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Appear :: Appear (v. i.) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

Tanystomata :: Tanystomata (n. pl.) A division of dipterous insects in which the proboscis is large and contains lancelike mandibles and maxillae. The horseflies and robber flies are examples.

Counterscale :: Counterscale (n.) Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another..

Missemblance :: Missemblance (n.) False resemblance or semblance.

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Lance :: Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure..

Trip :: Trip (n. i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble..

Lancet :: Lancet (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc..

Surveillants :: Surveillance (n.) Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.

Equilibration :: Equilibration (n.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance.

Poise :: Poise (v. i.) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt..

Sameness :: Sameness (n.) The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like..

Pallet :: Pallet (n.) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel..

Beam :: Beam (n.) The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended..

Elance :: Elance (v. t.) To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart.

Balance :: Balance (n.) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September..

Quicksilver :: Quicksilver (a.) The metal mercury; -- so called from its resemblance to liquid silver.

#NAME? :: -ish () A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white..

Invigilance :: Invigilance (n.) Alt. of Invigilanc.

Lanciform :: Lanciform (a.) Having the form of a lance.

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