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Pallid :: Pallid (a.) Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue..

Spanaemia :: Spanaemia (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient..

Miss :: Miss (v. i.) To be absent, deficient, or wanting..

Timorous :: Timorous (a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.

Deficient :: Deficient (a.) Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment..

Low-spirited :: Low-spirited (a.) Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

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

Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..

Gothamist :: Gothamist (n.) A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders..

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

Indeficient :: Indeficient (a.) Not deficient; full.

Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc..

Want :: Want (v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four..

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle..

Sneaking :: Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.

Blockhead :: Blockhead (n.) A stupid fellow; a dolt; a person deficient in understanding.

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist..

Cold-blooded :: Cold-blooded (a.) Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.

Anaemia :: Anaemia (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

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