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Tetraxile :: Tetraxile (a.) Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.

Terebrant :: Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies..

Nut :: Nut (n.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel..

Corvee :: Corvee (n.) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign..

Zea :: Zea (n.) A genus of large grasses of which the Indian corn (Zea Mays) is the only species known. Its origin is not yet ascertained. See Maize.

Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (n.) A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.

Auriculated :: Auriculated (a.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc..

Preteritive :: Preteritive (a.) Used only or chiefly in the preterit or past tenses, as certain verbs..

Rosacic :: Rosacic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric..

Unctuous :: Unctuous (a.) Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals..

Paronymous :: Paronymous (a.) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; -- said of certain words, as al/ and awl; hair and hare, etc..

Ascertained :: Ascertained (imp. & p. p.) of Ascertai.

Glaucophane :: Glaucophane (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks..

Vagrant :: Vagrant (a.) Moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.

Affeer :: Affeer (v. t.) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum..

Favored :: Favored (a.) Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc..

Encrinital :: Encrinital (a.) Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone..

Anthropoid :: Anthropoid (a.) Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla..

Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..

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