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Iceland Spar :: Iceland spar () A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite..

Sombre :: Sombre (a.) Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections..

Nostalgia :: Nostalgia (n.) Homesickness; esp., a severe and sometimes fatal form of melancholia, due to homesickness..

Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.

Celt :: Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France..

Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..

Eland :: Eland (n.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk..

Hibernian :: Hibernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish..

Papaveraceous :: Papaveraceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceae) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples..

Melancholious :: Melancholious (a.) Melancholy.

Vapor :: Vapor (n.) An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues..

Glynne :: Glynne (n.) A glen. See Glen. [Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland.].

Elan :: Elan (b.) Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

Melancholy :: Melancholy (a.) Depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.

Melanochroi :: Melanochroi (n. pl.) A group of the human race, including the dark whites..

Spleget :: Spleeny (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.

Thule :: Thule (n.) The name given by ancient geographers to the northernmost part of the habitable world. According to some, this land was Norway, according to others, Iceland, or more probably Mainland, the largest of the Shetland islands; hence, the Latin phrase ultima Thule, farthest Thule..

Atrabilarious :: Atrabilarious (a.) Affected with melancholy; atrabilious.

Zoomelanin :: Zoomelanin (n.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Cleavelandite :: Cleavelandite (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure..

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