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Eyalet :: Eyalet (n.) Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet..

Harness Cask :: Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.

Dove's-foot :: Dove's-foot (n.) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf..

Arsenide :: Arsenide (n.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret..

Pyrocitric :: Pyrocitric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called respectively citraconic, itaconic, and mesaconic acid..

Wariangle :: Wariangle (n.) The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also wurger, worrier, and throttler..

Cunette :: Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette..

Pentadecane :: Pentadecane (n.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule..

Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) In America, several species of Amiurus; -- called also catfish, horned pout, and bullpout..

Wanton :: Wanton (v. t.) Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

Nitrosyl :: Nitrosyl (n.) the radical NO, called also the nitroso group. The term is sometimes loosely used to designate certain nitro compounds; as, nitrosyl sulphuric acid. Used also adjectively..

Kieselguhr :: Kieselguhr (n.) Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite..

Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

Tensor :: Tensor (n.) The ratio of one vector to another in length, no regard being had to the direction of the two vectors; -- so called because considered as a stretching factor in changing one vector into another. See Versor..

Rest :: Rest (n.) Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death..

Horsy :: Horsy (a.) Pertaining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions..

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite..

Sphinx :: Sphinx (n.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth.

Apostrophize :: Apostrophize (v. i.) To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.

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