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Encompassing :: Encompassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encompas.

Summary :: Summary (a.) Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts..

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

Attainable :: Attainable (a.) Capable of being attained or reached by efforts of the mind or body; capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object.

Begirt :: Begirt (v. t.) To encompass; to begird.

Outkeeper :: Outkeeper (n.) An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.

Comate :: Comate (a.) Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy..

Arrive :: Arrive (v. i.) To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment..

Ambient :: Ambient (a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.

Surrounding :: Surrounding (n.) An encompassing.

Compass :: Compass (n.) An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall..

Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction..

Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable.

Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..

Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

Mercy :: Mercy (n.) A blessing regarded as a manifestation of compassion or favor.

Isle :: Isle (v. t.) To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island..

Compassionating :: Compassionating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compassionat.

Round :: Round (v. t.) To surround; to encircle; to encompass.

Ophicleide :: Ophicleide (n.) A large brass wind instrument, formerly used in the orchestra and in military bands, having a loud tone, deep pitch, and a compass of three octaves; -- now generally supplanted by bass and contrabass tubas..

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