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Plyer :: Plyer (n.) A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.

Lyencephalous :: Lyencephalous (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala..

Polyeidic :: Polyeidic (a.) Passing through several distinct larval forms; -- having several distinct kinds of young.

Replyer :: Replyer (n.) See Replier.

Bolye :: Bolye (n.) Same as Booly.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder..

Polyembryony :: Polyembryony (n.) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac..

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) One that uses wings.

Pearlash :: Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc..

Winder :: Winder (n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other; -- distinguished from flyer..

Ley :: Ley (n.) See Lye.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) A small operation not involving ? considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture..

Potash :: Potash (n.) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash)..

Buck :: Buck (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in which clothes are washed..

Polyeidism :: Polyeidism (n.) The quality or state of being polyeidic.

Polyedron :: Polyedron (n.) See Polyhedron.

Flyer :: Flyer (n.) The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; -- so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11..

Polyembryonic :: Polyembryonic (a.) Polyembryonate.

Lyerman :: Lyerman (n.) The cicada.

Plyer :: Plyer (n.) See Pliers.

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