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Engagement :: Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere..

Refaction :: Refaction (n.) Recompense; atonement; retribution.

Regret :: Regret (v. t.) To experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends..

Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.

Electrograph :: Electrograph (n.) A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity..

Constraint :: Constraint (n.) The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

Adjudication :: Adjudication (n.) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A firework which, while burning, is caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the escaping gases..

Synergy :: Synergy (n.) the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy..

Gist :: Gist (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question..

Oxime :: Oxime (n.) One of a series of isonitroso derivatives obtained by the action of hydroxylamine on aldehydes or ketones.

Stagworm :: Stagnation (n.) The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business..

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called..

Differential :: Differential (n.) One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other..

Dispraise :: Dispraise (v. t.) The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.

Chronologer :: Chronologer (n.) A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology.

Heat :: Heat (v. t.) To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions..

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