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ENSURING |
Making certain |
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ASSURING |
Making certain |
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TANITE |
A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement,
used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc. |
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REEF |
To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding
a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar. |
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LADANUM |
A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of
Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters,
and for fumigation. |
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COIN |
A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by
government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used
in a collective sense. |
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STOCK |
A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of
meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in
making soup, gravy, etc. |
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BAND |
A number of musicians who play together upon portable
musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain
wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. |
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DAMMARA |
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara
resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East
Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. |
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CUDBEAR |
A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with
water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from
certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea. |
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CAPACITY |
...e,
character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office,
for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right;... |
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RUN |
That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation,
or during a certain time; as, a run of must in wine making; the first
run of sap in a maple orchard. |
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STRIDULATION |
The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by
rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many
insects, especially by... |
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CRACKLE |
... earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be
cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as,
Chinese... |
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RESORCIN |
...eries,
obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with
caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in makin... |
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CONTRACTOR |
...ertain price
or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad. ... |
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LEAD |
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain
place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going
with or going in... |
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SPERMACETI |
A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the
head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics,
etc. It consists es... |
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LAVER |
The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for
making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima;
purple laver, Po... |
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YEAST |
...used for raising
dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment. ... |
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BORAX |
...lkaline
taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing
colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain miner... |
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CATALYSIS |
...apparenty left
unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of
sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferme... |