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Seminal :: Seminal (a.) Contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue..

Columbarium :: Columbarium (n.) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Cell :: Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery..

Drillstock :: Drillstock (n.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.

Holding :: Holding (n.) That which holds, binds, or influences..

Canister :: Canister (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc..

Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..

Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

Snuffers :: Snuffers (n. pl.) An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.

Opinative :: Opinative (a.) Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated.

Armrack :: Armrack (n.) A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms..

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

Detention :: Detention (n.) The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

Anabaptist :: Anabaptist (n.) A name sometimes applied to a member of any sect holding that rebaptism is necessary for those baptized in infancy.

Dog :: Dog (n.) An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

Nonslaveholding :: Nonslaveholding (a.) Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State..

Vise :: Vise (n.) An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing..

Withholding :: Withholding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Withhol.

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form..

Ritenuto :: Ritenuto (a.) Held back; holding back; ritardando.

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