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Basin :: Basin (n.) A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay..

Euphemistical :: Euphemistical (a.) Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.

Frangipane :: Frangipane (n.) A species of pastry, containing cream and almonds..

Extrinsic :: Extrinsic (a.) Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

Jocose :: "Jocose (a.) Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous..

Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells..

Collagenous :: Collagenous (a.) Containing or resembling collagen.

Bablah :: Bablah (n.) The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab..

Columbiferous :: Columbiferous (a.) Producing or containing columbium.

Number :: Number (n.) To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand..

Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.

Dextrin :: Dextrin (n.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Ery

Columbic :: Columbic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic..

Toadstone :: Toadstone (n.) A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores..

Sagenitic :: Sagenitic (a.) Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like..

Columbite :: Columbite (n.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England..

Hydrous :: Hydrous (a.) Containing water; watery.

Perjurous :: Perjurous (a.) Guilty of perjury; containing perjury.

Ureal :: Ureal (a.) Of or pertaining to urea; containing, or consisting of, urea; as, ureal deposits..

Discrete :: Discrete (a.) Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, I resign my life, but not my honor, is a discrete proposition..

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