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Optogram :: Optogram (n.) An image of external objects fixed on the retina by the photochemical action of light on the visual purple. See Optography.

Hemi-demi-semiquaver :: Hemi-demi-semiquaver (n.) A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note..

Mayhem :: Mayhem (n.) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his members which are necessary for defense or protection. See Maim.

Shrew :: Shrew (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals..

Paramorph :: Paramorph (n.) A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite..

Hemathermal :: Hemathermal (a.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal.

Spagyrist :: Spagyrist (n.) A chemist, esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits..

Philosopheme :: Philosopheme (n.) A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning..

Antichthon :: Antichthon (n.) Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.

Sandwich :: Sandwich (n.) Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them..

Bronchitis :: Bronchitis (n.) Inflammation, acute or chronic, of the bronchial tubes or any part of them..

Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..

Provident :: Provident (a.) Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future..

Port-royalist :: Port-royalist (n.) One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist..

Conhydrine :: Conhydrine (n.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine..

Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) To form a plot or scheme; to contrive to accomplish a purpose by secret artifice.

Network :: Network (n.) A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them..

Promuscis :: Promuscis (n.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

Adeptist :: Adeptist (n.) A skilled alchemist.

Lithosian :: Lithosian (n.) Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully colored.

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