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Remorse :: Remorse (n.) Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion.

Gold-bound :: Gold-bound (a.) Encompassed with gold.

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

Pemmican :: Pemmican (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration..

Nutshell :: Nutshell (n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value..

Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.

Periscii :: Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..

Compassionate :: Compassionate (a.) Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

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..

Circinate :: Circinate (v. t.) To make a circle around; to encompass.

Compassionable :: Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.

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

Rue :: Rue (v. i.) To have compassion.

Round :: Round (prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass..

Pilot :: Pilot (n.) An instrument for detecting the compass error.

Describe :: Describe (v. t.) To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle..

Constipation :: Constipation (n.) Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation..

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence..

Incompassionate :: Incompassionate (a.) Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless.

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