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Anacanthous :: Anacanthous (a.) Spineless, as certain fishes..

Skimp :: Skimp (a.) Scanty.

Canton :: Canton (n.) A song or cant.

Enchantment :: Enchantment (n.) The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation..

Elutriation :: Elutriation (n.) The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier..

Scantling :: Scantling (v. t.) A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc..

Bogus :: Bogus (a.) Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit..

Lamb :: Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized..

Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet..

Plum :: Plum (n.) A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it..

Canterbury :: Canterbury (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc..

Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..

Canter :: Canter (n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim..

Sea Bream :: Sea bream () Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife..

Decant :: Decant (v. t.) To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine..

Short :: Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money..

Vacant :: Vacant (a.) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate..

Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch..

Communicant :: Communicant (n.) One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member..

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