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Nightingale :: Nightingale (n.) A larger species (Lucinia philomela), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species..

Redstart :: Redstart (n.) A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India..

Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..

Loom-gale :: Loom-gale (n.) A gentle gale of wind.

Southwester :: Southwester (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest..

Galenite :: Galenite (n.) Galena; lead ore.

Tope :: Tope (n.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog..

Regaler :: Regaler (n.) One who regales.

Mineralizer :: Mineralizer (n.) An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer..

Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..

Galerite :: Galerite (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.

Bengalese :: Bengalese (a.) Of or pertaining to Bengal.

Bulbul :: Bulbul (n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera..

Jug :: "Jug (v. i.) To utter a sound resembling this word, as certain birds do, especially the nightingale..

Galea :: Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.

Black-jack :: Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende..

Bengalee :: Bengalee (n.) Alt. of Bengal.

Gale :: Gale (n.) The payment of a rent or annuity.

Slickensides :: Slickensides (n.) A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England..

Madrigaler :: Madrigaler (n.) A madrigalist.

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