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Rack-rent :: Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent..

Kymographic :: Kymographic (a.) Of or pertaining to a kymograph; as, a kymographic tracing..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..

Questman :: Questman (n.) One legally empowered to make quest of certain matters, esp. of abuses of weights and measures..

Kindred :: Kindred (a.) Related; congenial; of the like nature or properties; as, kindred souls; kindred skies; kindred propositions..

Fidejussion :: Fidejussion (n.) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.

Suction :: Sucrose (n.) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type..

Eaves :: Eaves (n. pl.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof..

Nightlong :: Nightlong (a.) Lasting all night.

Superheater :: Superheat (n.) The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.

Audible :: Audible (a.) Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard; as, an audible voice or whisper..

Sob :: Sob (n.) The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow..

Flabellinerved :: Flabellinerved (a.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Honorable :: Honorable (a.) Of reputable association or use; respectable.

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts..

Retromingent :: Retromingent (a.) Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.

Homoiousian :: Homoiousian (n.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian..

Play :: Play (v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump..

Vigesimo-quarto :: Vigesimo-quarto (a.) Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc..

Indistinctly :: Indistinctly (adv.) In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended..

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