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NUMBERS |
One, two, three anaesthetists! |
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FOUR |
One more than three; twice two. |
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DEGREE |
Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is
one degree, 222,140 two degrees. |
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ALUMINA |
One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium
and three of oxygen, Al2O3. |
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LODICULE |
One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which
are next to the stamens in grasses. |
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TWO |
The sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and
next less than three; two units or objects. |
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THREE-HANDED |
Said of games or contests where three persons play
against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of
cards. |
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ACETYL |
A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of
carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic
acid. |
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POLACCA |
A vessel with two or three masts, used in the
Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops,
caps, or crosstrees. |
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DECK |
The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or
compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships
have two or three decks. |
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FORTH |
Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from
a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and
so forth. |
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SONATA |
An extended composition for one or two instruments,
consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas
for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc. |
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WICKET |
A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists
of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two
short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top. |
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SIREN |
One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers,
of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to
sing with such... |
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PENTANE |
Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the
methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two
of which occur... |
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CONCERTO |
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three
movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold
relief against the ... |
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RAFFLESIA |
...arasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The
flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species
(Raffle... |
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XYLIDINE |
Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2,
resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily
fusible crystall... |
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SPARE |
... after
having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the
pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowl... |
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DACTYL |
A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long
followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as,
L. tegm/n/, E. mer\... |
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SPLIT |
The substitution of more than one share of a corporation's
stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in
proportion to th... |
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RUN |
In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player,
which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket
to the oth... |
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TWILL |
...in
textile fabrics by causing the weft threads to pass over one and under
two, or over one and under three or more, warp threads, instead of ove... |
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DEUCE |
...side has
won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and
reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures
... |
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FLASK |
...; and the drag, or
bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a
three part flask, four part flask, etc. ... |