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Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..

Unlink :: Unlink (v. t.) To separate or undo, as links; to uncoil; to unfasten..

Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-

Cop :: Cop (n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc..

Quoil :: Quoil (n.) See Coil.

Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..

Gyrate :: Gyrate (a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

Querl :: Querl (n.) A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse..

Inductorium :: Inductorium (n.) An induction coil.

Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

Voluminous :: Voluminous (a.) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions..

Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..

Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..

Coil :: Coil (n.) A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus..

Upcoil :: Upcoil (v. t. & i.) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil..

Coil :: Coil (v. t.) To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils..

Electro-magnet :: Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe..

Multispiral :: Multispiral (a.) Having numerous spiral coils round a center or nucleus; -- said of the opercula of certain shells.

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