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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.

21. quī̆k adj.

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In attributive use: (a) living, live, animate; quik god, the living God; quik instrument, living implement or tool; bi here quik lif, while they were alive; in quik estat, alive; with quik child, in…

22. rǒdī adj.

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(a) Reddish, red; also, reddish yellow; also, red with blood; also, as noun: redness; rodi broun, broun rodi, reddish brown, dull red; rodi drope, gutta rosacea [cp. drope n.(1) 3.(d)]; rodi goute

23. rotāte adj.

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Alch. Converted from one element into another, revolved through the cycle of elements.

24. sē̆mināl adj.

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(a) Of or pertaining to seeds or the reproductive process in plants; seminal humour, humour (vertu) seminal, a reproductive moisture in plants; matere seminal, the substance of seeds; resoun seminal

25. spermatī̆cal adj.

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Alch. ?Resembling sperm; ?primal, vital.

26. sublīment adj.

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Alch. Sublimated, distilled, refined.

27. tetraptātī̆ve adj.

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Alch. Consisting of four parts, quaternary.

28. transmūtāble adj.

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(a) Subject to change, unstable; given to changing, inconstant, fickle; (b) alch. capable of being transmuted into another substance.

29. triptātī̆ve adj.

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Alch. Consisting of three parts, tripartite.

30. veǧetātī̆f adj.

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(a) Producing or promoting growth, vegetation, or vigor; animating, vivifying; vegetatif vertu, vertu vegetatif (b) phil. pertaining to the lowest species of soul, which gives bodily life, growth,…

31. vertū̆ā̆l adj.

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(a) Effective with respect to inherent natural qualities; vertual hete, alch. the heat inherent in the physical composition of a substance (as opposed to heat from the outside) capable of transforming…

32. vīve adj.

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(a) Lively, active, mobile;—only in comb.: argent vive, the metal mercury, quicksilver [cp. argent n. & adj. (c)] (b) in a raw state, not modified to reduce chemical reactivity, unslaked; calce vive,…

33. whīt adj.

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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of…