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Saltation :: Saltation (n.) An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.

Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..

Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon..

Jolt :: "Jolt (v. i.) To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts..

Crookbill :: Crookbill (n.) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right..

Knack :: Knack (v. i.) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink..

Abrupt :: Abrupt (v. t.) To tear off or asunder.

Apiculated :: Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf..

Abruption :: Abruption (n.) A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly..

Abrupt :: Abrupt (n.) An abrupt place.

Bore :: Bore (n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China..

Mucro :: Mucro (n.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ..

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve..

Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

Retroflexed :: Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

Abruptness :: Abruptness (n.) Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence; as, abruptness of style or manner..

Bore :: Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel..

Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly..

Bitten :: Bitten (a.) Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse..

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