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LETALONE |
Much less |
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VOIDER |
One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but less
rounded and therefore smaller. |
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LESS |
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright
or loud; less beautiful. |
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MARROW |
...; the
medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the
smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.... |
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MARJORAM |
...about
twenty-five species. The sweet marjoram (O. Majorana) is pecularly
aromatic and fragrant, and much used in cookery. The wild marjoram of
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STATUETTE |
A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less
than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or
clay as a prepar... |
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LACTOSE |
...present
in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and
crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is
much ... |
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HYPERBOLE |
...evident
exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things
are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than t... |
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COPAIVA |
...t Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is
much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam
of copaiba. ... |
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QUANTITY |
The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the
property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease,
multiplication and... |
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UN- |
...t; in-;
non-. In- is prefixed mostly to words of Latin origin, or else to words
formed by Latin suffixes; un- is of much wider application, and ... |
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CROCODILE |
...cus). The Florida crocodile
(C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer
jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to th... |