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NOT |
... only but also |
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NAY |
Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark
the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic
phrase. |
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MONOGAMY |
Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or
wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only
during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy. |
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PLOCE |
A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of
emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it,
but also it... |
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LIME |
A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree
which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is
intensely... |
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LOBBY |
A passage or hall of communication, especially when large
enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber
in that a lobb... |
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ARRIERE-BAN |
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not
only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories,
to take the field f... |
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LIRIODENDRON |
A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North
America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike
flowers; tulip tree; whitewo... |
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RHYNCHOCEPHALA |
An order of reptiles having biconcave
vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar
osteological characters. Hatteria is the onl... |
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TILL |
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in
respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc., and still
so used in Scotla... |
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TRYPSIN |
A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the
pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a
neutral or alkaline flu... |
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KAKAPO |
A singular nocturnal parrot (Strigops habroptilus), native
of New Zealand. It lives in holes during the day, but is active at
night. It resembl... |
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DRAWING |
The act or the art of representing any object by means of
lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color,
or in tints us... |
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SEWELLEL |
A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus),
native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It
somewhat resembles a ... |
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STARFISH |
Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to
the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has
five rays, thou... |
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STOCK |
Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in
business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other
company, in the ... |
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HOMOGENY |
The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to
supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any
superinduced cor... |
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ALL |
Only; alone; nothing but. |
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DROVES |
Heaps of drovers; but only one right! |
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OFF AND ON |
Fond of an alteration, but only occasionally |
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LIMB |
Leg initially mobile but only at first |
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OFFANDON |
Fond of an alteration, but only occasionally |