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Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..

Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..

Base :: Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

Equivalent :: Equivalent (n.) Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done..

Washy :: Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.

Amomum :: Amomum (n.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise..

Landamman :: Landamman (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

Diamantine :: Diamantine (a.) Adamantine.

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..

Prohibit :: Prohibit (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing..

Damask :: Damask (n.) Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like.

Subbeadle :: Sub-bass (n.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass..

Dampish :: Dampish (a.) Moderately damp or moist.

Sodamide :: Sodamide (n.) A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium..

Indamage :: Indamage (v. t.) See Endamage.

Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

Mesdames :: Mesdames (n.) pl. of Madame and Madam.

Dambonite :: Dambonite (n.) A white, crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caoutchouc..

Astyllen :: Astyllen (n.) A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.

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