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Ill :: Ill (n.) Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil..

Homely :: Homely (n.) Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to handsome.

Vitiation :: Vitiation (n.) The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract..

Rist :: Rist () 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth..

Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..

Convulsion :: Convulsion (n.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body..

Subcontracted :: Subcontract (n.) A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract..

Unchristian :: Unchristian (a.) Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct..

Oxymoron :: Oxymoron (n.) A figure in which an epithet of a contrary signification is added to a word; e. g., cruel kindness; laborious idleness..

Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will..

Undersay :: Undersay (v. t.) To say by way of derogation or contradiction.

Phosphorous :: Phosphorous (a.) Of or pertaining to phosphorus; resembling or containing phosphorus; specifically, designating those compounds in which phosphorus has a lower valence as contrasted with phosphoric compounds; as, phosphorous acid, H3PO3..

Division :: Division (n.) Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.

Astrict :: Astrict (v. t.) To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.

Reservee :: Reservee (n.) One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor..

Validity :: Validity (n.) Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title..

Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts..

Disaffirm :: Disaffirm (v. t.) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal..

Semichorus :: Semichorus (n.) A half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir..

Recant :: Recant (v. t.) To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall..

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