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Leisurable :: Leisurable (a.) Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.

Cantharis :: Cantharis (n.) A beetle (Lytta, / Cantharis, vesicatoria), havin1g an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine..

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

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent..

Amende :: Amende (n.) A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.

Low-thoughted :: Low-thoughted (a.) Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

Carmelite :: Carmelite (n.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar..

Little :: Little (a.) Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible..

Whippersnapper :: Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person..

Cantata :: Cantata (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody..

Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) Decantation, or tipping for pouring..

Expressive :: Expressive (a.) Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words..

Spiderwort :: Spiderwort (n.) An American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the same genus..

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

Lycanthrope :: Lycanthrope (n.) A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football..

Nowel :: Nowel (n.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol..

Secant :: Secant (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points..

Excantation :: Excantation (n.) Disenchantment by a countercharm.

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