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Electro-motion :: Electro-motion (n.) The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.

Fraction :: Fraction (v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum..

Garrote :: Garrote (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted..

Telegraph :: Telegraph (n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action..

Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..

Snot :: Snot (n.) A mean, insignificant fellow..

Poltroon :: Poltroon (n.) An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.

Volumenometer :: Volumenometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air..

Pump :: Pump (v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from; to from water by means of a pump; as, they pumped the well dry; to pump a ship..

School :: School (n.) Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience..

Pettifogging :: Pettifogging (a.) Paltry; quibbling; mean.

Jackslave :: Jackslave (n.) A low servant; a mean fellow.

Stepsister :: Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.

Spectrum :: Spectrum (n.) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light, and Spectroscope..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns..

Droil :: Droil (n.) Mean labor; toil.

Importance :: Importance (n.) Import; meaning; significance.

Core :: Core (v. t.) To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting..

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

Amphibolous :: Amphibolous (a.) Capable of two meanings.

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