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1. albificātīve adj.

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Alch. Having the power to whiten. …

2. animāl adj.

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Physiol. Pertaining to that 'faculty' of man, seated in the brain and the nervous system, which 'animates', i.e. produces and controls movement, perception, and thought; vertu or spirit animal. …

3. corporāl adj.

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(a) Of the human body; bodily, physical; corporal oth, an oath ratified by touching a sacred object; (b) material, physical; (c) alch. embodied. …

4. diǧerent adj.

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Alch. Causing transformation. …

5. diptātīve adj.

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Alch. Consisting of two contrary parts; bipartite. …

6. fīrī adj.

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Fiery, flaming, blazing; also fig.; firi levene or thonder, lightning. …

7. fix ppl. & adj.

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(a) Fixed in position, implanted, lodged; unwavering; (b) astron. not varying in position, fixed; also fig.; fix sterre; (c) alch. invariable, not transmutable. …

8. fūsīble adj.

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Alch. Susceptible of being melted, fusible. …

9. grẹ̄ne adj.

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(a) Green, of the colour of grass; (b) of the skin or complexion: green; also, pale, colorless, livid; gul and grene, pale and grene; (c) as symbolic of inconstancy or envy; (d) grene cloth, the……

10. grōs adj.

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(a) Large; gros glot (spiking), a kind of large nail or spike; (b) anat. of bodily parts, organs, structures: large, thick. …

11. latǒun n. & adj.

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(a) An alloy of copper, tin, and other metals (identified with the orichalcum of the ancients); latten; latoun ware, articles made of latten; (b) alch. a name for mercury; (c) as adj.: made of latten……

12. leprǒus adj.

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(a) = lepre adj.; (b) alch. of metals or minerals: impure; (c) as noun: a leper; coll. lepers; (d) simon (the) leprous, Simon the leper in whose house Christ was anointed by an unidentified woman. …

13. lē̆s(se adj. (comparative)

Additional spellings: lesse
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(a) Smaller in size or spatial extent; maken les, to reduce (sth.) to smaller parts; more and les, greater and smaller; (b) smallest. …

14. menstrūā̆l adj.

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Anat. (a) Capable of menstruating; (b) menstrual; menstrual blod, blood expelled in menstruation, the menstrual flow; menstrual flux, renninge menstrual, the menstrual flow, esp. when excessive……

15. mercurizāte adj.

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Alch.?Amalgamated with mercury. …

16. minerāl adj.

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(a) Having to do with a material substance that is neither animal nor vegetable; inorganic; mineral water, water impregnated with some mineral substance; (b) alch. ston mineral, one of the three……

17. moist(e adj.

Additional spellings: moiste
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(a) Moist, wet; moistened with tears, blood, saliva, etc.; moist issue, vapor; moist fruit, fig.?luscious fruit; (b) of a land or region: well-irrigated; of a plant: well-watered; maken moist, to……

18. multiplicāble adj.

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Alch. Capable of multiplying or being multiplied. …

19. occāsiọ̄nāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: occasionate
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(a) Given occasion; (b) incidental; (c) alch. fir occasionat, artificial heat as from ashes or heated water baths. …

20. pū̆trificāte adj.

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Alch. Broken down into constituent parts. …

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