: Conquest (n.) The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory..

Evectics :: Evectics (n.) The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body.

Homesteader :: Homesteader (n.) One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner..

Cadet :: Cadet (n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission..

Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) The act of seeking and acquiring property.

University :: University (n.) An association, society, guild, or corporation, esp. one capable of having and acquiring property..

School :: School (n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets..

Getting :: Getting (n.) The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.

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