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Earthly-minded :: Earthly-minded (a.) Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded.

Coralline :: Coralline (n.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Mal- :: Mal- () A prefix in composition denoting ill,or evil, F. male, adv., fr. malus, bad, ill. In some words it has the form male-, as in malediction, malevolent. See Malice..

Cenation :: Cenation (n.) Meal-taking; dining or supping.

Turanian :: Turanian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an extensive family of languages of simple structure and low grade (called also Altaic, Ural-Altaic, and Scythian), spoken in the northern parts of Europe and Asia and Central Asia; of pertaining to, or designating, the people who speak these languages..

Myrtle :: Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used i

Coal-black :: Coal-black (a.) As black as coal; jet black; very black.

Glomuliferous :: Glomuliferous (a.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences.

Thallene :: Thallene (n.) A hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence..

Equipedal :: Equipedal (a.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.

Chevaux-de-frise :: Chevaux-de-frise (pl. ) of Cheval-de-fris.

Corallin :: Corallin (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic..

Coal-meter :: Coal-meter (n.) A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.

Carnal-minded :: Carnal-minded (a.) Worldly-minded.

Shafiite :: Shafiite (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei..

Atrous :: Atrous (a.) Coal-black; very black.

Agal-agal :: Agal-agal (n.) Same as Agar-agar.

Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle..

Pentremites :: Pentremites (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

Spatangoidea :: Spatangoidea (n. pl.) An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side..

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