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Coelacanth :: Coelacanth (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes..

Paraffine :: Paraffine (n.) A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or

Friar :: Friar (n.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: (a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans. (b) Augustines. (c) Dominicans or Black Friars. (d) White Friars or Carmelites. See these names in the Vocabulary..

Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..

Edificant :: Edificant (a.) Building; constructing.

Myriacanthous :: Myriacanthous (a.) Having numerous spines, as certain fishes..

Retractate :: Retractate (v. t.) To retract; to recant.

Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic..

Suitor :: Suitor (n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant..

Disengaged :: Disengaged (a.) Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant.

Cantharides :: Cantharides (pl. ) of Canthari.

Incantatory :: Incantatory (a.) Dealing by enchantment; magical.

Prejudicant :: Prejudicant (a.) Influenced by prejudice; biased.

Scantling :: Scantling (a.) Not plentiful; small; scanty.

Mandate :: Mandate (n.) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation..

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

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

Vacation :: Vacation (n.) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant..

Acanthopterous :: Acanthopterous (a.) Acanthopterygious.

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