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Synchondroses :: Syncategorematic (a.) Not capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or preposition..

Concavous :: Concavous (a.) Concave.

Redshank :: Redshank (n.) A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs..

Squat :: Squat (n.) A sudden or crushing fall.

Kainite :: Kainite (n.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony..

Roncador :: Roncador (n.) Any one of several species of California sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, / Johnius, saturna)..

Monger :: Monger (n.) A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger..

Henchman :: Henchman (n.) An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

Paralogize :: Paralogize (v. i.) To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises.

Wartwort :: Wartwort (n.) A name given to several plants because they were thought to be a cure for warts, as a kind of spurge (Euphorbia Helioscopia), and the nipplewort (Lampsana communis)..

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..

Lady''s Slipper :: Lady's slipper () Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina)..

Curd :: Curd (v. t.) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.

Gunstick :: Gunstick (n.) A stick to ram down the charge of a musket, etc.; a rammer or ramrod..

Blushed :: Blushed (imp. & p. p.) of Blus.

Lindiform :: Lindiform (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.

Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.

Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

Trigamist :: Trigamist (n.) One who has been married three times; also, one who has three husbands or three wives at the same time..

Sulphocyanate :: Sulphocarbonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts..

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