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Pepsin :: Pepsin (n.) An unorganized proteolytic ferment or enzyme contained in the secretory glands of the stomach. In the gastric juice it is united with dilute hydrochloric acid (0.2 per cent, approximately) and the two together constitute the active portion of the digestive fluid. It is the active agent in the gastric juice of all animals..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..

Error :: Error (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.

Approximate :: Approximate (a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Point :: Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.

Subarcuate :: Subarctic (a.) Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.

Approximately :: Approximately (adv.) With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

Subquadruple :: Subquadrate (a.) Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

Osculant :: Osculant (a.) Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera..

Approximator :: Approximator (n.) One who, or that which, approximates..

Half :: Half (a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge..

Approximated :: Approximated (imp. & p. p.) of Approximat.

About :: About (adv.) Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time..

About :: About (prep.) Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity..

Subpericardial :: Subpentangular (a.) Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.

Approximate :: Approximate (v. i.) To draw; to approach.

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..

Semidome :: Semidome (n.) A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere..

Subdeacon :: Subcylindric (a.) Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.

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