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NEARLY |
All but |
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PRACTICALLY |
All but |
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VIRTUAL |
In all but name |
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AMOK |
In a frenzy but am all right |
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OPAL |
Drop all but the heart of thieves’ stone |
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OBDURATE |
Obstinate but deeply unfeeling, reading all the early letters |
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ALMOST |
Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. |
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IDEAL |
All but the last of the ladies turned out to be most suitable |
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ASSOCIATE |
Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges;
as, an associate member. |
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RHIZOCARPOUS |
Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual
flowering stems; -- said of all perennial herbs. |
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HEMATOCRYA |
The cold-blooded vertebrates, that is, all but the
mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to Hematotherma. |
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MONOPSYCHISM |
The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or
intellect with which all men are endowed. |
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DON |
Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to
noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes. |
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PROTEIN |
A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally
considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its
name. |
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MONOGENETIC |
Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as, the
monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the
source of all beings. |
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MAMMA |
A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all
mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a
breast; under; bag. |
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ANISOTROPIC |
Not isotropic; having different properties in
different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are
optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic. |
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BARELY |
But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of
quantity, time, etc.); hence, scarcely; hardly; as, there was barely
enough for all; he barely escaped. |
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SNOWFLAKE |
A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but
having all the perianth leaves of equal size. |
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SENSUALISM |
The doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of
the understanding, not only originate in sensation, but are transformed
sensations, copie... |
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COMMONER |
A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not
dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university
charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner. |
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SEQUENCE |
All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to
value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is
called a sequence flush. |
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ARE |
The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but
etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is,
all come from the root as. |
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ROVER |
A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would
go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player
of such a ball. |
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CAPRIOLE |
A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards
only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when
at the height of the leap. |