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Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc..

Circumambage :: Circumambage (n.) A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness.

Napoleon :: Napoleon (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86..

Hylaeosaurus :: Hylaeosaurus (n.) A large Wealden dinosaur from the Tilgate Forest, England. It was about twenty feet long, protected by bony plates in the skin, and armed with spines..

Ell :: Ell (n.) A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37..

Circumforaneous :: Circumforaneous (a.) Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house.

Irvingite :: Irvingite (n.) The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ..

Umbecast :: Umbecast (v. i.) To cast about; to consider; to ponder.

Circumposition :: Circumposition (n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed..

Longbow :: Longbow (n.) The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one..

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft..

Fathom :: Fathom (v. t.) To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span.

Forthcoming :: Forthcoming (a.) Ready or about to appear; making appearance.

Inclinnation :: Inclinnation (n.) The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23¡ 28'; the inclination of two rays of light..

Sextary :: Sextary (n.) An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint..

Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to issue.

Surround :: Surround (v. t.) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world..

Avocado :: Avocado (n.) The pulpy fruit of Persea gratissima, a tree of tropical America. It is about the size and shape of a large pear; -- called also avocado pear, alligator pear, midshipman's butter..

Prowl :: Prowl (v. t.) To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty..

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