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LARGELY |
Principally |
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MAINLY |
Principally; chiefly. |
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WHISKY |
Spirit made principally from malt |
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CHIEFLY |
In the first place; principally; preeminently; above;
especially. |
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INSECTIVORA |
An order of mammals which feed principally upon
insects. |
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LEAN |
That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle
without the fat. |
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BALSA |
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of
South America. |
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MAHORI |
One of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of
Eastern Polynesia. Also used adjectively. |
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EXPECTATION |
The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts
of nature to effect a cure. |
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MIARGYRITE |
A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile,
consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver. |
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LINGAM |
The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally
worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power. |
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CHINESE |
A native or natives of China, or one of that
yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China. |
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SCARIFICATOR |
An instrument, principally used in cupping,
containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making
slight incisions. |
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-BLAST |
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in
biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast,
epiblast, mesoblast, etc. |
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COQUIMBITE |
A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron;
white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo,
Chili. |
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GADOLINITE |
A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster,
and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and
iron. |
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CONCHOIDAL |
Having elevations or depressions in form like one half
of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by
fracture. |
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SINAPISM |
A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered
mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a
powerful irritant. |
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ASARABACCA |
An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the
leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally
used in cephalic snuffs. |
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SIGILLARIA |
A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal
formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on
the surface. |
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CRONSTEDTITE |
A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron,
and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; --
so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt. |
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ROLLER |
A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of
glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to
taking an impression from them. |
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BUSHMAN |
One of a race of South African nomads, living principally
in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any
other people. |
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GIVE |
To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a
premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form
given. |
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CORRASION |
The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water,
principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream,
but also by the solvent action of the water. |