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Local :: Local (a.) Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom..

Locale :: Locale (n.) A place, spot, or location..

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..

Pigfish :: Pigfish (n.) A sculpin. The name is also applied locally to several other fishes.

Locality :: Locality (n.) Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant..

Congregationalism :: Congregationalism (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf..

Underlying :: Underlying (a.) Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles..

Localism :: Localism (n.) The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.

Foreign :: Foreign (a.) Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits..

Wenlock Group :: Wenlock group () The middle subdivision of the Upper Silurian in Great Britain; -- so named from the typical locality in Shropshire.

Province :: Province (n.) Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada..

Organicism :: Organicism (n.) The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ..

Vernacular :: Vernacular (n.) The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality..

Chub :: Chub (n.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc..

Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side..

Vellication :: Vellication () A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face..

Localizing :: Localizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Localiz.

Triple-tail :: Triple-tail (n.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher..

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