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Antimonious :: Antimonious (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid..

Dataria :: Dataria (n.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor)..

Tarantella :: Tarantella (n.) A rapid and delirious sort of Neapolitan dance in 6-8 time, which moves in whirling triplets; -- so called from a popular notion of its being a remedy against the poisonous bite of the tarantula. Some derive its name from Taranto in Apulia..

C :: C () C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek /, /, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the Ph/nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Et

Hircic :: Hircic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by Chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. The substance has also been called hircin..

Evolve :: Evolve (v. t.) To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

Stager :: Stager (n.) One who has long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of skill derived from long experience..

Nitrolic :: Nitrolic (a.) Of, derived from, or designating, a nitrol; as, a nitrolic acid..

Chrysophanic :: Chrysophanic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane..

Mercurous :: Mercurous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is present in its highest proportion..

Tactual :: Tactual (a.) Of or pertaining to the sense, or the organs, of touch; derived from touch..

Subdiaconate :: Subderivative (n.) A word derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, friendliness is a subderivative, being derived from friendly, which is in turn a derivative from friend..

Arsenic :: Arsenic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid..

Polychromate :: Polychromate (n.) A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence..

Lauric :: Lauric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis)..

Glyceric :: Glyceric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin..

Lesson :: Lesson (n.) That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing..

Eugetinic :: Eugetinic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eugenol; as, eugetic acid..

Euxanthic :: Euxanthic (a.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin..

Latinistic :: Latinistic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom..

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