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

Viola :: Viola (n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass..

Demicircle :: Demicircle (n.) An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass..

Compassionated :: Compassionated (imp. & p. p.) of Compassionat.

Scribe :: Scribe (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

Tiara :: Tiara (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity..

Compressible :: Compressible (a.) Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance..

Divider :: Divider (n.) An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses..

Commiseration :: Commiseration (n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion..

Sum :: Sum (v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.

East :: East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise 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 which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west..

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..

Pity :: Pity (n.) A feeling for the sufferings or distresses of another or others; sympathy with the grief or misery of another; compassion; fellow-feeling; commiseration.

Point :: Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point..

Mezzo-soprano :: Mezzo-soprano (a.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.

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

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

Within :: Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income..

Southeast :: Southeast (n.) The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

Mad :: Mad (superl.) Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.

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