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Transept :: Transept (n.) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts..

Alone :: Alone (a.) Of or by itself; by themselves; without any thing more or any one else; without a sharer; only.

Dysgenesis :: Dysgenesis (n.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race..

Cynanthropy :: Cynanthropy (n.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal..

Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..

Cymry :: Cymry (n.) A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by themselves .

Oblati :: Oblati (n. pl.) A class of persons, especially in the Middle Ages, who offered themselves and their property to a monastery..

Dichogamy :: Dichogamy (n.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves..

Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library..

Bicrenate :: Bicrenate (a.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate..

Cutworm :: Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths..

Elfin :: Elfin (a.) Relating to elves.

Elvan :: Elvan (a.) Pertaining to elves; elvish.

Dock :: Dock (n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock..

#NAME? :: -mo () A suffix added to the names of certain numerals or to the numerals themselves, to indicate the number of leaves made by folding a sheet of paper; as, sixteenmo or 16mo; eighteenmo or 18mo. It is taken from the Latin forms similarly used; as, duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc. A small circle, placed after the number and near its top, is often used for -mo; as, 16¡, 18¡, etc..

Iconolatry :: Iconolatry (n.) The worship of images as symbols; -- distinguished from idolatry, the worship of images themselves..

Shelving :: Shelving (n.) Material for shelves; shelves, collectively..

Paling :: Paling (n.) The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves..

Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..

Picnic :: Picnic (v.) Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves)..

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