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Recanting :: Recanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recan.

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

Retract :: Retract (v. t.) To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion..

Cant :: Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation..

Dukeling :: Dukeling (n.) A little or insignificant duke.

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..

Descanter :: Descanter (n.) One who descants.

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

Cantonize :: Cantonize (v. i.) To divide into cantons or small districts.

Scantness :: Scantness (n.) The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

Batfish :: Batfish (n.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). (c) The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus..

Cantankerous :: Cantankerous (a.) Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.

Cant :: Cant (a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.

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

Headshake :: Headshake (n.) A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial..

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

Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line..

Significative :: Significative (a.) Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.

Mendinant :: Mendinant (n.) A mendicant or begging friar.

Incanton :: Incanton (v. t.) To unite to, or form into, a canton or separate community..

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