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An () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as twice an hour, once an age, a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every..

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Risibility :: Risibility (n.) The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species..
Rust :: Rust (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish..
Quietism :: Quietism (n.) The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes..
Paladin :: Paladin (n.) A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne..
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
Forisfamiliate :: Forisfamiliate (v. i.) To renounce a legal title to a further share of paternal inheritance.
Advance :: Advance (v. t.) To extol; to laud.
Ocellus :: Ocellus (n.) An eyelike spot of color, as those on the tail of the peacock..
Ancistroid :: Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.
Monad :: Monad (n.) The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena..
Collie :: Collie (n.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks..
Monandria :: Monandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.
Alternate :: Alternate (n.) A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty..
Antechamber :: Antechamber (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby..
Consideration :: Consideration (n.) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent.
Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography..
Concinnous :: Concinnous (a.) Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant.
Corer :: Corer (n.) That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer..
Redolency :: Redolency (n.) The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
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