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Faulty :: Faulty (a.) Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended..

Lambdacism :: Lambdacism (n.) A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion..

Vitiate :: Vitiate (v. t.) To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air..

Defect :: Defect (v. i.) To fail; to become deficient.

Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase..

Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber..

Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone..

Gap :: Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass..

Dissymmetry :: Dissymmetry (n.) Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.

Halt :: Halt (a.) To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.

Fully :: Fully (adv.) In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition..

Patch :: Patch (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty..

Vicious :: Vicious (a.) Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.

Sound :: Sound (superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land..

Indefectibility :: Indefectibility (n.) The quality of being indefectible.

Defectible :: Defectible (a.) Liable to defect; imperfect.

Lame :: Lame (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle..

Flawy :: Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.

Fault :: Fault (n.) Defect; want; lack; default.

Albino :: Albino (n.) A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll..

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