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Momentum :: Momentum (n.) The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus..

Reproach :: Reproach (v. t.) To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace..

Purulent :: Purulent (a.) Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation..

Scum :: Scum (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.

Dephlegmate :: Dephlegmate (v. t.) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids..

Purree :: Purree (n.) A yellow coloring matter. See Euxanthin.

Cough :: Cough (v. i.) To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner..

Reglet :: Reglet (n.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like..

Consociation :: Consociation (n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united..

Foul :: Foul (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water..

Confession :: Confession (n.) Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person..

Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..

Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) The hearing a matter judicially.

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.

Hylic :: Hylic (a.) Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences..

Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

Hieromnemon :: Hieromnemon (n.) A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium..

Carthamin :: Carthamin (n.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius..

Ulcerous :: Ulcerous (a.) Having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.

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