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Hagiographa :: Hagiographa (n. pl.) The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles..

Commercial :: Commercial (a.) Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations..

Canthoplasty :: Canthoplasty (n.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease..

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

Scant :: Scant (n.) Scantness; scarcity.

Exiguity :: Exiguity (n.) Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..

Canto :: Canto (n.) One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

Cantalever :: Cantalever (n.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs..

Cant :: Cant (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction..

Void :: Void (a.) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table..

Pursuit :: Pursuit (v. t.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit..

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

Lordling :: Lordling (n.) A little or insignificant lord.

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) Strictly: A band suitable for the performance of symphonies, overtures, etc., as well as for the accompaniment of operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, and the like, or of vocal and instrumental solos..

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

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

Contraindicant :: Contraindicant (n.) Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed..

Acantha :: Acantha (n.) A prickle.

Recanter :: Recanter (n.) One who recants.

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