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NEON |
Element from one only |
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SECULARIST |
... managed without the introduction of a religious element. ... |
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MERCURY |
A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from
cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid
(commonly called quick... |
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EX PARTE |
Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex
parte statement. |
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SINGLE |
One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting
of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. |
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MONOCLINAL |
Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata
that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation. |
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ELEMENTARY |
Having only one principle or constituent part;
consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary
substance. |
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HALF-BLOODED |
Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds
or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded
sheep. |
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STAIR |
A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house
to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the
singular only. |
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CONCOMITANCY |
The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of
Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood
are both received by communicating in one kind only. |
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ROPE |
A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in
circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs
from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage. |
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UNISEXUAL |
Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and
female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes
are in separate in... |
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APONEUROSIS |
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae
which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many
muscles. They often di... |
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LIMULUS |
The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a
few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the
Atlantic coa... |
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YACHT |
A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for
private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey
distinguished persons fr... |
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DEED POLL |
A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and
distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or
paper cut even, o... |
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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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FORCE PUMP |
A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable
height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure; in distinction
from one which li... |
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PARTHENOGENESIS |
...females by means of ova which have the power of developing without the
intervention of the male element; the production, without
fertilization, ... |
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MENNONITE |
One of a small denomination of Christians, so called
from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the
New Testament is the ... |
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ENTHYMEME |
An argument consisting of only two propositions, an
antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise
omitted; as, We are... |
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GYRON |
A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at
the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon.
When there is ... |
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EQUATION |
A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or
other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several
quantities to be add... |
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SPINNERET |
One of the special jointed organs situated on the under
side, and near the end, of the abdomen of spiders, by means of which
they spin their we... |
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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... |