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OUTING |
Exposing |
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OMENS |
No men succeeded in exposing sinister predictions |
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COCTILE |
Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick. |
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INFUMATE |
To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke. |
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INFECTIOUS |
Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and
forfeiture. |
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SIRIASIS |
The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation. |
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EXPOSURE |
The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of
light. |
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CAREFUL |
Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern,
anxiety, or trouble; painful. |
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SELF-EXPOSURE |
The act of exposing one's self; the state of being
so exposed. |
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CREFTING |
Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process
of bleaching. |
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FIRING |
The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to
intense heat in a kiln. |
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EXPOSITION |
The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or
displaying to public view. |
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CONCENTRATOR |
An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted
ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. |
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SEMBLING |
The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or
other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage. |
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COMMITMENT |
The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing,
endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or
engaged. |
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MORTAL |
Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death;
terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal
wound; a mortal sin. |
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ADVENTUROUS |
Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to
danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous
undertaking, deed, song. |
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MOCKERY |
The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by
mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a
counterfeit appearance. |
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SOLARIZATION |
Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing
it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning;
excessive insolation. |
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SAFE |
Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to
danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a
safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. |
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MUFFLE |
A small oven for baking and fixing the colors of painted
or printed pottery, without exposing the pottery to the flames of the
furnace or kiln. |
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SULPHURATOR |
An apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the
action of, sulphur; especially, an apparatus for fumigating or
bleaching by means of the fumes of burning sulphur. |
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GASSING |
The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers
and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small
fibers; any similar process of singeing. |
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INSOLATION |
The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun
fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of
rendering acid, as vinegar. |
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CYPHONISM |
A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting
in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to
insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations. |