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Eighth :: Eighth (n.) The interval of an octave.

Grave :: Grave (superl.) Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

Nineteen :: Nineteen (n.) The number greater than eighteen by a unit; the sum of ten and nine; nineteen units or objects.

Heightener :: Heightener (n.) One who, or that which, heightens..

Eighteenth :: Eighteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

Myriagramme :: Myriagramme (n.) A metric weight, consisting of ten thousand grams or ten kilograms. It is equal to 22.046 lbs. avoirdupois..

Curling :: Curling (n.) A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.

Octospermous :: Octospermous (a.) Containing eight seeds.

Rod :: Rod (n.) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar..

Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..

Kentle :: Kentle (n.) A hundred weight; a quintal.

Prizing :: Prizing (n.) The application of a lever to move any weighty body, as a cask, anchor, cannon, car, etc. See Prize, n., 5..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..

Lower :: Lower (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret..

Height :: Height (n.) That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights..

Pinnacle :: Pinnacle (n.) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc..

Centigramme :: Centigramme (n.) The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..

Selenium :: Selenium (n.) A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9..

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance..

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