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Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Faint :: Faint (v. i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n..

Verditure :: Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.

Swooning :: Swoon (n.) A fainting fit; syncope.

Faint :: Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

Ochroleucous :: Ochroleucous (a.) Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.

Fainty :: Fainty (a.) Feeble; languid.

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Faint :: Faint (n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n..

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..

Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.

Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..

Moschatel :: Moschatel (n.) A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot..

Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.

Lipothymic :: Lipothymic (a.) Tending to swoon; fainting.

Pale :: Pale (v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon..

Nebula :: Nebula (n.) A faint, cloudlike, self-luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars. True nebulae are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope..

Faintish :: Faintish (a.) Slightly faint; somewhat faint.

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