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1. prē̆jūdiciāble adj.

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Harmful, injurious; detrimental to rights, interests, etc. …

2. prō̆fitāble adj.

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(a) Advantageous, profitable, expedient; helpful; physically beneficial; -- often with for- or to- phrase, infinitive phrase, or that- clause; (b) of counsel, advice, words: helpful, sound, good; of……

3. prosperǒus adj.

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(a) Flourishing, thriving, prosperous; prosperous lif, good health; (b) auspicious, conducive to good fortune; fortunate, successful; (c) efficacious; (d) pertaining to wealth, imparting comfort or……

4. raumpaunt adj.

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(a) Of a lion, wolf: standing on the hind legs, ramping; threatening; (b) her. of a lion, griffin: standing in profile on the left hind leg, rampant; (c) ravenous, ravening; fierce; roaring; --……

5. rē̆gulē̆r adj.

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(a) Belonging to, or subject to, a religious or monastic rule; canoun reguler, canounes reguleres [see also canoun n.(2) 2.(a)]; habit reguler, the prescribed habit of a religious; wommen reguler……

6. returnāble adj.

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(a) Likely to return; of Christ: appointed to return; of chance: rebounding to and fro; also, reciprocal [last quot.]; (b) law of a writ or other document: designated to be returned to a court by a……

7. rō̆sen(e adj.

Additional spellings: rosene
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(a) Made of or consisting of roses; rosen flour, a rose; mel rosen, a mixture of honey and an extract of roses; (b) rose-colored, rosy; (c) as noun: a red pigment, red ink. …

8. ruffīne adj.

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Reddish. …

9. russet adj.

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(a) Russet in color; reddish [esp. quot.: Dc.291 Lapid.]; also, grey [quot.: 1440]; russet medle, medle russet, cloth made of varying shades of russet threads; (b) made of russet cloth [sometimes……

10. sekir adj.

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Dry. …

11. sengle adj.

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(a) Consisting of one unit, single, individual; sengle bond, ?a single mount around the edge of a maser [cp. maser n.2.(b)]; bi sengle daies (yeres), day by day (year after year); castel sengle, a……

12. sensitī̆f adj.

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(a) Of a bodily organ, a part of the body: having feeling or sensation, sensitive; also, as noun: a part of the body having sensation; (b) sensitif actes, actes sensitif, the sensory functions (of the……

13. severā̆l adj.

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(a) Separate, individual, independent; (b) private; commune and several, shared and private; (c) several, a small number of; (d) particular, special. …

14. sō̆r(e adj.(1)

Additional spellings: sore
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(a) Of a horse: reddish-brown; as noun: a sorrel horse; sor bausand, a piebald sorrel horse; sor grisel, a grayish sorrel horse; red sor, reddish-brown; also, a reddish-brown horse; (b) of a hawk in……

15. sorel adj.

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(a) Of a horse: light reddish-brown, chestnut-colored; as noun: a sorrel horse; also fig.; also, as name of a horse; (b) as noun: hunt. a buck in its third year; (c) as surname. …

16. squār(e adj.

Additional spellings: square
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(a) Having a square surface or covering a square area; in the shape of a square; of a formation of troops: square in outline; of a cloister: four-sided, rectangular; also, of walls: enclosing a square……

17. stāciọ̄̆nārīe adj.

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Of a celestial body: apparently unmoving, still; also fig. ; stacionarie sterres the fixed stars, as opposed to the planets. …

18. subcitrīn adj.

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Pale yellow, yellowish; also, as noun: a yellowish color. …

19. sufferāble adj.

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(a) Able to be endured, endurable, bearable, tolerable; (b) allowable, permissible, worthy of being permitted or tolerated; but in cas sufferable (case sufferablis), except in permissible case(s. …

20. suppositī̆f adj.

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Situated below; also [2nd quot.], ?subordinate; ?particular. …

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