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Double-decker :: Double-decker (n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.

Diapason :: Diapason (n.) One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like..

Bimarginate :: Bimarginate (a.) Having a double margin, as certain shells..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

Clarinet :: Clarinet (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band..

In-and-in :: In-and-in (n.) An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike..

Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..

Dualism :: Dualism (n.) State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction.

Aurocyanide :: Aurocyanide (n.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also cyanaurate.

Amphirhina :: Amphirhina (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double..

Multifold :: Multifold (a.) Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

Borosilicate :: Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc..

Roll :: Roll (v.) A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself..

Double :: Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much..

Double First :: Double first () One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics.

Double-barreled :: Double-barreled (a.) Alt. of -barrelle.

Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..

Ferricyanide :: Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.

Chant :: Chant (v. t.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music..

Zirconoid :: Zirconoid (n.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon..

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