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Salutatorian :: Salutatorian (n.) The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship..

Inception :: Inception (n.) Beginning; commencement; initiation.

Leucophlegmacy :: Leucophlegmacy (n.) A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats..

Frostfish :: Frostfish (n.) The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod.

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business..

Incipiency :: Incipiency (n.) Beginning; commencement; incipient state.

Original :: Original (n.) Origin; commencement; source.

Accidental :: Accidental (n.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note..

Valedictorian :: Valedictorian (n.) One who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in American colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship..

Opening :: Opening (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech..

Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..

Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

Ectolecithal :: Ectolecithal (a.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova..

Fac :: Fac (n.) A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book..

New-year :: New-year (a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, the commencement of the year; as, New-year gifts or odes..

Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

Inchoation :: Inchoation (n.) Act of beginning; commencement; inception.

Recommencement :: Recommencement (n.) A commencement made anew.

Accession :: Accession (n.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm..

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