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Season :: Season (n.) A period of time not very long; a while; a time.

Oophyte :: Oophyte (n.) Any plant of a proposed class or grand division (collectively termed oophytes or Oophyta), which have their sexual reproduction accomplished by motile antherozoids acting on oospheres, either while included in their oogonia or after exclusion..

Horopter :: Horopter (n.) The line or surface in which are situated all the points which are seen single while the point of sight, or the adjustment of the eyes, remains unchanged..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Peripatetic :: Peripatetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers..

Plesimorphism :: Plesimorphism (n.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.

Groundage :: Groundage (n.) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

Fracho :: Fracho (n.) A shallow iron pan to hold glass ware while being annealed.

Amice :: Amice (n.) A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass..

Trave :: Trave (n.) A wooden frame to confine an unruly horse or ox while shoeing.

Reticence :: Reticence (n.) A figure by which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say nothingon the subject.

Washerwoman :: Washerwoman (n.) The pied wagtail; -- so called in allusion to its beating the water with its tail while tripping along the leaves of water plants.

Dimorphous :: Dimorphous (a.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition..

Sometime :: Sometime (adv.) At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.

By :: By (pref.) Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church..

Stillness :: Stillion (n.) A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying..

Awhile :: Awhile (adv.) For a while; for some time; for a short time.

Lanthanite :: Lanthanite (n.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals..

Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Denominate :: Denominate (a.) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound..

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