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Salt :: salt () Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia..

Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.

Placer :: Placer (n.) A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent..

Caruncula :: Caruncula (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye..

Ear :: Ear (n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell..

Zoisite :: Zoisite (n.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote..

Chatoyment :: Chatoyment (n.) Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors..

Cologne Earth :: Cologne earth () An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal..

Indefinite :: Indefinite (a.) Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line..

Gramineous :: Gramineous (a.) Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass, n., 2..

Gelsemium :: Gelsemium (n.) The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc..

Hauynite :: Hauynite (n.) A blue isometric mineral, characteristic of some volcani/ rocks. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with sulphate of lime..

Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..

Sclerometer :: Sclerometer (n.) An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.

Pulvinar :: Pulvinar (n.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain.

Franklinite :: Franklinite (n.) A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

Fluorite :: Fluorite (n.) Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor..

Congress :: Congress (n.) A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest..

Palmary :: Palmary (a.) Worthy of the palm; palmy; preeminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work..

Cross-examination :: Cross-examination (n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.

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