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Habitable :: Habitable (a.) Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world..

Assamar :: Assamar (n.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown..

Minute :: Minute (n.) The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.).

Graving :: Graving (n.) Impression, as upon the mind or heart..

Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state..

Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan..

Profit :: Profit (n.) Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods..

Swoop :: Swoop (v. i.) To pass with pomp; to sweep.

Dualism :: Dualism (n.) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate..

Pepsinogen :: Pepsinogen (n.) The antecedent of the ferment pepsin. A substance contained in the form of granules in the peptic cells of the gastric glands. It is readily convertible into pepsin. Also called propepsin.

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A collection of maps in a volum.

Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..

Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes..

Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus Umbrella, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also umbrella shell..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To become perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises from the flower..

Properispomenon :: Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.

Strain :: Strain (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil..

Uncoined :: Uncoined (a.) Not coined, or minted; as, uncoined silver..

Tip :: Tip (v. t.) To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart..

Gentianic :: Gentianic (a.) Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid..

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