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1. calliditē n.

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Cleverness, shrewdness. …

2. capstan n.

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Naut. A device for hauling up the anchor, etc.; capstan bar, capstan spoke, a capstan bar. …

3. cūpiditẹ̄ n.

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Covetousness, cupidity. …

4. dīuturnitẹ̄ n.

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Long continuance. …

5. dūālitẹ̄ n.

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(a) The number two; (b) twofold nature, duality. …

6. dūracīne adj. as n.

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Of peaches: hard-fleshed. …

7. ēbrīetē n.

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Inebriety, drunkenness. …

8. eccentrik adj. as n.

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Astron. A planetary orbit of which the earth is not the exact center. …

9. ēgre fū n.

Additional spellings: egre fu
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Med. Erysipelas, or similar eruption on the skin; also, a case of erysipelas. …

10. elōquācitē n.

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Talkativeness, loquacity. …

11. ǧenerō̆sitẹ̄ n.

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Excellence, nobility. …

12. gǒurd(e n.

Additional spellings: gourde
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(a) A cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus); commune gourd; also, a cucumber; (b) the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis); wilde gourd; also, the fruit of this plant; (c) a gourd plant (Lagenaria vulgaris……

13. laurel n.

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(a) The European laurel tree, bay tree (Laurus nobilis); laurel tre; beries of laurel, laurel baies, fruit of the laurel, laurel berries; (b) the foliage of the laurel, laurel leaves; coroune of……

14. orī̆ǧine n.

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Ancestry, race. …

15. perōrāciǒun n.

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A speech, an address; the rhetorical conclusion to an address. …

16. perpendicle n.

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The plumb line of a quadrant. …

17. perpetrāciǒun n.

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Commission, perpetration. …

18. posset n.

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(a) A hot drink made of curdled milk and ale or wine, often with sugar and various spices; (b) ?hot milk curds used as a poultice. …

19. prēcipitaciọ̄n n.

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(a) in phr. precipitacion of the fendes, the casting down of the evil angels from heaven; (b) alch. the separation of a solid substance from a solution, precipitation. …

20. prosō̆dīe n.

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Prosody, the study or craft of versification. …

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