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Compassionate :: Compassionate (v. t.) To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Dial :: Dial (n.) A miner's compass.

Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action..

Outcompass :: Outcompass (v. t.) To exceed the compass or limits of.

Extent :: Extent (n.) Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity..

West :: West (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east..

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..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

Begird :: Begird (v. t.) To surround as with a band; to encompass.

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep..

Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

Pity :: Pity (v. i.) To be compassionate; to show pity.

Trombone :: Trombone (n.) A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whos

Compress :: Compress (v. t.) To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water..

Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) Kindness of feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) A turn revolution; rotation; compass.

Pitiful :: Pitiful (a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.

Bleeding :: Bleeding (a.) Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion..

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