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Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

Chiltern Hundreds :: Chiltern Hundreds () A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats..

Clavicle :: Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone..

Furcula :: Furcula (n.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.

Speed :: Speed (v. t.) To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey..

Olive :: Olive (a.) Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green..

Cabalist :: Cabalist (n.) One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions..

Aspiration :: Aspiration (n.) The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.

Anticipate :: Anticipate (v. t.) To foresee (a wish, command, etc.) and do beforehand that which will be desired..

Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..

Veadar :: Veadar (n.) The thirteenth, or intercalary, month of the Jewish ecclesiastical calendar, which is added about every third year..

Lowish :: Lowish (a.) Somewhat low.

Voltzite :: Voltzite (n.) An oxysulphide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish color; -- called also voltzine.

Ferruginous :: Ferruginous (a.) Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red..

Foolahs :: Foolahs (n. pl.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjectively; as, Fulah empire, tribes, language..

Thummim :: Thummim (n. pl.) A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.

Merrythought :: Merrythought (n.) The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.

Poinsettia :: Poinsettia (n.) A Mexican shrub (Euphorbia pulcherrima) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers.

Sarcoblast :: Sarcoblast (n.) A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.

Seah :: Seah (n.) A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah.

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