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Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.

Deafly :: Deafly (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

Lyken :: Lyken (v. t.) To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.

Evangelist :: Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance..

Soot :: Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke..

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) plants which have some special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc..

Indebt :: Indebt (v. t.) To bring into debt; to place under obligation; -- chiefly used in the participle indebted.

Thinker :: Thinker (n.) One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker..

Diurna :: Diurna (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime..

Flyspeck :: Flyspeck (n.) A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot..

Jib :: "Jib (v. i.) A triangular sail set upon a stay or halyard extending from the foremast or fore-topmast to the bowsprit or the jib boom. Large vessels often carry several jibe; as, inner jib; outer jib; flying jib; etc..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing..

Gum Ammoniac :: Gum ammoniac (n.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters..

Counter :: Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

Polarization :: Polarization (n.) An effect produced upon the plates of a voltaic battery, or the electrodes in an electrolytic cell, by the deposition upon them of the gases liberated by the action of the current. It is chiefly due to the hydrogen, and results in an increase of the resistance, and the setting up of an opposing electro-motive force, both of which tend materially to weaken the current of the battery, or that passing through the cell..

Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..

Blow :: Blow (n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it..

Inanity :: Inanity (n.) An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world..

Leave :: Leave (n.) The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go..

Aloetic :: Aloetic (a.) Consisting chiefly of aloes; of the nature of aloes.

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